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Distressing videos emerged Friday of terrified people fleeing a Thai nightclub after a fire broke out at the venue, killing at least 14 and injuring dozens more.
Footage showed chaos erupt as the fire broke out the Mountain B hotspot in Thailand’s eastern Chonburi province, about 111 miles east of Bangkok, at around 1 a.m. on Friday.
People were filmed running out of the burning club, as others screamed in panic.
Flames and clouds of thick, black smoke could be seen bursting out of the one-story building, with shoes and bottles belonging to the fleeing revelers littering the ground outside.
Thai police said the fire claimed the lives of 14 people, including a 17-year-old clubgoer, and left at least 38 others injured, of them 14 severely. All the victims have been identified as Thai nationals.
Singer Chatchai Chuenkha, 30, who was performing with his band at the club when the fire ignited, was among the dead.
“My son was a breadwinner,” Chuenkha’s mother, Premjai sae Ung, said, according to Bangkok Post. “Someone must be held responsible for this.”
Photos released by authorities showed the bodies of victims trapped in small spaces, piled on top of each other and ravaged by the hellish inferno as they battled in vain to escape.
