Bangkok bar fire: death toll reaches 30 as police investigate negligence as ‘primary theory’

The death toll from a fire at a Bangkok bar has risen to thirty, making it the city's deadliest blaze in seventeen years. The Guardian reports that the fire broke out in the early hours of Monday, and the local district office said Tuesday that three more people had died. An initial assessment by disaster officials pointed to an electrical short circuit in a ceiling air conditioner as the cause. Police are now investigating alleged negligence as their primary theory, including whether the venue's exits were blocked or hard to reach, while the bar's owner has offered deepest apologies and pledged to cooperate with the inquiry.

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