Firefighters and rescue workers walk through a burned out part of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino. - AFP
POIPET, Cambodia (AFP): At least 19 people were killed and many others are feared dead in a fire at a Cambodian casino, with a rescuer describing how victims hurled themselves from a ledge in a desperate bid to escape the flames.
The blaze at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet, within view of the Thai border, broke out late Wednesday (Dec 28) night, Cambodian police said.
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