Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities have updated the casualty numbers from the fire that broke out on December 28 at Grand Diamond City Casino and the Poipet Resort in Poipet town, reporting that the death toll has risen to 26 dead and 57 injured.
Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed his condolences and sorrow in response to the fire that tore through the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet town of Banteay Meanchey province, at the border with Thailand, on December 28.
ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) - When Nunthida Kongreung heard a huge fire had broken out at a Cambodian border town casino-hotel, she started calling her parents who were on vacation there, but nobody answered.