Bangkok Night Club Survivors Speak Out

ZHANG:
Today's top story... Survivors of a deadly night club fire in Bangkok, Thailand are speaking out. Hundreds were injured and dozens killed when flames broke out during a New Years party.

STORY:
Survivors of a New Year blaze at a nightclub in Thailand speak out about their ordeal.

This British man initially thought the flames were part of the celebratory performances.

[Steven Hall, British Survivor]:
"The fire broke out what looked like above the stage and the flames' very quickly spread along the ceiling. At first, I think, initially everybody thought it was part of the performances with the bands and DJs and everything but the people on the stage looked shocked themselves.

Hundreds of revelers were welcoming in the New Year at the Santika club in the Thai capital, a popular nightclub with Thais and tourists.

Sirwan Jomjaitpat collapsed in the venue.

[Sirwan Jomjaitpat, Thai Survivor]:
"I didn't know where to go after I lost my friend's hand. Then I collapsed but I kept telling myself that I could not die and I will never die here. Then I tried to drag myself out with my hands because my legs were hurt from the big lamps that fell down from the second floor. So I used them to drag me out."

At least 59 people were killed in the blaze and hundreds are wounded.

Witnesses said the venue was full and around 400 people were inside when fireworks started going off close to the dance floor.

Sprinklers and fire alarms didn't go off as people fled.

[Steven Hall, British Survivor]:
"I didn't hear any fire alarms and as far as I know there is no sprinkler system there either. And I also didn't see any fire extinguishers anywhere, so, if anything is to blame, there's no one person, I think it's just the building codes here in Thailand have to be revised.

Police haven't confirmed the cause of the fire. But Bangkok nightclubs have often been the subject of safety concerns.

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[DC180]

Creepy.... The special party was named Goodbye Santika. The house band are called BURN and there were crosses and coffins on the walls. After the fire the sign "SANTIKA" is mostly burnt down except for 2 letters "KA" in Thai it means "kill"

[drumandave1]

ptalknet- your obviously a twat, ive been to Thailand lots of times, i know the country well, u obviously know f*ck all about the country to make a dumbass comment like that.

[opsvideo2008]

@DC180 The coffins should have been a clear indication of why people should not be there in the first place if they have any inkling of spiritual inferences. 59 people dead is a very high number of death casualties. The guy in this video got it right that the fire safety code of buildings in Bangkok needs to reviewed and strictly enforced.

[sebaz1982]

@infoherper yeah, funny..... people died in a nightclub. imagine it was your sister or wife that lose her life or burned so badly you dont recognize her anymore. lets see how hard you can laugh then.

[lem1968a1]

@mengyang09 COOL

[lem1968a1]

When do people learn fire works inside night clubs don't mix RIP all you dead ones of night club fires

[williambrown007]

@ptalknet He went to Thailand because he has every right to go just like you have every right to do what you do.

[mengyang09]

40 yrs old white man with a 15 yrs old Asian girl.

[redemoanarchy]

40 yr old man in nightclub with a 20 yr old hot asain?

[Hashpotato]

i wonder what steven hall was doing in a nightclub in thailand. the dirty bugger