DPA
Phnom Penh - About 100 foreign guests at Phnom Penh's only legal casino and its adjoining hotel were evacuated after a fire broke out, sending smoke billowing and all the Cambodian capital's fire units into action, a casino official and police said Saturday.
Around 300 Cambodian, Malaysian and other staff were also evacuated, police said.
A man who identified himself as a senior official for the NagaCorp Hotel but declined to be named said the blaze looked worse than it was and there had been no injuries.
"I am not sure what started it at this stage, but everyone is out and no one has been hurt," he said, adding that the blaze had been contained to one area at the back of the building.
At least 50 firefighters and volunteers worked for around three hours to control the blaze and around 100 more police kept crowds back from the riverfront property, which cost 100 million dollars and is designed to accommodate 900 guests, according to the company.
It rubs shoulders with the nation's multi-million dollar brand new National Assembly, or parliament, which was not damaged in the blaze.
The NagaCorp official declined to say what nationalities had been evacuated, but the casino is a favourite haunt of South Korean, Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese visitors especially.
Around 300 Cambodian, Malaysian and other staff were also evacuated, police said.
A man who identified himself as a senior official for the NagaCorp Hotel but declined to be named said the blaze looked worse than it was and there had been no injuries.
"I am not sure what started it at this stage, but everyone is out and no one has been hurt," he said, adding that the blaze had been contained to one area at the back of the building.
At least 50 firefighters and volunteers worked for around three hours to control the blaze and around 100 more police kept crowds back from the riverfront property, which cost 100 million dollars and is designed to accommodate 900 guests, according to the company.
It rubs shoulders with the nation's multi-million dollar brand new National Assembly, or parliament, which was not damaged in the blaze.
The NagaCorp official declined to say what nationalities had been evacuated, but the casino is a favourite haunt of South Korean, Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese visitors especially.
4 comments:
. . .; anyway, it's natural that the rich and strong deserve the best while the weak and the poorest deserve the worst!!!
Are our firemen up to the task? Could they cope if future, taller appartment blocks caught fire?
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
No, Dr. Lao, we leave it up to the Viet. When was the last time you're in Cambodia or P. Penh to be exact? Don't you know that everything important like the fire fighter job all belongs to the Viet/Yuon? Re-document and re-update your research Dr. Lao if you can, please? Merci!
And guess what Dr. Lao? At first those fire fighters speak khmer with a very funny Viet accent, I kid you not....When the tough got going, everything all came out in Vietnamese about like 100 miles an hour!, nothing but Viet's language......That's how I know...joy duck euy...rofl!!!
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