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FACTBOX: List of some significant fatal fires in Thailand

An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition, officials said on Monday.

Reuters

13 July 2026 at 05:50:20

FACTBOX: List of some significant fatal fires in Thailand

Forensic police officials arrive to inspect the site of a deadly fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2026.

Arnun Chonmahatrakool/Reuters

An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition, officials said on Monday.


Here is a list of some other fires in Thailand in recent years, and some major fires from the past several decades:


December 29, 2024: Three people, from the United States, Brazil and Ukraine, were killed in a fire at a hotel near Bangkok's popular backpacker district.


October 1, 2024: At least 23 people died when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers on a field trip caught fire in the outskirts of the capital Bangkok.


July 30, 2023: Twelve people were killed and more than 100 injured when firecrackers exploded in a warehouse in the southern province of Narathiwat that borders Malaysia.


August 5, 2022: A fire broke out at the Mountain B night club in Sattahip district, Chonburi, about 180 km (110 miles) southeast of Bangkok, killing at least 13 people and injuring 35.


July 5, 2021: A firefighter was killed and 29 people were wounded and thousands more evacuated after an explosion at a factory in Samut Prakan province.


January 1, 2009: At least 65 people died in a fire at a Bangkok nightclub, which also injured more than 200 others who were celebrating the New Year.


July 11, 1997: At least 90 people died in a fire at a 16-storey beachfront hotel in Pattaya, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of Bangkok. Officials said the fire was started by a cooking gas explosion in the hotel’s ground-floor cafeteria and spread rapidly.


May 10, 1993: A fire at toy-maker Kader Industrial in Nakhon Pathom killed 188 workers and injured almost 500.


-Reporting by Lucy Craymer in Wellington and Chayut Setboonsarng in Bangkok; Editing by John Mair/Reuters

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