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An overnight fire at a casino complex in a Cambodian border town has killed at least seven people, and left 53 injured and eight missing, authorities in neighboring Thailand said on Thursday.
The fire broke out at about midnight on Wednesday at Grand Diamond City, a casino and hotel in the town of Poipet, according to Cambodian police. They made no mention of casualties.
It was not immediately clear what started the blaze.
Poipet’s casinos are hugely popular with short-term visitors from Thailand, where gambling is illegal and unlicensed casinos operate underground.
At least 32 people were being treated in hospitals in Sa Kaeo province across the border, Thailand’s health ministry said.
