Thai police have confirmed the death of Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones, who became ill after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos.

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 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.

Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died in hospital after falling victim to a mass methanol poisoning in Laos.

Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones died in a Thailand hospital, ten days after consuming drinks laced with methanol in Laos. The 19-year-old and her friend Holly Bowles, also 19, were among a dozen other tourists who became ill in a suspected mass methanol poisoning event in the popular town of Vang Vieng last week.

Bianca Jones, a 19-year-old from Melbourne, has passed away at a hospital in Thailand a week after falling critically ill in Laos, where she and her best friend, Holly Bowles, were suspected victims of methanol poisoning.

Australian teenager Holly Bowles has become the sixth foreign tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng,

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die of suspected methanol poisoning in a backpacker hotspot in northern Laos.

Tributes are flowing for Melbourne teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, who have both died in hospital from a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.

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.