At least 7 dead, 30 injured in Cambodia casino fire

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UPDATED AT 3:29 a.m. ET on 12-29-2022
A massive fire in a Cambodian casino complex has killed at least seven people and injured more than 30, news agencies reported.
The blaze at the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet, on the border with Thailand, broke out shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
Photographs showed people shining lights from windows and clambering onto ledges to escape the flames as firefighters tried to control the blaze.
Media in Thailand reported that many of the injured were Thai staff and customers of the casino.
Thailand sent fire crews and helicopters to fight the blaze and evacuate the injured to hospitals across the border.
Thailand’s Permanent Secretary for Public Health, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, said Thursday that 32 of the injured, 13 of them in critical condition, had been admitted to Thai hospitals for treatment.
This story has been updated to include comments from Thailand’s Permanent Secretary for Public Health
Reuters and AFP contributed to this report.
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