Thai Enquirer
Opinion – We never learn: From Santika to Mountain B to Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao
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Thailand has once again woken up to another nightclub tragedy.
Key facts
- This time it was Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, where a fire killed 27 people and injured 63 others on July 12, 2026
- At Santika in 2009, pyrotechnics ignited flammable ceiling materials, filling the nightclub with toxic smoke as patrons struggled to find exits
- At Mountain B in 2022, flames spread through highly combustible acoustic foam beneath the roof within minutes, while locked or unusable fire exits trapped customers inside, killing 26 people.
- Sixty-seven people died and more than 200 were injured.
Summary
This time it was Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, where a fire killed 27 people and injured 63 others on July 12, 2026. Four years after the Mountain B disaster and nearly 18 years after the Santika inferno, the same questions are being asked again: Why were so many people unable to escape? Why did the fire spread so quickly? And why do the same safety failures continue to appear after every major blaze?
The details of the investigation are still emerging, but the early findings sound painfully familiar.