Death cost confirmed at thirteen, with 36 other people injured
The pub that burned down early Friday morning, eliminating 13 people and injuring 36 other people, was illegally constructed and operated.
Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda stated the Mountain B pub, in Chon Buri’s Satthahip region, did not have a bar licence and was built in an area exactly where entertainment venues were prohibited.
“Officials are checking details of the building, including its design, construction materials used, control systems and fire exits. I informed them to find the cause of the fire and the people responsible for this, ” Gen Anupong said in Bangkok.
Pol Maj Gen Atthasit Kitjahan, commander of Chon Buri police, said the property were licensed to operate as an eatery, and had been illegally modified and used being an enclosed entertainment location.
This individual said the building was almost completely destroyed – its inside structure and decoration, soundproofing, stage and ceiling tiles. Police attempted to inspect the place late on Fri morning, but needed to withdraw when the open fire briefly flared upward again.
Investigators had questioned the staff and owner of the pub, eyewitnesses and the electrician who was earlier hired to repair the building’s power system, he said.
The fire at Mountain B on Sukhumvit Road within tambon Phlu Ta Luang of Chon Buri’s Sattahip area erupted about 1am on Friday, when more than 100 customers were still within.
Witnesses said the blaze was first noticed on the roof, and spread quickly through the soundproofing polyurethane foam.
13 people were confirmed killed in the blaze and 36 other people injured, down from the original reports of 40-41 injured.
Among those killed was singer Chatchai Chuenkha, 30. His mother Premjai weather resistant Ung said he normally sang at open-air venues.
She cited his friend as saying that her boy was singing when there was an huge increase behind the stage. He could not get away the flames.
“My child was a breadwinner. Somebody must be held responsible with this, ” she said.
Mountain N pub in Sattahip district, Chon Buri, which burned straight down early Friday, eliminating 13 people and injuring 36 others. (Photo: Sawang Boriboon Foundation)