Overview
- Late on Sunday a fire tore through the Rong Beer Na Ladprao pub in Bangkok’s Ladprao district, leaving roughly 30–32 people dead and dozens more wounded and taken to multiple hospitals.
- Eyewitnesses reported smoke from a fuse box near the stage, a subsequent power cut and an explosion, and investigators are treating a suspected electrical short—possibly linked to ceiling air‑conditioning equipment—as a likely ignition source.
- Authorities say the fire spread in seconds because interior ceiling and decorative materials were highly flammable, dense toxic smoke filled the room, and many patrons fled toward the rear where there was no usable exit.
- Probes have uncovered serious safety failings: one rear escape route was blocked by a sweets stall, another exit lacked a proper handle and was obstructed, officials are examining possible unlawful alterations and reports that staff may have locked doors, and relatives have been asked to provide DNA for victim identification.
- Separately, a large wildfire in Germany’s Müritz Nationalpark has burned more than 90 hectares in recent days, forced evacuations and slowed suppression because parts of the area sit on former munitions training grounds that require a 1,000‑metre safety buffer and limit direct firefighting access.