Popular Bangkok tourist hotel up in flames, people jumping from skyscraper
Written by Millennium on April 10, 2019
A 57-floor hotel and shopping building has gone up in flames in Bangkok, Thailand. At least one person has died jumping to escape the fire, which ripped through the popular tourist spot.
The fire broke out at the Centara Grand hotel and Centralworld shopping plaza at around 6pm local time on Wednesday. Plumes of black smoke spewed out of the building, and one man jumped to his death from the sixth floor, local media reported.
Shocking footage shared on social media shows the smoke pouring out of the burning skyscraper.