In November 2024, six people died from suspected methanol poisoning at a bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, as a result of consuming contaminated alcohol. At least six others were hospitalised. [1] Authorities linked the poisoning to the illicit production of …

Nov 21, 2024 · An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos, as a growing list of countries warned of the potentially fatal consequences of...

Nov 27, 2024 · Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according...

Nov 23, 2024 · Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected outbreak of methanol poisoning, the Associated Press reported. Among those who died, there were two people from Australia, two from...

14 hours ago · Laos methanol poisoning survivor Bethany Clarke and her late friend's mother, Sue White, whose daughter Simone died in the Southeast Asian country, broke their silence on 60 Minutes Australia.

Nov 22, 2024 · Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed six tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, two Australian women, a US man and two Danish...

Nov 22, 2024 · The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its ...

Nov 22, 2024 · A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.

13 hours ago · A British woman who fell severely ill with methanol poisoning while staying at a backpackers hostel in Laos last year has opened up about the terrifying experience that left six foreigners dead ...

Nov 21, 2024 · British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia. The UK's Foreign Office confirmed the 28-year-old's death on...