Phuriphat Dejsuphong

One exit was blocked by beer crates and employees’ lockers. The low ceiling was covered in flammable foam used to soundproof the venue. And there were no sprinklers. These apparent lapses, described by fire safety experts and witnesses, likely contributed to the deaths of at least 30 people at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in Bangkok on Sunday night.

Train Crashes Into Bangkok Traffic, Killing at Least 8 A freight train plowed into traffic on train tracks, starting a fire. The authorities did not immediately give a cause but said a barrier had not come down. Emergency services at the site of the collision in Bangkok on Saturday.Credit...Lillian Suwanrumpha/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Kittiphum Sringammuang and Phuriphat Dejsuphone reported from Bangkok.

BANGKOK -- A freight train plowed into heavy traffic that was crossing train tracks in Bangkok on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others, according to Thai officials. The train hit a bus just before 4 p.m. local time, setting off a crash with cars and motorcycles and sparking a fire that engulfed some of the vehicles. All eight of those who died were on the bus, according to the authorities, who said that 32 other people were injured.