Banteay Meanchey: Police have decided to complete the search for victims trapped in the Gandai Casino fire completely by the evening of December 30, 2022, after spending 39 hours searching. It should be noted that the multi-storey Diamond Casino building in Poipet Village, Sangkat O’Chrov, Poipet City, Banteay Meanchey Province suffered a fire at midnight on December 29, 2022, causing dozens of deaths and injuries.

According to police reports, the operation closed a total of 26 dead and 57 wounded, including non-Cambodians. For the fire intervention operation, the Cambodian side used 199 people and the Thai side 221 people.

The bodies of the dead included 17 Thais, one Nepalese, one Malaysian, one Chinese suspect and six unidentified persons, all of whom were not Cambodians. Some of the survivors were rushed to Thailand and others to hospitals near the scene in Cambodia.According to the report, the casino building has more than 400 male and female employees, but the damage has not been assessed yet.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen also expressed his condolences and condolences for the fire accident at the groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation of Street 31 and 33 in Kampot this morning, December 30, 2022.

The search and rescue operation was attended by Samdech Krala Hom Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and HE Ke Kim Yan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Provincial Government Working Group. Crash in this building.

Authorities say the blaze was caused by an electrical fault and has spread beyond control. The site of the blaze consisted of two buildings, the first of which burst from the Giant Diamond Building and spread to the Poipet Resort building.

The operation at the scene was carried out by the National Committee for Disaster Management in cooperation with the 711 Search and Rescue Operations of the 70th Brigade, the provincial authorities, the police, the military and the military, and with the participation of the Thai police. Also.