Two dead in nightclub blaze in south-west Cambodia

A major fire at the Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino in Poipet City in Cambodia claimed 26 lives. - AP

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Two local persons died in a fire at a nightclub in southwestern Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province on Monday (Jan 30) night, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.

The blaze broke out at 8pm local time at the Julie & Anna nightclub in Sihanoukville when a worker was welding a curtain rod and welding sparks falling on sound insulation foam on the walls ignited the fire, Preah Sihanouk provincial police chief Chuon Narin said in a report.