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2009/1/1 Marc Matthews - MedPro MMC X <Marc_Matthews at medprodoctors.com>

> To the trauma list server,
>
> This reminds me of the Rhode Island nightclub fire. History has repeated
> itself as fireworks were again the cause as reported in this article. I am
> sorry/sad to hear about this tragedy and express my sadness and condolences
> to all of those injured and to the families of all of those that were
> killed.
>
> MRM
>
>
> Bangkok nightclub fire kills 59, injures 130
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> Dec 31, 7:45 PM (ET)
>
> By DENIS D. GRAY
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>  <
> http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Nightclub_Fire.sff_BK118_20081231175147.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
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> (AP) Firefighter sprays water on the remains of a night club Thursday, Jan.
> 1, 2009, in Bangkok,...
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> BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A fire swept through a high-class nightclub jammed
> with several hundred New Year <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22New+Year%22>
> 's revelers early Thursday, killing at least 59 people and injuring about
> 130, officials said. A number of foreigners were among the casualties from
> the blaze that erupted shortly after midnight at the Santika Club in
> Bangkok's entertainment district.
>
> Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation and injuries during the stampede
> to escape from the club, which had only one door for the public, police Maj.
> Gen. Chokchai Deeprasertwit said. Firefighters said a door at the rear was
> known only to the staff, while an Associated Press <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22Associated+Press%22>
>  reporter saw a third door at one side of the building.
>
> Video footage of the disaster showed bloodied, bruised and burned victims
> being dragged out of the burning club or managing to run through the door or
> shattered windows. The video - provided to AP Television News <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22AP+Television+News%22>
>  by rescue workers - showed flames racing through the entire building even
> as the rescue operation was going on.
>
> Police Gen. Jongrak Jutanont put the death toll at 59, which included an
> undetermined number of foreigners. He said that among the injured were
> nationals of Australia, Nepal, Japan and the Netherlands.
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>  <
> http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK105_20081231155952.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> (AP) Bangkok Fire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene of a
> night club fire Thursday,...
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> Most of the victims were confirmed dead at the club but at least one person
> died at a hospital. Workers counting bodies told AP that about 130 others
> were injured. Rescue said they believed other bodies were still inside the
> blaze-gutted building, which has two stories and a basement.
>
> Chokchai said that the fire may have been caused by firecrackers brought
> into the Santika Club <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22Santika+Club%22>
>  by guests or sparks flying from a New Year's countdown display on the
> nightclub stage.
>
> The Web site of The Nation newspaper quoted one party-goer, Somchai Frendi
> <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22Somchai+Frendi%22>
> , as saying the blaze was caused by fireworks that ignited the second floor
> ceiling, which was made largely of sound-proofing material.
>
> The club was packed with about 1,000 celebrants, according to police
> officers who declined to be named because they were not authorized to speak
> to the press.
>
> Most of the bodies were found in the basement of the club, which attracts a
> well-heeled crowd of Thais and foreigners, rescuers said. The corpses,
> placed in white body bags, were laid out in rows in the parking lot in front
> of the club.
>
>  <
> http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK103_20081231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
> >
> (AP) BangkokFire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene of a
> night club fire Thursday, Jan....
> Full Image <
> http://apnews.myway.com/image/20081231/Thailand_Pub_Fire.sff_BK103_20081231155247.html?date=20090101&docid=D95E16FO0
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> The emergency workers said the rescue operation was delayed because of
> heavy New Year's traffic in the Ekamai entertainment district and the large
> number of cars parked at the club.
>
> Firefighter Watcharapong Sri-saard said that in addition to a lack of
> exits, a number of staircases inside the club as well as bars across the
> second-floor windows made escape difficult.
>
> An AP reporter who peered inside the still burning building said everything
> in sight had been burned.
>
> "Bodies, some of them probably alive, were falling off the stretchers as
> the rescue workers rushed them away. The flames were glowing through the
> broken glass windows. A part of the building had already collapsed," said
> Andrew Jones of England <
> http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml?st=site&ptnrS=de&searchfor=%22Andrew+Jones+of+England%22>
> , who arrived at the scene shortly after the fire erupted.
>
> One local Web site about the entertainment scene in Bangkok described the
> club as attracting "an affluent Thai student crowd, with Euro models and
> Westerners also popping in" with a "whisky-sipping crowd all focused on a
> large stage."
>
> Another site says that the high ceiling and a cross in the main room makes
> one feel "like walking into a church."
>
> ---
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> Associated Press writer Christopher Blake contributed to this report
>
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