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Phuket Orders Safety Inspections After Bangkok Bar Fire

Phuket authorities have launched safety inspections at entertainment venues and public facilities across the island after a Bangkok bar fire killed 28 people on Saturday.

14 Jul The Phuket News

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Chotinrin Kerdsum has ordered sweeping inspections of entertainment venues, restaurants, hotels and other public establishments across the island following the deadly fire at a bar in Bangkok on Saturday night that has so far killed 28 people and injured 71 others.

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