3 people are reportedly dead after a massive fire ripped through a mall and hotel complex in Bangkok

• A major fire broke out at Bangkok’s popular CentralWorld shopping and hotel complex around 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
• Three people are dead and seven others are injured as of 7:16 p.m., local media cited Bangkok’s governor as saying.
• The fire reportedly started at a storage room on the eighth floor of the hotel.
• Footage posted to social media showed black smoke coming from the building complex and evacuated shoppers and workers watching from underneath.
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At least three people are reportedly dead after a massive fire broke out at the CentralWorld shopping and hotel complex in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday evening local time, local media reported.

The fire broke out in the Thai capital just before 6 p.m. local time, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported.

As of 7:16 p.m., three people had died and seven were injured, the Spring News TV network reported, citing Bangkok’s governor Aswin Kwanmuang.

The fire originated at a document storage room on the eighth floor of the hotel, CNA reported, citing Khaosod news site.

Footage posted to social media showed a plume of black smoke coming out of the high-rise building, and dozens of evacuted shoppers and workers watching below.

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