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‘I thought it was them’: Daughter mourns parents killed in Cambodia casino fire

A 36-year-old woman has been grieving for her parents who were killed in a fire at a casino in Cambodia on December 28, 2022. At least 27 people were reported to have died at the gambling centre near the border with Thailand. The blaze is suspected to have been started by an electrical short circuit.

January 2, 2023
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A Buddhist pagoda was set alight by a falling sky lantern during a religious festival in Thailand. Footage shows the structure engulfed in flames in the middle of the Yi Peng festival in Chiang Mai...00:52
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Buddhist temple accidentally set on fire during Thai festival
November 10, 2022
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Police body cam captured the moment a 3-year-old boy was rescued from a mobile home fire in West Allis, Wisconsin on June 19.   02:39
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3-year-old boy rescued from fire
June 22, 2022
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Residents jumped off first-floor windows to escape from a fire that ripped through a market in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on June 9, 2022. More than 10 people were injured from the fire in the...00:58
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People in desperate attempt to escape fire in Hangzhou market
June 9, 2022
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A scuba diving boat caught fire off Hong Kong’s scenic Jin Island in Sai Kung on January 15, 2022. A video clip of the boat on fire was widely circulated online.  The boat later sank after many of...01:02
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Scuba diving boat ablaze off Hong Kong
January 15, 2022
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Fire tore through a coronavirus isolation ward at the al-Hussein hospital in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriyah, on July 12, 2021, killing at least 52 people and wounding 22 others. Demonstrators...01:36
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Deadly fire at Covid-19 hospital ward in Iraq
July 13, 2021
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The Siji Kaiyuan hotel, located in the city of Suzhou in eastern China, collapsed on July 12, 2021. The incident in the city in Jiangsu province killed at least one person and left 10 others...01:48
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Hotel collapse in China
July 13, 2021
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A 400-year-old village was engulfed in flames in China’s Yunnan province on February 14, 2021. State media reported that no one died in the fire, but its cause remains unknown. The damaged Wengding...01:39
China society
Fire destroys 400-year-old village in China
February 16, 2021
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A fireworks factory explosion in Sichuan, southwest China, injured six people on July 8. The fire was put out by local firefighters eight hours after the blast. The cause is still under investigation.01:08
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China fireworks factory blast injures 6
July 9, 2020
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Koalas caught up in deadly Australian bush fires
November 20, 2019
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Firefighters rescued 10 residents from a burning 16-storey apartment building in Zhongshan, Guangdong province. The fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in a lift. Firefighters put out...01:04
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Firefighters save 10 people trapped in burning high-rise
April 23, 2018
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At least 59 killed in North Macedonia nightclub fire
March 17, 2025
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Turkey
Turkish ski resort fire kills at least 76
January 22, 2025
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Experts say increasingly hot and dry winter weather has made devastating California wildfires a year-round threat04:18
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Why LA is now prone to winter wildfires
January 9, 2025
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100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, as flames scorch hillsides and destroy hundreds of buildings  04:42
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Los Angeles county burns in out-of-control wildfires
January 9, 2025
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The fire erupted at a market in Zhangjiakou, a city in the northern province of Hebei, and was put out just over an hour later01:42
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Deadly blaze sweeps through China market
January 6, 2025
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The Philippines has a patchy record in enforcing fire safety in buildings, homes and offices.03:17
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Fire engulfs hundreds of shanty houses in Manila
November 25, 2024
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South Korea hotel fire kills 7
August 23, 2024
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Gas station fire kills 30, injures 105 in southern Russia
August 15, 2023
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‘Biggest wildfire evacuation’ in Greece
July 24, 2023
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Southern Europe battles wildfires amid intense heatwave
July 21, 2023
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A massive blaze raged through a retail complex with 3,000 shops in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. There were no immediate reports of casualties but almost all shops were destroyed. Bongo...02:16
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Firefighters attempt to control blaze at clothes market in Dhaka
April 4, 2023