Rescuers Search for Bodies in Ruins of Cambodia Casino Fire

Rescuers Search for Bodies in Ruins of Cambodia Casino Fire
A general view of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino where a fire broke out, in Poipet near the Thailand border, Cambodia, on Dec. 30, 2022. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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POIPET, Cambodia—Cambodian rescue teams recovered several bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino hotel where a fire killed at least 27 people a day earlier, with more than 20 people still missing.

About 400 employees and patrons were in the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in Poipet, a town on the Thai border, when the fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday, leaving the building gutted by the afternoon.