Rescue operations continued after the blaze was out, he reportedly added, noting that a preliminary investigation suggests the fire may have been caused by an overload of New Year's decorations drawing increased electricity and causing wires to overheat and burn. Some victims were believed to still be under debris or in locked rooms that rescue teams could not immediately access, so the death toll was expected to rise, said Sokhom, who told the Associated Press that firefighters were ultimately able to extinguish the fire at around 2 p.m. "The rescue team were struggling in the beginning and the main reason was the smoke," the officer said. Naphat Klonkliang, an officer with the foundation, told AFP they had retrieved two bodies. The Ruamkatanyu Foundation volunteer said the blaze started on the first floor but spread quickly along carpets, leaping up through the multi-storey building. He said Thai hospitals had treated 79 Thai nationals, 30 Cambodians and eight Indonesians. In this photo provided by Cambodia's Fresh News, smoke rises as a fire burns through a Cambodian hotel casino near a Cambodia-Thai international border gate in Poipet, west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Dec. Sa Kaeo Governor Parinya Phothisat said another roughly 60 people caught up in the fire had already been checked and cleared by Thai hospitals.
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