BANGKOK — Grieving relatives of the victims of a huge Bangkok bar fire claimed their bodies today as the death toll rose to 30, even as others held out hope that missing loved ones were alive.

Flames tore through the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant in the Thai capital late on Sunday evening during a live music performance, sending people fleeing, several with their clothing ablaze.

Twenty-seven people were declared dead in the early hours yesterday, with another succumbing to their injuries later that day.

By this morning, Bangkok’s Chatuchak district office put the death toll at 30, with 75 people injured — 24 in critical condition.

Relatives of the dead gathered at Police General Hospital today to claim the bodies of their loved ones, and AFP saw one man holding an incense stick over one of the coffins.

Booyaporn Sermsiri was at the hospital searching for her 25-year-old daughter, Jawaee “Cartoon” Sermsiri, who remains missing.

“Since we haven’t found her yet, we can only wait. We are holding onto hope,” she said.

She said Cartoon’s friend had called her early on Monday morning, saying there had been a fire and she couldn’t reach her.

Booyaporn, 51, said she had given a DNA sample and was told by police the result could come back later Tuesday.

“I am praying. Praying that she is alright,” she said.

Three of the dead have yet to be named, officials said.