A U.S. man was among three people killed by a fire that broke out in a hotel near Bangkok's popular Khao San Road area, Thai police say.

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.

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.

A Brazilian woman was found dead at the scene, and two men, one American, and one Ukrainian, were pronounced dead at a local hospital

Timothy Freeman, a Tampa native living in Thailand, died days before New Year's. Freeman lived in China, teaching English. His family is speaking out to spread his memory. TAMPA, Fla. - For one Tampa family, the start of the new year brought devastating news. Their loved one was killed in an accident in Thailand.

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).

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.

A fire broke out on the fifth floor of the six-storey Ember Hotel on the night of Dec 29. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As many as three people were killed and seven others were injured in a fire incident in a hotel near Khao San Road in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok on Sunday night, Bangkok Post reported. Police said the fire broke out at The Ember Hotel on Tanee Road began at

Nationwide safety checks at hotels, and entertainment venues in the aftermath of a hotel fire near Khao San Road in Bangkok on Sunday.