A Kiwi tourist believed to have been caught up in a mass methanol poisoning in Laos that has killed multiple people has returned home. Six people have died and others have been violently ill after the suspected poisoning at a popular backpacker town in the Southeast Asian country.

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected methanol poisoning outbreak.

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.

A fifth person, identified as a British woman, has died in connection with a mass alcohol poisoning incident at a tourist spot in Laos, the British government confirmed Thursday.

Multiple tourists have fallen sick after reportedly drinking alcohol spiked with methanol in a popular tourist town

A U.S. citizen and at least four other tourists from Australia, Denmark and Britain died in Laos this month after having drinks possibly spiked with methanol.

A methanol poisoning incident in Vang Vieng, Laos, has tragically claimed the lives of four tourists, including an Australian teenager, Bianca Jones, and an American. The event has prompted authorities,

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the mass poisoning that has killed at least six tourists, pledging it would bring perpetrators to justice

Six tourists, including Australians and a British woman, died in Laos, likely from methanol poisoning. The U.S. State Department warns travelers about this risk. The Laos government is investigating the incident and expressed condolences to the victims' families.

Mass poisoning in Laos kills six foreign tourists, including two Australian teens, linked to methanol-tainted alcohol.