Musical band leader Atipat Wijan sits with the coffin containing the body of his wife Nahatai Sajjalert who was a victim in a music bar fire as it is transferred from a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jul 14, 2026. (Photo: AP/Sakchai Lalit)
16 Jul 2026 12:20PM
(Updated: 16 Jul 2026 12:25PM)
BANGKOK: Victims of this week's flash fire at a Bangkok music bar that took more than 30 lives included four of the six core members of the band playing when the blaze broke out.The fate of the Totsakan band has been a key focus in Thailand's coverage of the blaze, and as residents expressed their sadness, confusion, outrage and demands for compensation on Wednesday (Jul 15), the sister of the group's late keyboard player struck a particular note of grace."If I can be his representative, I think he would say he doesn't want to see everyone sad and cry," said Chanyanuch Pudmon, the sister of keyboard player Preutthipong Pudmon, as she and other family members retrieved his body from Bangkok's Institute of Forensic Science. "He would not want everyone to see him as he is now, but please remember his smile on stage, playing music that he loves."
A burnt electric guitar lies outside the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in Bangkok, Thailand on Jul 13, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Jack Board)
