Bangkok ¨C An explosive fire at a pub in Bangkok killed 27 people and injured dozens more, officials said on Monday, after obstructed emergency exits hindered patrons choking on smoke from escaping the burning venue.
One video of the incident posted on social media showed thick smoke billowing out of the pub, before an intense horizontal plume of fire jets ?out of a doorway, as screaming customers fled the premises around midnight on Sunday.
¡°We have recovered 27 bodies, others are being ?sent to hospital,¡± ?said Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who visited the site early on Monday.
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