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

The death toll from a fire at a Bangkok pub has risen to thirty, making it the deadliest blaze the city has seen in seventeen years. The Guardian reports the fire broke out in the early hours of Monday, and the local district office said on Tuesday that three more people had died. An initial assessment by disaster officials traced the cause to an electrical short circuit in a ceiling air conditioner. The bar's owner has offered its deepest apologies and pledged to cooperate with an investigation into alleged negligence, as police examine whether the venue's exits were blocked or hard to reach.

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