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| London man among dead in Thailand fire | London man among dead in Thailand fire |
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| A 24-year-old man from north London was among four people killed in a fire at a nightclub in Thailand, police said. | |
| Michael Pio Tzouvanni had gone to the Tiger Discotheque in Phuket with two friends when the blaze broke out in the early hours of Friday. | Michael Pio Tzouvanni had gone to the Tiger Discotheque in Phuket with two friends when the blaze broke out in the early hours of Friday. |
| The group split up just before the fire. Mr Tzouvanni died from smoke inhalation, Thai police said. | The group split up just before the fire. Mr Tzouvanni died from smoke inhalation, Thai police said. |
| Mr Tzouvanni's brother, Joseph, flew out to Phuket over the weekend after he was reported missing. | Mr Tzouvanni's brother, Joseph, flew out to Phuket over the weekend after he was reported missing. |
| The others killed in the fire are believed to be two Thai women and a French man. Eleven people were injured. | The others killed in the fire are believed to be two Thai women and a French man. Eleven people were injured. |
| Thai officials said the fire could have been caused by lightning striking a transformer. | Thai officials said the fire could have been caused by lightning striking a transformer. |
| Mr Tzouvanni's family, from Winchmore Hill, was too upset to speak, a spokesman for the family said. | |
| Earlier Joseph Tzouvanni, 26, told the Phuket News that his brother, a construction developer, had been in Phuket for 10 days. | Earlier Joseph Tzouvanni, 26, told the Phuket News that his brother, a construction developer, had been in Phuket for 10 days. |
| He was due to leave the island earlier but had extended his holiday by four days. | He was due to leave the island earlier but had extended his holiday by four days. |
| In a previous appeal for information about his brother, Mr Tzouvanni told the newspaper: "Michael called his friend at 4am at the Tiger Discotheque on the day of the fire... I don't know what he talked about with his friend." | In a previous appeal for information about his brother, Mr Tzouvanni told the newspaper: "Michael called his friend at 4am at the Tiger Discotheque on the day of the fire... I don't know what he talked about with his friend." |
| The nightclub is located in the Patong beach area and is well-known among both tourists and locals. | |
| Reports said the fire broke out at about 04:00 local time (22:00 BST), after the official closing hours. | |
| But there were up to 80 people there who were taking shelter from rain, an executive with the group which operates the venue told AFP. | |
| Tomrongsak Boonyarunk told the news agency there were up to three lightning strikes and black-outs before the blaze. |