It was just after midnight in the Santika, a popular Bangkok night-club stylishly decorated like a faux-gothic church.
Two people have been jailed in Thailand over a fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed 67 people.
Owner Wisuk Sejsawat was sentenced to three years in prison, as was Boonchu Laosrinak, who was responsible for pyrotechnics at the club.
Dozens of charred bodies wrapped in white cotton sheets lay outside the Santika nightclub last night as the death toll in the Bangkok fire tragedy continued to rise and fire crews moved in to douse the embers of what remained of the building.
Police in Thailand say more than 50 revellers have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in central Bangkok’s Thong Lor district, which is popular with Thais and foreign tourists.
BANGKOK, Thailand — A fire swept through a high-class nightclub jammed with several hundred New Year’s revelers early Thursday, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 200, officials said.
Santika Club was one of Bangkok’s most frequented and renowned clubs, often packed every weekend with famous Thai artists for exciting parties. Today, however, it’s known as the subject of an infamous tragedy. On the fateful night of New Year’s Eve in 2009, the pub was engulfed in flames mere minutes after the clock struck midnight.
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