BANGKOK: One of the two Japanese who were taken to hospital after being seriously injured in a fire in Bangkok late last year died, officials of the Japanese Embassy in the Thai capital said Wednesday (Jan 1).

Thai police say a fire broke out at a hotel in a popular tourism area in Bangkok, killing three foreigners and injuring several other people.

A fire broke out at a hotel in a popular tourism area in Bangkok, killing three foreign tourists and injuring several other people, Thai police said.

Three people, from the United States, Brazil and Ukraine, were killed after a fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok's popular backpacker district on Sunday night, authorities said, with seven others being treated in hospital.

Police are investigating the incident, which has prompted questions about the hotel's safety and that of others in the area

Three foreign tourists died in a fire that ripped through a hotel in central Bangkok on Sunday night. The blaze, at the Ember Hotel in the Thai capital’s historic Phra Nakhon district, also left seven others with injuries.