Thailand: French tourist dies in fire at illegal budget hotel

Posted on May 30, 2012 • Filed under: Asia, Thailand, Tourist Dies

A French tourist has been killed in an overnight fire that engulfed an illegally operated budget hotel in one of the Thai capital’s main tourist districts. Police say the fire started at a bar on the ground floor of a three-story building in the city’s Khao San Road neighborhood, an area popular with backpackers and budget travelers. Five tourists escaped but a 27-year-old Frenchman was found burned to death. Read Article

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