Australian teenager Bianca Jones has died in a Thailand hospital where she was being treated for suspected methanol poisoning after a holiday in Laos.
The 19-year-old Melburnian was holidaying with friend Holly Bowles when they became ill, along with a dozen other tourists in the popular town of Vang Vieng, last week.
Ms Jones' family confirmed her death in a statement to the Herald Sun on Thursday afternoon.
"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the news that our beloved daughter and sister, Bianca Jones, has passed away," they said.
"She was surrounded by love, and we are comforted by the knowledge that her incredible spirit touched so many lives during her time with us."
The family expressed gratitude for the support they received from across Australia in the wake of the tragedy.
Ms Jones and Ms Bowles, both from Beaumaris in Melbourne's southeast, had been on life support at separate hospitals in Bangkok.
They had planned to stay at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng and drank at the venue before reportedly going to a Jaidee bar on November 11.
They did not leave their dorm room for 24 hours and reported feeling unwell on November 13.
Hostel manager Duong Duc Toan said the Australian women had joined more than 100 other guests for free shots of Lao vodka offered by the hostel as a gesture of hospitality, AP reported.
Two women from Denmark and an American have also reportedly died after drinking the substance and at least a dozen people have been hospitalised.
British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Kent, was among those taken to hospital, The Times reported.
Her friend Bethany Clarke urged tourists in the region to avoid local spirits after their group fell ill.
"Our group stayed in Vang Vieng and we drank free shots offered by one of the bars. Just avoid them as so not worth it," she wrote in a Laos backpacking Facebook group.
"Six of us who drank from the same place are in hospital currently with methanol poisoning."
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been contacted for comment.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said consular assistance was being provided to the families of the two Australians girls in Thailand.
Ms Jones and Ms Bowles both played for the Beaumaris Football Club.
Australian Associated Press
