British tourists ran screaming for their lives tonight as a fire ripped though a packed red light district.<br /><br />Flames erupted just after 10pm on Saturday (March 10) in bars at the SMK plaza on Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand. <br /><br />Female workers were filmed screaming in terror as they fled into the street in high heels with flames behind them and explosions. <br /><br />The blaze quickly spread to neighbouring bars as motorbikes parked outside exploded.<br /><br />Fire crews were tonight scouring the smouldering wreckage for signs of what caused the blaze.<br /><br /> British holidaymaker Andrew McKay from Crawley, said: "I was drinking in the bar and smelled smoke. In a few seconds people were screaming, ‘Fire! Fire!'"<br /><br />"I grabbed my bottle and legged it. I was outside and it was just like a matter of 10 or 20 seconds before the flames were everywhere.<br /><br />"All the girls, all the locals, they ran outside and away down the road. The fire engines came and it took them about 30 minutes to get it under control."<br /><br />Bar girl Noi Wattana said: "I’m so shocked, this was so scary. I just ran and the fire was so hot, I could feel it burning my skin. <br /><br />"I was choking on the smoke. It was like a nightmare. My clothes and handbag was in the bar and I had to leave it."
