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Fire At Santika Night Club, Death Toll Rises to 62, 26 survivors still in ICU |
 2009-01-01 02:37:50
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I could see the flames from my window - needless to say they were fierce. More as I hear of it. This post has been edited by onethailand: 2009-01-01 02:38:54 |
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2009-01-01 02:43:05
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Senior Member Group: Banned Posts: 663 Joined: 2008-11-24 Member No.: 71,575 |
how is this not in the english media? jesus they take teh night off?
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2009-01-01 02:44:54
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,950 Joined: 2004-12-27 Member No.: 15,263 |
QUOTE (dave9988 @ 2009-01-01 02:43:05)  how is this not in the english media? jesus they take teh night off? Too early. Even the Thai channels are only just getting wind of it. |
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2009-01-01 02:49:55
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,950 Joined: 2004-12-27 Member No.: 15,263 |
52 dead now.
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2009-01-01 02:51:34
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,252 Joined: 2005-02-23 Member No.: 17,052 |
 %$&* I know people that frequent that club, and have been there a few times myself. I hope they didn't go there tonight. |
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2009-01-01 02:56:12
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,252 Joined: 2005-02-23 Member No.: 17,052 |
Man, the pictures on TV are horrible. How did this fire start?
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2009-01-01 03:01:46
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Titanium Member Group: Super Moderators Posts: 9,274 Joined: 2004-08-15 Member No.: 12,129 |
BBC reporting on it now.
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2009-01-01 03:03:24
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Uptown Top Rankin' Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,060 Joined: 2007-07-08 From: กรุงธนบุรี Member No.: 48,709 |
QUOTE (dave9988 @ 2009-01-01 02:43:05) how is this not in the english media? jesus they take teh night off? Must be in the English media. My phone's been spewing worried SMSs for the last 15 minutes. Bad scene. Really. |
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2009-01-01 03:03:50
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Titanium Member Group: Super Moderators Posts: 9,274 Joined: 2004-08-15 Member No.: 12,129 |
QUOTE (DP25 @ 2009-01-01 02:56:12) Man, the pictures on TV are horrible. How did this fire start? According to reports from the scene, fireworks on stage. Many of the dead apparently trapped in the bathroom with no back exits. |
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2009-01-01 03:06:01
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
BBC now says 53 dead... 100 injured...
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2009-01-01 03:08:53
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
Sky news say 53 dead.. 100+ injured same..
says cause "due to electrical fault" |
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2009-01-01 03:09:15
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Senior Member Group: Banned Posts: 663 Joined: 2008-11-24 Member No.: 71,575 |
QUOTE (MKAsok @ 2009-01-01 03:03:24) QUOTE (dave9988 @ 2009-01-01 02:43:05) how is this not in the english media? jesus they take teh night off? Must be in the English media. My phone's been spewing worried SMSs for the last 15 minutes. Bad scene. Really. i live near thong lo and we were hearing sirens like mad since atleast an hour ago. news like this should take somewhere between 3-5 minutes to have online. |
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2009-01-01 03:16:16
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,950 Joined: 2004-12-27 Member No.: 15,263 |
53 bodies on site, 2 dead in hospital.
Injury count is still speculative. |
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2009-01-01 03:18:35
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
from youtube...
"Fire/Explosion at Bangkok's most famous nightclub, Zanthika on New Year's Eve. Live, raw and uncut footage from the location 10 minutes into the event!" NOTE: Shows some very disturbing scenes. |
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2009-01-01 03:39:56
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
From the BBC News website...
"At least 53 people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in the Thai capital, Bangkok, police said, quoted by Reuters news agency. More than 100 others were injured in the blaze, which broke out as people took part in New Year's Eve celebrations, the agency reports. A Thai police official told Reuters the cause had not yet been determined. A witness told the BBC that he had seen a number of bodies being carried away from the club, named as the Santika. The witness, Andrew Jones, said survivors leaving the club told him the fire broke out on the stage after fireworks were lit just after midnight. He said the club was popular with foreigners and locals alike. The club had only one main exit, at the front, and many people had been trapped inside, he said. " link to page here |
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2009-01-01 03:40:11
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,252 Joined: 2005-02-23 Member No.: 17,052 |
Some very disturbing scenes indeed, but I'm glad I saw it none the less. This is simply awful.
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2009-01-01 03:45:20
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
I'm guessing most members are either asleep (in Thailand) or revelling elsewhere in the world..
just watch this thread grow & grow very shortly.. a very sad day.. RIP |
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2009-01-01 03:48:39
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 479 Joined: 2003-08-09 From: Scandinavia Member No.: 3,507 |
Very bad news to start the new year..... the organizers and those responsible for security should be charged with manslaughter.
Deepest condolences to all effected by this tragic event 
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2009-01-01 03:52:06
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Avian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,296 Joined: 2006-09-23 From: Here: To: Eternity: Member No.: 35,260 |
Sky News now reporting at least 54 dead
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2009-01-01 03:54:00
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Libertarian Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,956 Joined: 2005-07-27 Member No.: 20,979 |
Front-page news in my homecountries (online)papers (how I saw it), but nothing in local ones.
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2009-01-01 03:54:20
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Super Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,950 Joined: 2004-12-27 Member No.: 15,263 |
rows of bodies being shown on TNN.
Official count at present remains 53 on site, 2 in hospitals. Injury count still speculative - local reports say at least 50 and have done so for the last two hours. Wonder where Reuters/BBC/Sky got their numbers from. Eerily, the sign at the front of the club said "Goodbye Santika 2009" - I thought it was some mistake, but it turns out that the club was indeed being closed down as the owners elected not to renew the lease, and this was the last night. This post has been edited by onethailand: 2009-01-01 03:55:42 |
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2009-01-01 03:56:50
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Nocturnal Spooner Group: Honorary Members Posts: 9,557 Joined: 2003-09-16 From: Perfidious Albion Member No.: 4,370 |
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2009-01-01 03:59:21
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 2006-10-27 From: Krungthep, Huai Kwang Member No.: 37,110 |
I was at Woodstock tonight at the rooftop bar and we saw the smoke and then heard the sirens. It kinda depressed the party ...
I know some people who work there. Will check tomorrow if they are alright. |
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2009-01-01 04:01:35
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 2008-09-05 From: Thailand Member No.: 67,634 |
As much as this is just some bad luck, I know I made a good decision to stay in tonight.
Sad news here. Sorry y'all! |
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2009-01-01 04:18:13
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Titanium Member Group: Honorary Members Posts: 5,675 Joined: 2002-11-29 From: in the smoke Member No.: 13 |
Police said they were investigating what sparked the fire in the two-storey building, an upmarket nightclub.
"We were all dancing and suddenly there was a big flame that came out of the front of the stage and everybody was running away," one woman told Reuters news agency. One man told the BBC that survivors leaving the club told him the fire broke out on the stage after fireworks were lit just after midnight. SO SAD |
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