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.

The father of Bianca Jones has issued a plea to the Laos government after she died from suspected methanol poisoning following a night out.

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.

Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died in hospital in Thailand after drinking tainted alcohol during a backpacking holiday in Laos. Her death was confirmed by police in Thailand. Jones and her friend Holly Bowles became critically ill after consuming drinks suspected to have been tainted by methanol at a bar in Vang Vieng in Laos last Tuesday.

Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died in Thailand, just over a week after she was suspected to have ingested methanol at a Laos nightclub with best friend Holly Bowles.

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,

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

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