At least 21 Thai nationals are reported dead so far. Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha on Thursday ordered every possible assistance to Cambodian authorities and those injured, mainly Thai nationals, in a fire which engulfed a huge casino complex in Poipet on Wednesday night and raged into Thursday. The blaze which engulfed the Grand Diamond Casino owned by a fugitive former cabinet minister who fled Thailand in 2008, has also left hundreds injured after raging for over 12 hours. ![]() On Thursday, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha ordered all state agencies to assist Cambodian authorities in response to a disastrous conflagration in the city of Poipet across the Thai border from Sa Kaeo Province in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey’s province which saw at least 21 Thai nationals perish with fears that the number could go higher with 13 confirmed on life support systems in Sa Kaeo Province alone as the scale of the disaster becomes apparent. On Thursday morning, Thai state agencies responded with fire crews and helicopters in a desperate effort to save trapped Thai nationals and bring the inferno under control as it threatened further loss of life with many people trapped on higher floors of the building amid a raging inferno. Fire which destroyed the Grand Diamond casino in the Cambodian city of Poipet has left over 100 people seriously injured and at least 21 dead after it flared up following a gas explosion on Wednesday night.
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