Breaking News: Fire Engulfs Poipet Casino

Felgerkarb · Post by **Felgerkarb** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 9:31 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:20 pm Terrible news. As a hotel manger, this is my biggest fear. Especially knowing that fire safety checks in this country are a farce and basically involve a envelope with cash.

Many of these hotels and high rises are modified off plan either in construction or in later renovations, removing stairwells as wasted space. Also, Cambodia has no real capability (training or equipment) to fight a fire above the second floor. Their water cannon could not reach the flames...well ya, you have to go IN to fight the fire, not shoot water from 20m away on the street. Cheap plastic carpets, trim, etc., make these buildings a deathtrap.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:32 am

19 killed, more than 50 injured in Grand Diamond City Casino fire

Cambodia News, (Poipet): According to the report of the authorities as of the afternoon of December 29, 2022, said that the toll of the fire at the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet was 19 dead and 53 injured.

After finding the bodies of the victims in the fire at the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet, the authorities decided to keep the bodies of the victims at Wat Trach, about 2 km from the scene for autopsy, before removing them to Thailand or eleswhere.

After completely extinguishing the fire, the joint police force has stepped up the search for further victims.
- CEN
Many more photos here: https://cen.com.kh/archives/597010.html

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:39 am

seems their having a hard time counting the bodies
21, 19 now 11

December 30, 2022
11 die in Poipet casino blaze

A raging fire that engulfed a casino in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city killed at least 11 people and some 60 people were seriously injured

It is believed that some of the victims had jumped to their deaths while others broke their legs during the fire that broke out at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino at 11.30pm on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Sar Kheng and the National Committee for Disaster Management’s first-vice president Kun Kim rushed to the scene to coordinate rescue works.

As of 6pm yesterday, firefighters had the blaze under control but were still working to put out pockets of fire in the 17-floor hotel and casino complex, said Sek Sokhom, the spokesman of Banteay Meanchey Provincial Hall.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501210963/ ... ?p=1210963

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:40 am

Latest:
Cambodia fire: At least 19 killed, over 60 injured at hotel-casino on Thai border
30 December, 2022
Read more At:
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/ ... 230065254/

The final number of victims has yet to be confirmed, as many people are still missing.

At least 73 people are believed to have been injured due to the fire, which broke out late Wednesday evening, deputy provincial police chief Bun Pheng told the Phnom Penh Post.
The outlet noted that the official number of injured remains unclear, with reports from officials and media "varying greatly."

atst · Post by **atst** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:51 am

That photo only shows a two story building, what a terrible job to have to recover the bodies.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 4:39 pm

More victims recovered from Cambodia casino hotel fire

The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in western Cambodia has risen to 25 as search efforts resume

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi ... e-95967335

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:34 pm

3 minute read
December 30, 20225:33 PM GMT+7 Last Updated 3 hours ago

Rescuers search for bodies in ruins of Cambodia casino fire
By Kwang Jiraporn Kuhakan
POIPET, Cambodia, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Cambodian rescue teams recovered several bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino-hotel where a fire killed at least 27 people a day earlier, with more than 20 people still missing.

About 400 employees and patrons were in the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in Poipet, a town on the Thai border, when the fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday, leaving the building gutted by the afternoon.

It was unclear what started the blaze but Sek Sokhom, head of the Banteay Meanchey provincial information department, said it may have been due to an electrical short circuit. An investigation was underway.
In full: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-12-30/

willyhilly · Post by **willyhilly** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:52 pm

No sprinklers I assume? Probably few working fire hydrants. No firehoses on the floors.No emergency stairs. No firedoors. You know the story.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:04 pm

This looks like a jerry-built heap-of-shit building. Probably adorned with much flammable glitzy crap. The way the fire spread to so many areas was crazy. As above, I doubt very much there were any fire escapes, let alone sprinklers. These buildings and all the bunker-like KTVs and so many commercial and residential buildings are basically death-traps in the event of a fire.

Felgerkarb · Post by **Felgerkarb** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:13 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:04 pm This looks like a jerry-built heap-of-shit building. Probably adorned with much flammable glitzy crap. The way the fire spread to so many areas was crazy. As above, I doubt very much there were any fire escapes, let alone sprinklers. These buildings and all the bunker-like KTVs and so many commercial and residential buildings are basically death-traps in the event of a fire.

I filed a report through my consultancy to the government regarding the confluence of issues -- lack of training and equipment, lack of suitable water pressure, lack of fire safety codes, lack of true building code enforcement, lack of understanding of the need for safety features (stairs out, fire extinguishers, hoses, emergency exit signage clearly marked, etc.), the list was pages long. Not a popular report and promptly ignored.

There will be more of these disasters.

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