’4 Dead’ In Fire At Thai Tourist Nightclub

BANGKOK – A fire broke out early Friday at a nightclub popular with foreign tourists on the Thai resort island of Phuket, leaving four people dead and about a dozen injured, officials said.

“There are four confirmed dead. We believe they are foreign tourists but  it’s not yet confirmed,” Phuket deputy governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada told  AFP by telephone.

“The fire was caused by lightning which struck a transformer and the fire  spread throughout the place,” he added.

The blaze broke out at the Tiger disco in the town of Patong, a magnet for  foreign tourists on the southern island.

A second provincial official said 12 people were admitted to hospital with  injuries.

Rescue workers had retrieved the four bodies and sent them for autopsy, he  added. – AFP

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