By Panisa Aemocha, BBC News Thai | Nahathai Satjalert, who sang for Thai indie band Thotsakan, was among four band members killed in the fire. One moment, Athipat Wichan was tinkering with song ideas off stage while watching his band perform to a packed crowd at a bar in Bangkok. The next, a ferocious fire had engulfed the stage and cut off power, prompting him to run for his life.
“I fumbled around until I found the entrance to the door, but flames shot towards me as soon as I reached it,” Athipat told BBC Thai a day after the deadly blaze at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, which left 33 people dead and 15 others critically injured.
“I almost didn’t make it out in time.”
The tragedy hit Athipat’s band, Thotsakan, especially hard.
Four of its 11 members – female vocalist Nahathai Satjalert, male vocalist Thitiwat Kaewkanha, keyboardist Pruttipong Phutmon and drummer Nathaphat Thammanitha – are among the dead.
Nahathai was also Athipat’s girlfriend.
“I had imagined us being together until we’re old, her scolding me until we’re old, but now I can’t hear her voice any more.”
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Read more here, including the alleged cause of the fire:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/thought-wed-grow-old-together-220138798.html
News report video of the burned out bar:
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/clyrd9nwn9wo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D
[NOTE: This is happening all too frequently all over the world let alone to mention here in the U.S. I encourage bands and their followers to be observant and look for potential fire hazards in the venues you’re in. You’re not being a “rat” for reporting such faults to the local Fire Dept. and you may save – literally – 100’s of lives. The FD will inspect discreetly and no one will ever know that you were concerned. If only the FD had caught the flammable foam on the ceiling of the Station Nightclub in Rhode Island, or had been told about the extension cords and stairs made of stacked pallets at the Ghost Ship Warehouse in CA, or the chained exit doors at the Beverly Hills Nightclub in Kentucky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire]
Photo: Nahathai & Athipat | Athipat selfie provided by the band. | Athipat says he regrets bringing his girlfriend Nahathai (left) into the band [Thotsakan]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/thought-wed-grow-old-together-220138798.html
