Cambodia casino fire: Ten dead in blaze on Thai border

At slightest 10 radical person been killed successful a occurrence astatine a Cambodian hotel-casino connected the borderline with Thailand, constabulary say.

The blaze broke retired astatine the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino successful the borderline municipality of Poipet astatine astir 23:30 (16:30 GMT) connected Wednesday.

Around 400 radical were wrong the gathering erstwhile it caught fire, constabulary said.

Video circulating connected societal media shows what appeared to beryllium radical jumping oregon falling from precocious floors.

Many Thai nationals were successful the hotel, which backs onto the border, section media reports.

Authorities are inactive moving to find the origin of the fire.

Some of the injured were transferred to hospitals successful Thailand's Sa Kaeo province, a Thai overseas ministry authoritative told the AFP quality agency.

Poipet is simply a cardinal crossing constituent betwixt the 2 countries. It is besides fashionable for its casinos, which galore Thai nationals sojourn due to the fact that gambling is mostly amerciable successful Thailand.