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â€™Four deadâ€™ in fire at Thai tourist nightclub

17 August 2012 04:54 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A fire broke out early Friday at a nightclub popular with foreign tourists on the Thai resort island of Phuket, leaving four people dead and about a dozen injured, officials said, APA reports quoting AFP.

"There are four confirmed dead. We believe they are foreign tourists but itâ€™s not yet confirmed," Phuket deputy governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada told AFP by telephone.

"The fire was caused by lightning which struck a transformer and the fire spread throughout the place," he added.

The blaze broke out at the Tiger disco in the town of Patong, a magnet for foreign tourists on the southern island.

A second provincial official said 12 people were admitted to hospital with injuries.

Rescue workers had retrieved the four bodies and sent them for autopsy, he added.