VIDEO: Thai indie band Thotsakan was performing at a packed bar in Bangkok on Sunday when band manager Ice Athipat Wijarn, seated off stage, saw smoke emerging from behind the keyboardist.

The keyboardist, Kwang, shouted for people to flee – and within seconds a fierce blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, in the city’s vibrant Chatuchak district.

Ice recalls fumbling with the door in the smoke-engulfed room as he tried to escape.

“Everybody was running, squeezing into each other,” he told Thai talk show Hone-Krasae. He crawled towards the exit – then something exploded, throwing him out of the bar.

“The sight of my girlfriend’s body being carried out, the sight of my friend who was burned in the fire and everything that happened are still etched in my mind,” he said in comments reported by Agence France-Presse.

The blaze killed at least 28 people and left dozens more injured, authorities confirmed on Monday.

Kwang, along with Thotsakan’s female singer Breeze and drummer Bew, died after succumbing to their injuries, according to a Facebook post from another band member, Patchara Songphatkaew.

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A boat caught fire Saturday afternoon on Lake Washington near Seward Park before sinking, according to the Seattle Fire Department. Firefighters responded to reports of the vessel on fire offshore of the 9000 block of Seward Park Ave. S. The boat’s occupant was able to safely board a nearby boater’s vessel before emergency crews arrived.

Seattle police Harbor Patrol and the Mercer Island Police Department responded to the scene as firefighters extinguished the blaze. The occupant reported no injuries. The vessel later became fully submerged. The U.S. Coast Guard was notified but did not assist with the firefighting response.

“The Coast Guard is not assisting with the firefighting efforts for the boat fire at this time and no request for assistance have been made by local agencies,” Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist Briana Carter said. “We are standing by in case of any environmental impacts, but do not currently have information on when the boat will be removed from the water.”

Mercer Island police said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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