Progress on the terrible fire tragedy at the Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino in Poipet Cambodian border city Only regarding 200 meters from the Thai border in the middle of the night into the morning of December 29th. Firefighters and rescue teams from Thailand were able to recover the victims from the ruins of the Grand Casino. Diamond, which was severely damaged by a major fire at the end of 2022, at least 33 bodies and 49 people are still missing, whose fate is unknown. Until on Saturday, December 31, the past.
Foreign news agencies reported on December 31, 2022 that at this time, the exact cause of the fire was still unknown immediately at the Grand Diamond casino in Poipet, but Mr. Sek Sokhom, head of the Bante Provincial Information Division Cambodia’s Ye Mean Chey told Archyde.com that The cause of the fire at the Grand Diamond Casino was due to a short circuit.
After a horrific fire broke out at the Grand Diamond casino, fire and rescue teams from Thailand were deployed across the border to help contain the fire. Help and find the wounded And recover the deceased body from the remains of the Grand Diamond casino in Poipet. While many victims were transported to various hospitals in Thailand
According to Eung Buleng, one of the survivors Told news agency VOA that people trapped on the upper floor of the hotel very scared and do not know how to escape He thinks everyone would be safe with more fire trucks. At the time of the fire, the Grand Diamond casino was estimated to have had around 400 guests and staff at the casino.
Yong Kim Eng, President of the People’s Center for Development and Peace which is a non-profit organization Questioning the security system of the Grand Diamond hotel and casino on this side of Poipet. He said that it is very sad for Cambodia that many high-rise buildings do not have good security systems. This tragedy should lead to a reassessment of the security of high-rise buildings in Cambodia.
