The toll continues to grow. At least 25 people have diedin the fire of a hotel casino in Cambodia on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. A vast rescue operation resumed on Friday, with the fear of finding new dead bodies on this site where several hundred people were at the time of the tragedy. "It's a tragedy in this holiday season," said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen from Kampot in southern Cambodia. “We continue this morning to search for victims. There could be more bodies,” he added, adding that “more than 1,000 customers and approximately 500 employees” were at Grand Diamond City when the fire broke out. New search areas accessible Cambodian police and military, Cambodian and Thai rescuers… Hundreds of rescuers have been hard at work since dawn on Friday around the imposing complex, of which only sections of facades blackened by flames remain. . The search now extends to certain areas that were inaccessible the day before due to smoke. Footage of the drama showed people cornered on balconies or window sills to escape meter-high flames. A Thai rescue worker said the fire quickly spread through the hotel-casino due to carpeting. The Cambodian authorities have not yet mentioned the causes of the fire. Thirteen seriously injured were being treated Thursday in Thai hospitals near the border, according to authorities in Sa Kaeo province. Several deadly fires in night establishments The law prohibits citizens of Cambodia, one of the poorest countries in Asia, from participating in gambling in casinos. But many casinos for foreigners have spread to border towns, such as Poipet, where a Thai clientele flocks. Indeed, casinos are officially banned in Thailand, which encourages players to cross the border. The Grand Diamond City is about 200m from the border post, on the busy road that connects the Thai capital Bangkok to Siem Reap, a tourist town known for the nearby Angkor temples. In recent months, several deadly fires in night establishments, regularly suspected of not respecting basic safety rules, have broken out in Southeast Asia. In August, a fire at a nightclub near Pattaya, Thailand, killed 26 people, mostly young locals who came to party. A month later, 32 people were killed in a karaoke bar fire in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.