Fire crews battle a blaze that ripped through a hotel in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, on Monday night.<br /><br />Flames started at around 10pm in the 25-room hotel next to the city's Walking Street red light district.<br /><br />The manager said the rooms were being used by two bar workers who were outside at the time. Their belongings were destroyed in the fire.<br /><br />Three fire trucks brought the inferno under control after around 30 minutes. Several rooms inside the hotel were destroyed but there were no injuries.<br /><br />Several locals gathered round to watch the blaze. Onlooker, Nam, said: ''I was working in a bar when I heard people running outside and the fire trucks came. I walked over to see the fire.''
