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French killed in Khao San hotel blaze

French killed in Khao San hotel blaze

A 27-year-old French man died when a blaze engulfed a budget hotel in Khao San area shortly after midnight.

 

The hotel’s owner, Nampong Pengboon, identified the victim only as Charlie who was staying on the third floor of the hotel and had been earning a living by making and selling handmade shoes in the area.
He also had a Thai girlfriend.
Police said they would await the results of the autopsy to confirm the identity of the victim whose body was found on the roofdeck of the threestorey hotel, as the corpse was burnt beyond recognition.
Police say the fire started at Happy Bar on the ground floor of the hotel at about 1.30am, sending people and guests running out of the hotel in panic.
Firefighters found difficulty in extinguishing the blaze because the hotel is located in a narrow alley inaccessible to fire engines. They had to park the trucks in front of a shop nearby, drag the hoses to an adjacent roof deck and attempt to douse the flames from there.
The firefighters worked for about half an hour before they were able put out the fire, which destroyed three buildings.
Nampong said the bar was closed for two days because of the royal funeral and he was not in the hotel when the fire broke out. Normally there were five people, including Charlie, staying in the hotel.
 
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