News Forum - 17 year old the 18th victim of Mountain B fire, 27 still in hospital

[Thaiger]

An 18th person has died in the tragic Chon Buri pub fire, this time a young girl of 17 called Mind, who had been on life support in the hospital since the night of the fire.  “Mind” was the third minor to die in the fire, after a 17 year old and an 18 year old (a friend of Mind’s) were found dead inside the club after the fire. The legal age to be in a bar or club in Thailand is 20 and the owners say they don’t know how underage people were able to get inside the pub. […]

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[KaptainRob]

I sincerely hope all victims or the families sue the owner and others, including the RTP/local authority, for all they can get. 

[Venusianhart]

Anyone remember the orphan girls home that burned in the Chiang Rai area a few years ago? 

Similar negligence and/or malfeasance by the authorities, similar tragic body count 

Unless there are a few bereaved hi-so parents Mt B will likely see a similar outcome, it all quickly went away. 

I never heard of a follow up. Not even what became of the surviving orphans.

 

[KaptainRob]

3 minutes ago, Venusianhart said:

Anyone remember the orphan girls home that burned in the Chiang Rai area a few years ago? 

Similar negligence and/or malfeasance by the authorities, similar tragic body count 

Unless there are a few bereaved hi-so parents Mt B will likely see a similar outcome, it all quickly went away. 

I never heard of a follow up. Not even what became of the surviving orphans.

Sadly for the kids, or perhaps fortunately(?) for others, those orphans had no family to grieve their loss.  Tragic when kids and teenagers perish like that, especially due to greedy and corrupt practices.

[Leo]

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The government was offering 4,000 baht in compensation for those injured (about 0.7% of her bills so far) and Sia B, the owner who was freed on 300,000 baht bail already, pledged to pay 10,000 baht to each injured victim, about 1.5% of her current medical bills.

Good thing you are reminding everyone of the travesty. The owner is out on bail on the exorbitant amount of........$9,000, when the charge is manslaughter x 18 (and counting) plus bribery, plus illegal operation, plus other offenses, he's offering $300 per victim as compensation, and the local government is adding another $115 to his generous (and obligatory) offer. WTF is this? This requires the parents to band together. Corruption has consequences. Time to start changing things.

Edited August 14, 2022 by Leo