Thai nightclub fire kills 13: Rescue services

The service mentioned the blaze has been accelerated by flammable acoustic foam within the walls of the club, and it took medical personnel more than three hours to bring it in check.

The particular dead – 4 women and nine males – were found mostly crowded from the entrance and in the restroom, their bodies severely burned, the service stated.

All the sufferers are believed to be Thailänder.

“There is not any death related to foreign people, ” police lieutenant colonel Boonsong Yingyong of the Phlu Konstruera Luang police place, which oversees the area where the blaze occurred, told AFP by phone.

Issues have long been raised about Thailand’s lax approach to health and safety rules, particularly in its numerous bars and nightclubs.

A massive inferno erupted at a New Year’s Eve celebration at Bangkok’s swanky Santika club in 2009, killing 67 people and injuring over 200.

The Santika owner was jailed for three yrs over the blaze, which began when fireworks were let off as a rock band called Burn played onstage.

More recently, 4 people were killed in the fire caused by the fault at a golf club on the holiday island of Phuket, the magnet for international tourists, in 2012.