PHNOM PENH, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two men died and five others seriously wounded in a fire at a nightclub in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Wednesday, according to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police.
The blaze broke out at around 10:30 a.m. local time at the Midnight Premier Club in the capital's Dangkao district, and the firefighters took three hours to put out the flames, it said.
"The 35-meter-by-40-meter club caught on fire after an electrical fault caused by a welder," said Colonel Sam Vicheka, a spokesperson for the Phnom Penh Municipal Police.
The fire destroyed all materials and equipment in the club and five motorcycles, and the flames also caused damage to a nearby guesthouse room, he added.
There were no customers at the club at the time of the accident.
Cambodia recorded a total of 823 fire accidents in 2024, killing 20 people and injuring 59 others, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management.
