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Inspectors list array of faults at Santika Club
Three professional groups detailed a list of unsafe features about the Santika Club after inspection. -The Nation/ANN

Wakes held for Bangkok fire victims
Lu Weiye and Leslie Yeo were two of three Singaporeans who died. -ST

Fire victim laid to rest
Mr Teo's 68-year-old mother had to be supported by two family members as she wept uncontrollably. -ST

He never got Mom's sms
Bangkok fire victim's mom sent him a happy new year greeting - and didn't get a response. -ST

Families of blaze victims claim bodies
The families of two Singaporeans killed in the nightclub fire on New Year's Day arrived here to claim the men's bodies. -ST

His last sms to her...
Santika fire victim, Teo Sze Siong's last message to  his wife who was working in Shanghai was "Happy New Year". -myp

Taking the spirits back home
Friends and relatives of air stewardess Chalika Chavez Prankaew, 27, and a Thai-Burmese Abac master's degree student Win Chor Piang, 26, conducted a ritual to collect their spirits. -The Nation/Asia News Network

Missing S'poreans identified
Two more Singaporean men were named among the victims of a New Year's fire at a Bangkok night club that killed 61 people -AsiaOne

13 Santika Pub fire victims still unidentified
A total of 13 victims of the Santika Pub fire have yet to be identified so far, prompting police to carry out their DNA check. -The Nation/Asia News Network

Santika owner to be charged with allowing minor to the pub
Police yesterday said they would charge Visuk Setsawad, a major shareholder in the Santika Club, with allowing persons under the legal drinking age of 20 onto the premises. -The Nation/Asia News Network

How we escaped the Bangkok inferno
Melvin Lee, 21-year-old NS man, successfully escaped the inferno as he was familiar with the club's exits.-AsiaOne

A virtual death trap
The death toll in the fire that engulfed a popular nightclub in the Thai capital was high because the building was a virtual death trap.-myp

Eyewitness Video: Chaos at Santika Pub
Chaotic scene of Santika Pub after a massive fire broke out on New Year's Eve. -The Nation/Asia News Network

Survivors recall screams, horror of Bangkok blaze
Revellers pushed, shoved and trampled on screaming victims to flee the New Year blaze. -AFP
 

Fire at Santika Club, Bangkok Date: 31 Dec 2008, after indoors fireworks display goes wrong Total no of dead: 64 Injured: More than 200
DECEASED TEO SZE SIONG Age: 38 Teo and two colleagues were at the Santika Club when the fire broke out. The CAAS officer's last words were "Happy New Year", sent as an SMS message to his wife, Madam Ho Mei Shih.	DECEASED LU WEIYE Age: 26 Mr Lu was trapped in the fire while trying to escape the club with his friends. He was in Thailand waiting to enrol in a local business school.
INJURED ADELINE TOK Age: 33 Ms Tok, Mr Loh's girlfriend, was separated from Mr Loh while trying to escape the fire. Ms Tok, a financial consultant, was re-united with Loh in the same hospital after being transferred from a hospital which could not treat her injuries. She suffers from third-degree burns and is in the intensive care unit.	INJURED DONALD LOH Age: 38 The air traffic controller was lucky to have survived the blaze with minor burns on his back and thighs. Mr Loh had been at the club with Mr Teo, Mr Yeo and Mr Loh's girlfriend, Adeline Tok. During the escape, Mr Loh blacked out and was rescued by someone from outside the club.
DECEASED LESLIE YEO Age: 40 Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign affairs (MFA) confirmed the death of Mr Leslie Yeo. Mr Yeo, together with Mr Teo and another colleague who survived the inferno, Mr Donald Loh, joined CAAS in 1994.	INJURED MELVIN LEE AGE: 21 The national serviceman's familiarity with the club saved his life as he knew that the club had three exits. Treated for burns to his ear, arm and face, he has since returned to S'pore.

Three CAAS officers caught in blaze
Mr Teo Sze Siong's body has been identified by his family. Two other CAAS officers were with him - one is injured, while the other remains missing. -AsiaOne

Two S'poreans unaccounted for
MFA and the S'pore embassy in Bangkok are working closely with the local authorities to determine their status. -AsiaOne

Rescuers helpless as flames engulf revellers
Some survivors say nightclub inferno sparked by pyrotechnic display. -The Nation/ANN

S'porean killed worked at CAAS
He and his friends were in Bangkok for a wedding and had gone to Santika for the New Year's countdown. -AsiaOne
 

Survivors tell of stampede for exits
Survivors: fireworks lit on stage during New Year countdown had set off a raging inferno, sparking stampede. -The Nation/ANN

Death-trap irony
Club was to close for good on New Year's day. -Agencies

Video: Fireworks in pub sparked fire
Pub workers told police that fire was caused by fireworks set off inside the club to celebrate the countdown. -The Nation/ANN

Singaporean casualty identified
MFA has been in contact with his next-of-kin and arranged for them to travel to Bangkok.

Thai PM questions why fireworks lit inside pub
Fireworks were lit up inside the Santika Pub, leading to a fire that killed 59 people. -The Nation/ANN

Pub fire death toll rises to 60
28 victims identified so far, with one being a Singaporean man. -The Nation/ANN

» Photo gallery I: Bangkok nightclub inferno
 

» Photo gallery II: Families claim bodies of victims
 

» Photo gallery III: Bangkok fire victims