A fire in a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border of Thailand has killed at least 10 people, police said Thursday. The fire broke out at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet at 11:30 pm local time Wednesday, police said.
Around 30 people have been injured in the fire, according to the police.
Photos from the scene show groups desperately huddled on ledges as fierce flames surround them. In one video clip, an unidentified man is seen sitting on a window ledge as smoke billows from the window behind him.
At least 19 people were killed and many others are feared dead in a fire at a Cambodian casino, with a rescuer describing how victims hurled themselves from a ledge in a desperate bid to escape the flames.