'Smoke everywhere': survivors of Cambodia casino blaze recount chaotic scenes


Nunthida Kongreung, daughter of victims of the Grand Diamond hotel-casino fire, prays with other family members, in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province near Thailand-Cambodia border, December 30, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) - When Nunthida Kongreung heard a huge fire had broken out at a Cambodian border town casino-hotel, she started calling her parents who were on vacation there, but nobody answered.

When finally someone called back, it was a rescue worker who had found their bodies, slumped against each other in their hotel room on the 17th floor, where they died from smoke inhalation.

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