The Grand Diamond City casino complex had 500 employees and 1,000 customers on the day the fire broke out, with authorities expecting the number of dead to rise further.
abc.net.au/news/more-victims-recovered-from-cambodia-casino-hotel-fire/101818446The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in western Cambodia has risen to 25 as the search resumed for victims.The casino had about 1,000 customers on the day the fire broke outThe blaze at the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in the town of Poipet on the Thai border started around midnight on Wednesday and was extinguished more than 12 hours later on Thursday afternoon.
It was unclear how many were present when the fire broke out, and how many managed to flee to safety.An accurate toll of the casualties has been hard to obtain due to the chaotic rescue efforts, and since many of those saved were rushed across the border for treatment in neighbouring Thailand, which has better medical facilities.
Thailand's Sa Kaeo Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office has counted 11 dead — all Thai — and 109 injured, including 57 in hospitals.An initial investigation found that the fire may have been caused by new year's holiday decorations that drew too much electricity, causing wires to overheat and burn, local authorities said.
"I was told that there was a stampede out at the main entrance when black smoke was billowing through the building."
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