Fire at Chon Buri pub kills 13, more than 40 injured

A fire broke out at Mountain B pub in Sattahip district of Chon Buri around 1am on Friday. (Photo: Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation)
A fire pennyless out at Mountain B pub within Sattahip district of Chon Buri about 1am on Friday. (Photo: Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation)

CHON BURI: At least 13 individuals were killed and more compared to 40 others hurt when a fire bust out at a pub within Sattahip district after midnight.

The inferno started about 1am because people were packing Mountain B pub, based on Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation.

Footage showed people running for safety and screaming following the blaze, and some were noticed running with their bodies engulfed in flames.

INN News reported that will nine men and 4 women died within the fire. Rescuers from your foundation reported that 41 people were hurt.

Officers at  Phlu Konstruera Luang police place arrived at the site right after receiving reports of the fire.

Pol Col Wuttipong Somjai, Phlu Konstruera Luang police main, said all sufferers up to now were Thai nationals.

Mountain B covers more than three rai of land and it is located on Sukhumvit Road in Sattahip region.

Firefighters battle a blaze at a pub in Sattahip district, Chon Buri, early Friday. (Photo: Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation)