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Mountain B pub inferno death toll rises to 20

Justice minister presents compensation totalling B2.1 million to victims’ families

Rescue workers check the fire-gutted interior of the Mountain B pub in Sattahip on Aug 5. (Photo: Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation)

The death toll from the Mountain B pub fire in Chon Buri rose to 20 on Friday, when a 50-year-old man with critical burns died at Chon Buri Hospital after 14 days of treatment.

Doctors said that the patient, identified as Paphon Bovornsuwan, 50, was suffering from a blood infection among other conditions, and blood donations had been sought for his treatment.

Thanarat Bovornsuwan, 52, the victim’s elder brother, said Paphon had travelled from Bangkok on the night of Aug 5 as he intended…

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