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Report from The Nation dated Sunday 7 May 2006 :-
Five killed, 20 injured in Pataya pub
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Pataya, Chon Buri - 5 people were killed and 20 others injured in a big fire that broke out at a pub in Pataya Sunday night, police said.
The fire broke out at 9:30 pm.
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Posted on: 9:45 am on May 7, 2006
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Report from The Nation dated Sunday 7 May 2006 :-
Seven killed in Pattaya blaze
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Seven people were killed and about 50 were injured last night when fire engulfed a building in Pattaya that houses several entertainment venues, police said.
The fire started at about 9pm in the building, which is located on Pattaya No 3 Road in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district.
A number of the victims are thought to be employees of the entertainment venue's discotheque, pub and cocktail lounge, said Police Colonel Somnuek Janket, superintendent of the Pattaya police station.
It was not confirmed last night whether any customers were among those injured.
Five of the victims - four women and one man - were pronounced dead after being admitted to Bang Lamung Hospital in Chon Buri. The sex of the other victims, who died inside the pub, remained unknown.
When the fire began, there were around 300 customers in the entertainment venues and stage shows were being performed.
The venue normally caters for between 300 and 500 visitors every day, including foreigners, local residents said.
Most of the victims are believed to have died from suffocation and those injured suffered from burns, police said.
Rescue workers said they believe all of the building's surviving occupants were evacuated.
The fire was extinguished but police were unable to enter the compound for inspection as the building was still smouldering.
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Posted on: 7:32 pm on May 7, 2006
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 8 May 2006 :-
Pattaya disco fire kills 7
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A fire hit an entertainment complex in North Pattaya last night killing at least seven people and injuring at least 49 bar-goers. Police said most of the people killed and injured at Route 999 entertainment complex were Thai customers and staff who were caught off guard when the fire started about 8.15pm, shortly after the place opened for business.
The blaze apparently started from the DJ room inside a discotheque in the complex, police said, but they still could not tell what caused it.
Police said many customers were already inside the complex and the staff were attending a routine briefing when the fire started.
Bodies of the victims were sent to Bang Lamung hospital while the injured were sent to a few other hospitals by relief volunteers. Police said they believed more people could be trapped inside the disco but firemen have yet to enter the building for fear the structure might collapse.
Route 999 entertainment complex is on Pattaya 3 road in North Pattaya. The complex is made up of a pub, a disco and a go-go bar covering an area of about 1,000 square metres.
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Posted on: 7:34 pm on May 7, 2006
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Report from The Nation dated Monday 8 May 2006 :-
Pataya fire death toll rises to 8
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Pataya, Chon Buri - The number of people killed in a fire that engulfed a pub on North Pataya Road Sunday night rose to eight, a senior police office said.
Pol Lt Gen Jongrak Chuthannon, commissioner of Provincial Police Bureau 2, said the fire was caused by short circuit.
Jongrak identified the eight as Saijai Srilakul, 24, Winida Buachuen, 25, Suphan Parasami, 25, Supaporn Sornpinjin, 21, Chutima Boonju, 22, Thaweepong Kantiyamongkol, 29, Oei (surname unknown), 25, and an unidentified man.
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Posted on: 9:14 pm on May 7, 2006
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 8 May 2006 :-
'Careless welder' caused fatal Pattaya fire
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PATTAYA - An official investigation found that carelessness was the cause of a fire raging a famous pub in Pattaya, Thailand's eastern resort city, Sunday night, killing 8 people and injuring more than 50 others, a senior police officer said here on Monday.
"The fire was found to have caused by a welder who was welding a broken part of an air conditioner on the roof of the pub, with sparks dropping on a carpet igniting the blaze," Pol. Lt. Gen. Jongrak Jutanont, Commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 2, told journalists.
"The pub was also found to have no fire exit and the back door locked," he added.
Witnesses said the fire broke out at around 09:30 p.m. from a DJ booth and quickly spread to other parts of the entertainment venue in the nothern Pattaya area.
All those who die in the blaze--five men and three women--are employees of the pub, including the welder; while some tourists are among those injured who were rushed to hospitals.
The number of those injured has risen to 54 so far.
Fire fighters put the blaze under control within two hours.
Damage to the fire was initially estimated at around Bt70 million.
Meanwhile, Pattaya Mayor Niran Wathanasartsathorn said that local welfare officials were providing assistance to all the fire victims and their families, and that the authorities concerned would inspect safety measures of other entertainment venues in Pattaya and would order the closure of those found to have sub-standardized safety measures if they fail to improve their safety systems to the required standard within a certain period of time.
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Posted on: 8:45 am on May 8, 2006
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The news even made the Las Vegas review journal.
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Posted on: 1:21 pm on May 8, 2006
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 9 May 2006 :-
Route 999 nightspot defied closure order : Illegally modified before fatal blaze
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Pattaya - The Route 999 entertainment complex destroyed by fire on Sunday night had been illegally modified and used in defiance of a ban, city officials said yesterday.
Pattaya Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn said the city had banned use of the building, initially constructed as a restaurant, in December.
Authorities had warned the complex's owner to obey the order, but nothing else had been done. The owner and manager has been identified as Wicha Baopimpa.
After the Sunday night blaze which killed eight people and injured 57 others, several seriously, the mayor promised strict structural and fire inspections of all entertainment venues and buildings.
City Hall yesterday declared Route 999 off limits after an initial inspection determined the building was on the verge of collapse and was a danger to the public.
Officials said the building structure's will again be inspected and a decision made whether to order demolition.
Police believe an electrician's carelessness was the cause of the fire which caused an estimated 70 million baht damage.
Police said electrician Khanueng Phaolek, 29, had used welding equipment to repair air-conditioning units and sparks set a carpet on fire which quickly spread. Mr Khanueng's charred body was found at the scene amid the debris.
Meanwhile, Potjanee Thanavaranit, chief of the Insurance Department, said Route 999 was not insured under the fire insurance law that took effect on Feb 19. The law requires fire insurance of at least 100,000 baht on all public buildings.
Ms Potjanee said the provincial insurance office told her Route 999's owner had contacted Viriya Insurance Co for fire coverage, but no contract had been yet signed.
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Posted on: 7:53 pm on May 8, 2006
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 9 May 2006 :-
Eight staff burn to death in Pattaya pub blaze
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Police are certain careless work by an air-conditioning mechanic caused a blaze at a popular pub in Pattaya which killed eight staff on Sunday.
Officers are inspecting whether the building was modified to meet safety standards and whether any fire exits were provided.
Route 999, right in the heart of Pattaya, caught fire on Sunday night while more than 100 staff were having a meeting before opening for business.
The fire killed five dancers and three male staff including the air-conditioner mechanic, Kamnung Phaolek, and injured 57 others.
Nutcharin Wongyam, 25, said 80 dancers called coyote girls who dressed in the style of dancers from a movie of the same name, were in the pub at the time.
She said she was in the dressing room and heard the sound of an explosion in the ceiling. A fire broke out and spread rapidly. Many staff escaped through the front gate but some were trapped inside.
Some of them were helped out by rescuers who broke through a wall but others choked on the smoke and lost consciousness. Fire fighters took about an hour to control the fire.
Police officers led by Police Region 2 Commissioner Lt-General Jongrak Juthanon, yesterday inspected the scene with civic officials and continued to search for more bodies, but no more have been found.
The police estimated the damage at about Bt20 million.
Jong-rak said from initial investigation, the pub's mechanic, Kamnung, who was fixing air-conditioners, had accidentally fallen, causing a gas tank in the ceiling to ignite and explode.
Route 999 is a 12-metre-high building on three rai of land.
It was modified last December at a cost of about Bt50 million. The pub had become popular with both Thais and foreigners and received around 300-500 visitors a day.
Pattaya mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn said the building was declared a hazard as it had been feared it might collapse.
He said before the pub was opened, the building was found to have been illegally modified.
Officials had ordered work on it to stop and revised plans submitted, but the pub owner ignored their orders.
"We are checking to see whether the pub had provided standard emergency exits," Nirun said.
Officials said most pubs in Pattaya only had an entrance and no fire escape.
In this case, most of the deaths involved new staff who were unfamiliar with the building so they failed to find the right escape routes. Officers will inspect the building and consider whether it needed to be demolished.
Nirun said he would order an inspection of other entertainment spots to prevent further incidents and take legal action against any pub flouting the law.
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Posted on: 8:05 pm on May 8, 2006
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"Faulty wiring,modifications,Careless welder" ???????
Yet coincidentally this Pub has been firebombed previously and on another occasion a grenade was left in the toilet but failed to go off!!!!
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Posted on: 11:43 pm on May 8, 2006
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Also very convenient that the guy accused of starting the fire died in the blaze. Another crime solved in record time in LOS.
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Posted on: 12:55 am on May 9, 2006
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