Video footage posted by a rescue service showed desperate revelers fleeing the club screaming, their clothes ablaze, as a huge fire raged.
Thailand’s prime minister on Friday ordered an investigation into a massive blaze that tore through a crowded music pub, killing at least 14 people — including a singer who was performing when the fire broke out near the stage.
The fire broke out around 1 a.m. at the Mountain B nightspot in Chonburi province’s Sattahip district, about 90 miles southeast of Bangkok.
Video footage posted by a rescue service showed desperate revelers fleeing the club screaming, their clothes ablaze, as a huge fire raged in the background.
Chalit Chotisupakarn, who escaped with burns to his arms and torso, described scenes of panic and desperation as people struggled to get out of the building.
“I couldn’t see anything, everything was dark. Everybody was shouting ‘Get out! Get out!’ We all had to try to get out,” he told reporters.
“I just pushed and pushed. There were people with fire all over their bodies.”
The Sawang Rojanathammasathan Rescue Foundation said 14 people were killed and around 40 injured.
A waitress at the venue, Thanyapat Sornsuwanhiran, told Thai television reporters that she saw smoke near the stage.
“I shouted ‘fire’ to customers, and I was near the doors, so I directed them out.
