{"id":777001754,"date":"2023-01-25T13:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001754"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:14:34","slug":"another-fire-reported-at-cambodias-grand-diamond-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/another-fire-reported-at-cambodias-grand-diamond-city","title":{"rendered":"Another fire reported at Cambodia&#8217;s Grand Diamond City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A fire broke out at Grand Diamond City hotel-casino while workers were carrying out welding work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Less than a month after&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/at-least-25-dead-in-fire-at-cambodian-casino\" target=\"_blank\">the fire that killed 28 people<\/a>, a smoke leak has been reported at Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet. The incident was caused by workers carrying out welding. Workers quickly controlled the fire and there were no injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Banteay Meanchey deputy provincial governor Ngor Meng Chruon said this week that two bodies were still to identified after the December 28 fire. They are believed to be Thai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meng Chruon added that the rapid demolition of the casino was being pushed for by the company, and that authorities were only facilitating the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-interior-minister-says-casinos-in-bavet-employing-hundreds-of-illegal-workers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodian interior minister says casinos in Bavet employing hundreds of illegal workers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out at Grand Diamond City hotel-casino while workers were carrying out welding work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A recent smoke incident, attributed to welding, occurred at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet, Cambodia, with no reported injuries. This follows a fatal fire on December 28 at the same property, which resulted in 28 fatalities and two unidentified bodies, prompting the company to expedite demolition.","focusai_entities":"Grand Diamond City, Ngor Meng Chruon","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Poipet, Banteay Meanchey, Bavet, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Failures & Changes?","query":"What specific regulatory and operational failures contributed to the repeated incidents at Grand Diamond City, and what systemic changes are anticipated for Cambodian casino licensing and safety protocols?"},{"label":"Market Impact of Demolition?","query":"How will the expedited demolition of Grand Diamond City impact the regional gaming market's capacity and the valuation of other integrated resort assets in Poipet?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-777001754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001776,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001754\/revisions\/777001776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}