Fire Victim Asks Boyfriend 'Am I Still Beautiful?'

BANGKOK — 13 July 2026, The boyfriend of a woman critically injured in the deadly Na Ladprao beer hall fire has described the moment she escaped through the flames and tearfully asked whether she was still beautiful.

"I can't take it anymore. I'm in so much pain. Am I still beautiful?"

31-year-old Tatsanai told her boyfriend, Phitsanu Nim-mian, as she waited for emergency assistance outside the burning venue. Phitsanu, also 31, spoke to reporters on Monday after accompanying her family to Phahon Yothin Police Station to file an official report. He said Tatsanai had arranged to meet friends from the clinic where she worked for drinks at the venue on Sunday night. She invited him to join them, but he chose to stay home and care for her two children. He drove her to the venue at around 21:00 and planned to collect her later. On his way home, one of his car tyres burst near Lat Phrao intersection, forcing him to call a mechanic. When he eventually returned home, one of the children asked where their mother was.

"I told them, 'Dad will go and bring Mum home soon,'"

Phitsanu later received a phone call asking whether he was Tatsanai's boyfriend. The caller initially said her phone had been lost and asked him to come to the scene. He first assumed she was drunk and unable to return home. The caller then told him she had been severely burned. Phitsanu rushed back to the venue, where he found flames and thick black smoke engulfing the area. Tatsanai had managed to run out of the building while her hair and head were on fire. Bystanders used a cloth to extinguish the flames before she lay outside awaiting rescue workers. He said Tatsanai had visited the venue before and knew where to escape. However, the exit was narrow, forcing her to run through the flames.

"I felt so sorry for her,"

Phitsanu said through tears. "She told me, 'I can't take it anymore. I'm in so much pain. Am I still beautiful?' "I told her, 'It's all right. Focus on getting treatment first. No matter what happens to you, I accept everything. Just come home and be with the children. It doesn't matter if anything was lost. I only want you to be safe.'" Rescue workers then transported her to hospital. Phitsanu said entertainment venues should have more emergency exits and clearly visible evacuation signs. Tatsanai had told him that both the entrance and exit at the venue were narrow. He also addressed reports that an emergency exit may have been locked to prevent customers from leaving without paying. "If that is true, it is completely unacceptable," he said. "Money should never be considered more important than people's lives. If something like this happens again, how many more people will die, and who will take responsibility?" Phitsanu said the family had yet to be contacted by an official coordinator offering information or assistance. Tatsanai was not covered by the Social Security scheme and was receiving treatment under emergency medical provisions, which cover the first 72 hours.