29 Dec 2022
At least 10 people are believed dead after a fire tore through a hotel and casino in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, police said.
A provisional Cambodian police report seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday said the fire broke out at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet city, on the border with Thailand, at approximately 11:30pm local time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday.
The report stated that “about 10 people died and 30 people injured”."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/ ... tel-casino
10 dead after fire rips through Cambodia hotel-casino
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Latest has it at 60 now, mostly Thai staff and gamblers
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Updated: Ministry of Interior spokesperson Khieu Sopheak contacted CamboJA at 5:53p.m to correct his previous statement regarding the number of deaths and injuries, clarifying that more than 10 people had died and more than 30 people were injured by 3p.m., not 60 dead and 100 injured.guest9 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 4:23 pmLatest has it at 60 now, mostly Thai staff and gamblers
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The latest reports say 19 dead and I expect the figure to rise.
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