The father of an Australian teenager who died from suspected methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure such incidents don’t happen again.

The family of a young Australian girl who died in hospital after falling critically ill from a mass methanol poisoning in Laos has urged the local government to prevent other lives from being lost. Bianca Jones died in a Thailand hospital on Thursday, and her friend Holly Bowles’ family confirmed her death the next day.

The death of Melbourne teenager Holly Bowles from a mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos has taken the death toll to six.She died after being on life support in a Bangkok hospital, a day after friend Bianca Jones died from consuming tainted drinks.

Five people have now died as a result of suspected methanol poisoning at a local bar in Vang Vieng, Laos, including the 19-year-old Melburnian. The president of the AFL club both poisoned Australian teenagers played for in Melbourne has spoken out in the wake of 19-year-old Bianca Jones' tragic death on Thursday.

The father of Melbourne 19-year-old Holly Bowles says his daughter remains on life support, as Holly and her friend Bianca Jones fight for their lives after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos while on a backpacking holiday.

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 drinking tainted alcohol in the Southeast Asian country.

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Second Australian teenager dies from poisoning in Laos Holly Bowles and her best friend Bianca Jones, both 19 and from Melbourne, are among the six foreigners confirmed to have died as a result of drinking methanol-laced vodka in the southeast Asian country of Laos.