The casino, popular with gamblers and visitors from nearby Thailand, employed about 400 workers. Provincial police chief Sithi Loh said 360 emergency services personnel and 11 firetrucks had been sent to the scene of the fire. He admitted authorities took too long to put out the flames and blamed the hotel-casino’s complex layout, as well as a lack of rescue equipment. “Some people were burned to death, some died because of a lack of oxygen, and some were burned and died along exit ways,” he said. Kun Kim, deputy chairman of the National Committee for Disaster Management, said on Saturday that 26 people – including 17 Thais, one Malaysian, and one Nepalese – had died in the blaze. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Mass trial of Cambodian opposition members charged with treason list 2 of 4 Eleven students drown after ferry capsizes in Cambodia list 3 of 4 Cambodia’s Mekong dolphin is dying despite efforts to save it list 4 of 4 Cambodia convicts 36 opposition members in latest mass trial end of list
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