A British woman has become the fifth 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 British lawyer who died in a suspected mass drink-spiking case in Laos was “one of a kind”, her family have said.

The tourists became severely ill after reportedly drinking tainted alcohol in the backpacking hotspot of Vang Vieng