BANGKOK: Investigators combed on Monday through the wreckage of a huge fire at a Bangkok bar that killed least 27 people and injured dozens, Thailand’s worst such incident for almost two decades.
People ran screaming out of the venue on the outskirts of the Thai capital on Sunday evening as flames shot out of the entrance, several with their clothing burned or ablaze.
AFP journalists saw several body bags on the ground outside the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant, as well as odd shoes scattered by the back door, left behind in the panic.
“Everybody was running, squeezing into each other,” recalled Athipat “Ice” Wijarn, whose band was on stage when the fire broke out around 11:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) Sunday.
The lights went out and they noticed smoke come from the electrical circuit on the wall behind them, he told Thai talk show Hone-Krasae on Monday.
