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Mountain B pub inferno death toll rises to 23

A fire at the packed Mountain B pub in Sattahip district of Chon Buri on Aug 5 killed 23 people and injured many others. (Photo: Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue Foundation)

The death toll from the Mountain B pub fire in Chon Buri has risen to 23 after a 27-year-old navy officer who succumbed to serious burns on Friday.

Lt JG Panupong Wongpakpaiboon of the Royal Thai Fleet in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district had suffered third-degree burns and was pronounced dead at Rayong Hospital in Rayong province on Friday night. He had been under treatment for 28 days.

He was the 23rd fatalties in the blaze.

Last Sunday (Aug 28), a 30-year-old mother of two children who also suffered serious burns in the pub fire died at Chon Buri…

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