Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry

“Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry” BBC News report about the Satika , a popular night-club in Bangkok, was blazing inferno in New year party 2009. The revellers about 1,000 persons are at there. Tuk, who was in fearful incident, says that "I looked up at a small fire in the ceiling - then after a few seconds, 'voooom', there were lots of flames, everyone ran at the same time, and then the lights went off." Some revellers think that was a part of show. It was not. The 66-people, who are Thais and foreigner, died in 1st- Jan night, trapped in the building without safty equipments. Three months later, there has been little progress.The police charged the club’s owner with recklessness and the fact was reveled that Satika was licensed as a private residence, not a club, so there had not been fire safety inspection.Chuwit Kamolvisit as nightlife entrepreneur says about the Thai police "They don't work for society, they work for their own pocket". He explained nightclub legally was so inconvenient but it was much easier just to pay money goverment officer. He says "That is the Thai style." The new law, all public buildings have to be inspected for safety but only 200 buildings from nearly 6,000 passed inspection. Prasong Tharachai from the Engineering Institute of Thailand says that, "If you go to a nightclub in Bangkok, and you want to be safe, always check where the exit is, and stay close to it,"

From this case which nobody want to happen in the future. In Songkran festival, Where do you going to plan? There are many people each tourist attraction. How safe do you entry everywhere?

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Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry (2009, April 4) , BBC News, Retrieves April 5, 2009 From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7981841.stm