Fire kills 59 New Year revellers

THAILAND: A blaze at a top Bangkok nightclub killed 59 people including a Singaporean celebrating the New Year and injured more than 100 others, police said on Thursday.

Some said the fire was caused by fireworks, others that it was an electrical fault.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the injured at one hospital and the charred building, saying fire crackers should not have been brought inside the club.

Bangkok,Thursday, Reuters