At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in Cambodia inside the Grand Diamond City hotel in Poipet as a fire erupted and raged for several hours. A fire in a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border of Thailand has killed at least 10 people. Massive fire at Cambodia casino; 10 killed, 30 injured.
The fire broke out at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet at 11:30 pm local time on Wednesday. Around 30 people have been injured in the fire, according to the police. Video footage shared online showed the massive complex on fire, with some clips appearing to show people jumping from the burning building.
Meanwhile, a Thai foreign ministry source said they were coordinating closely with local authorities, with the injured transferred to hospitals in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province. “The authorities have been trying to control the fire including by sending in firetrucks from the Thai side,” they said.
A volunteer with the Thai rescue organisation, the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, said that the fire started on the first floor but quickly spread along the carpets, leaping up through the multi-storey building. The Grand Diamond City is one of several casino-hotels located along the Thai-Cambodian border.
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