Three foreigners die in Bangkok hotel fire

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Three foreigners were killed and seven others wounded after a fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok's popular backpacker district on Sunday (Dec 29) night.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bddvj734  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three foreigners died and seven others wounded in a hotel fire near the Khao San area in

00:09Bangkok on Sunday night.

00:11The city's fire and rescue department said the fire broke out on the fifth floor of the

00:15six-story Ember Hotel.

00:17They said the fire spread to other parts of the building, but they reacted quickly and

00:22put the blaze under control within an hour.

00:25The fire killed a female guest who was trapped inside her hotel room, while two men died

00:30at the hospital.

00:31Authorities are still verifying their nationalities.

00:55There were 75 people in the hotel, 34 of whom were rescued from the rooftop.

01:06The injured victims are from Thailand, Japan, Germany and China.

01:10Authorities said they are investigating the cause of the fire.

01:13The government has ordered a citywide inspection of fire escape routes at hotels and entertainment

01:18venues.

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