On a July night in Bangkok, more than a hundred lives were extinguished in minutes when fire tore through a crowded bar, and autopsies have since confirmed what investigators feared: the victims were overcome not merely by flames, but by invisible gases — cyanide and carbon monoxide — that denied their bodies oxygen before escape was possible. The tragedy at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao now stands as a grim testament to the cost of deferred accountability, where an electrical system allegedly upgraded without inspection and an emergency exit bolted shut transformed a preventable hazard into mass dea
Bangkok bar fire killed 106+ via cyanide poisoning; electrical overload and locked exits under investigation
More than 106 people questioned; multiple fatalities from toxic gas inhalation; several police officers suffered respiratory injuries during rescue operations.