A 68-year-old Japanese man was killed when a fire broke out at his rented room in the Siam Penthouse Condominium in Bangkok's Klong Toey district early Tuesday.

The burnt body of Sacho Ichimitsu was found inside his room on the ninth floor of the condominium after fire fighters spent half an hour to put out the blaze.

His Japanese wife ran out for help following the fire but it spread quickly and no one could rush in to rescue her husband.