Thai pub owner charged in connection with deadly blaze

Exterior damage from a fire is seen at the Mountain B pub in the Sattahip district of Chonburi province, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Bangkok. Over a dozen people were killed and dozens injured when a fire broke out early Friday morning at the crowded music pub, police and rescue workers said (Anuthep Cheysakron/AP/PA)

The owner of a music pub in eastern Thailand where a fire killed 15 people and injured more than three dozen others last week has appeared in court charged with causing death by negligence.

Pongsiri Panprasong, owner of the Mountain B pub in Sattahip district of Chonburi province, about 160 kilometers southeast of Bangkok, turned himself in on Saturday.