Search and rescue operations resumed in Cambodia Friday morning following the deadly fire that engulfed a border city casino complex, killing at least 19 people and leaving dozens unaccounted for, according to authorities.
Cambodian officials expect the death toll to rise from the blaze at the Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino in Poipet and rescuers who crossed the nearby Thai border to help told CNN Friday that more bodies had been found trapped inside hotel rooms.
Somboon Kwan-uam, with Thailand’s Poh Teck Tung Foundation, said smoke levels in the corridors were lower Friday after hampering earlier rescue efforts when many of the victims were found dead from smoke inhalation