Thai nightclub fire death toll rises to 15

Chalit Chotisupakarn, a survivor of the Mountain B nightclub fire, speaking to authorities outside the destroyed venue in Sattahip district in Thailand's Chonburi province. - AFP

BANGKOK, Aug 6 (AFP): The death toll from a massive fire that ripped through a Thai nightclub rose to 15 on Saturday, a rescue service said.

The fire broke out around 1am at the Mountain B nightspot in Chonburi province's Sattahip district, about 150km southeast of Bangkok.