Bangkok deadly bar fire: at least 27 killed

A fire at a bar in Bangkok's popular Chatuchak district killed at least 27 people and injured 63 others, with 22 in critical condition.

Eyewitnesses say the fire started near the bar's stage and spread rapidly.

Initial findings suggest that majority of the victims had died from smoke inhalation. However, further investigation was needed to confirm this, authorities said.

Chinese officials said no Chinese nationals have been confirmed dead.

This is not the first time such an incident has occurred.

Four years ago another fire in a bar in a town south of Bangkok killed 22 people; in 2009, 66 people died in a nightclub fire in the capital.