In this handout photo released by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, bottles are seen on a table at the site of a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration via AP)
BANGKOK (AP) — A blaze at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao music bar in northern Bangkok was the city’s deadliest fire in 17 years. The fire broke out late Sunday and spread quickly, leaving blown-out windows facing the street and beer bottles still standing on charred tables inside the venue. Police said many victims were found in windowless bathrooms where they may have gone to try to escape. Former patrons of the bar and other mourners left flowers at the site.
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Rescuers stand near the site of a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Burnt shoes are left outside the music bar where a fire killed a number of people in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)Bodies of victims of a fire are seen laid in a row in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)In this image made from video provided by Instagram handle @jackfanchan, people move around a fire at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (@jackfanchan via AP)In this handout photo released by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the interior of a beer bar is seen after a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration via AP)Mobile phones of victims of a fire are recovered in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A relative of a victim in a music bar fire sits near the coffin containing the victim’s body inside a vehicle as it is transferred from a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A woman weeps as she prays outside the music bar where a fire killed a number of people in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)A relative of a victim in a music bar fire pays respect to the victim’s body at a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Forensic police officers inspect the site of a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Shoes are seen scattered in front of a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026, after a fire. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A relative of a victim in a music bar fire leads a coffin containing the victim’s body towards a vehicle as it is transferred from a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)An official with the Thai Forensic Police examines the back exit of the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)One of relatives of fire victims cries during an interview at the Institute of Forensic Police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026, following a fire at a beer hall. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)A Buddhist monk sprinkles holy water outside the music bar where a fire killed a number of people in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)Relatives of a victim in a music bar fire hold portraits of husband Suvitcha Sirisalung and wife Namthip Tubsuk while receiving the victims’ bodies at a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Kanticha Singkhon, 25, picks up the personal belongings of her mother, who died in Sunday’s bar fire, at Phahonyothin Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)A relative of a victim in a music bar fire cries while receiving the victim’s body at a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Relatives of a victim in a music bar fire cry while receiving the victim’s body at a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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