Deadly Chonburi pub found to be illegally modified, operated after allowed hours

[carlyai]

1 hour ago, Boyn said:

RIP to those who die in this tragedy but this is the way Thailand is we all know it, the people at the top who are responsible for this will get away with it as usual,the people who should have checked up on regulations and inspections will get away with it ,there may be a few scapegoats but the real culprits will get away with it. This is how this crazy country is and will always be its the culture, we farangs will never change it.

We Farangs shouldn't change it, it's up to the Thai people. 

[Burma Bill]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, but sadly we have had a few of these already.....

Regrettably, not just Thailand - back in December 2021:

 

"Reports are coming in that at least 3 people have died and one is seriously injured after a devastating fire in a Siem Reap nightclub last night. The blaze happened at the Elite Club, in Asia Plaza Market."

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50981125/at-least-3-reported-dead-in-deadly-siem-reap-nightclub-blaze/

[drenddy]

The thing is most of SE, where farangs retire/spend winters, has a more or less lawlessness, with (still) cheap/cheaper cost of living and life feels more exciting than in Farangland.It comes with the package.You cannot have a cheap country with singaporean/japanese/scandinavian safety standards.

 

If you have lived in Finland or Denmark, even walking on Sukhumvit makes you feel more alive than any other night out in abovementioned countries(nota bene : and, once for all, they are not the happiest in the world, it's completely BS)

 

If you want to have a Thailand which resembles your home country, with rules for every aspect of life, then move back or choose Singapore.

 

Of course, terrible terrible tragedy

Edited August 6, 2022 by drenddy

[billd766]

5 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

I expect one to be a gardener and the other a driver employed by an an aircraft carrier operator.......

Both extremely well paid jobs.

[bbbbooboo]

To stop this happening time after time, maybe someone should do something to prevent it. Hang on TIT(silly me)

[MikeyIdea]

On 8/5/2022 at 7:38 PM, peterfranks said:

And of course, plod was not aware that it was run as a pub, and open till late

Read Thai news, it's all there with documentation, signature and all. The police state that they were aware of that the pub was open and they've already passed on the case against 5 policemen to the district attorney 

[Huckenfell]

On 8/6/2022 at 9:29 AM, prakhonchai nick said:

Close every similar establishment in Thailand, inspect them and only if all requirements are met allow re-opening. I doubt many  will pass first time!   Next check hotels especially for fire escapes, locked fire exit doors and blocked stairways.  Any inconvenience to customers will be worth it

What a stupid panicking idea. Many pubs ar completely "firesafe" and have no need to be closed. The recently opened "Down Under Bar" in Puket has 

got "walk through" roller doors at each end and are opened all the time during trading. Why on earth would you close that pub.

 

Edited August 9, 2022 by Huckenfell
Bad English !

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

What a stupid panicking idea. Many pubs ar completely "firesafe" and have no need to be closed. The recently opened "Down Under Bar" in Puket has 

got "walk through" roller doors at each end and are opened all the time during trading. Why on earth would you close that pub.

 

I think the point is all venues accommodating a high number, have some form of certification for safety, and without that not be allowed to operate. If your beloved 'Down Under Bar' did not have the document, it should not be trading. I must admit to having used many places in Pattaya with only one way in and out.... and a recent trend of opening more risque areas up some narrow stairs is surely another accident waiting to happen.

[jacko45k]

And I recently read a proposal that night venues in tourist areas be allowed to operate until 4am..... in light of what is being discussed here is that wise, to allow a few more drunken hours for a fire to get underway?