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At least 10 dead after fire rips through Cambodia hotel-casino | News

The blaze started on the first floor and spread quickly along carpets before engulfing the multi-storey complex.

At least 10 people are believed dead after a fire tore through a hotel and casino in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, police said.

A provisional Cambodian police report seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday said the fire broke out at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet city, on the border with Thailand, at approximately 11:30pm local time (16:30 GMT) on Wednesday.

The report stated that “about 10 people died and 30 people injured”.

Local media cited officials in Poipet – located 400km (250 miles) northwest of the capital Phnom Penh – saying that “more than 10 people” had died and more than 30 were injured in the blaze at the casino, which is popular with gamblers and visitors from nearby Thailand.

Nhem Phoeng, chief of administration at…

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