WorldBangkok bar fire death toll reaches 30 as police investigate negligence

The death toll from a devastating fire at a Bangkok bar has risen to 30, making it the city’s deadliest blaze in 17 years. Police are treating alleged negligence as the primary theory and are examining whether exits were blocked or difficult to reach. The bar owner offered the “deepest apologies for this tragic incident” and said the venue would cooperate with the investigation. Disaster officials’ initial assessment blamed an electrical short circuit in a ceiling air conditioner.

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