The demise toll from a fireplace at a Cambodian hotel-casino close to the border with Thailand has risen to at the very least 25, a Cambodian official mentioned Friday.

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“The demise toll now could be round 25,” mentioned Sek Sokhom, director of the Banteay Meanchey provincial info division, including among the our bodies that had been recovered had been discovered alongside staircases inside the advanced.