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A fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least 34 people. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News. I'm a computer. A fire at
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  a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least thirty four people.
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  On the twelfth of July twenty twenty six, a fire
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  occurred shortly before midnight ic tea at the rongbeer Na Latfrau,
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  a beer hall and live music venue in the Chattachak
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  district of Bangkok, Thailand. The fire killed thirty four people
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  and injured more than seventy, of whom twenty four were
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  reported to be in critical condition. The fire was the
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  deadliest in Thailand since the two thousand and nine Santika
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  Club fire in Bangkok during New Year celebrations, which killed
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  sixty seven people. The cause remains under investigation, and city
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  officials set an electrical short circuit in a sealing mounted
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  air conditioning unit was their initial assessment. Bangkok, known in
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  Thai as Krungthep Mahan Nakhon and colloquially as Krungthep, is
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  the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city
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  occupies one five hundred and sixty eight point seven square
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  kilometers in the Chao Fraya river delta in central Thailand,
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  and has an st theim maate A population of nine
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  point one million people as of twenty twenty four. Fifteen
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  point nine percent of the country's population. Over seventeen point
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  four million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region
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  as of the twenty twenty one estimate, making Bangkok a
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  magacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban
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  centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
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  Bangkok traces its routes to a small trading post during
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  the Autia era in the fifteenth century, which eventually grew
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  and became the site of two capital cities, Thorbury in
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  seventeen sixty seven and Rattanakosen in seventeen eighty two. Bangkok
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  was at the heart of the modernization of Siam during
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  the late nineteenth century as the country faced pressures from
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  the west. The city was at the center of the
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  country's political struggles throughout the twentieth century, as Siam later
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  renamed Thailand, abolished absolute monarchy, adopted constitutional rule, and underwent
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  numerous coups and several uprisings. The city incorporated as a
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  special Administrative area under the Bangkok Metropolitan adminis Station in
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  nineteen seventy two. Grew rapidly during the nineteen sixties through
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  the nineteen eighties and now exerts a significant impact on
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  Thailand's politics, economy, education, media, and modern society. The Asian
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  investment boom in the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties led
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  many multinational corporations to locate their regional headquarters in Bangkok.
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  The city is now a regional force in finance, business,
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  and pop culture. It is an international hub for transport
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  and healthcare, and has emerged as a center for the arts,
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  fashion and entertainment. The city is known for its street
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  life and cultural landmarks, as well as its red light districts,
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  the Grand Palace, and Buddhist temples including Watarun and What
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  Fall Standing contrast with other tourist attractions such as the
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  nightlife scenes of Khalsarn Road and Patpong, Bangkok is among
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  the world's top tourist destinations and has been named the
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  world's most visited city in several international rankings. Bangkok's rapid growth,
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  coupled with little urban planning, has resulted in a haphazard
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  cityscape and inadequate infrastructure. Despite an extensive expressway network, an
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  inadequate road network, and substantial private car usage have led
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  to chronic and crippling traffic congestion, which caused severe air
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  pollution in the nineteen nineties. The city has since turned
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  to public transport to solve the problem, operating ten urban
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  rail lines and building other public transit. However, congestion remains
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  a prevalent issue. That's it for now. See the episode
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