Thai nightclub fire kills 14, prime minister orders probe

CHARRED WRECK

One of the victims was your singer of the band playing at the club, his mother informed local media.

“I don’t know things to say. The loss of life came all of a sudden, inch Premjai Sae-Oung informed reporters.

The lady said a musician friend who managed to escape had told her the fire broke out in front of the music group and spread quickly.

Images of the aftermath showed how the fire had switched the inside of the membership into a blackened damage, with the charred metallic frames of home furniture scattered among ashes.

Police are usually investigating if fireplace escapes were present in the one-storey developing and engineers are usually inspecting the construction amid fears it could collapse.

Internal minister Anupong Paochinda told reporters this appeared the Hill B was operating “without permission” to run as an entertainment location.

Sompong Chingduang, assistant commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, said the owner has been under investigation just for apparently changing the particular venue from an eating place to a nightclub without having permission.

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

A massive inferno erupted at a Brand new Year’s Eve party at Bangkok’s swanky Santika club in 2009, killing 67 people and injuring more than 200.

Who owns Santika was jailed for three years within the blaze, which started when fireworks had been set off as a rock-band called Burn played on stage.

Recently, four people were murdered in a fire brought on by an electrical fault at a club on the holiday island of Phuket, a magnet regarding foreign tourists, in 2012.