A fire in a nightclub in Perm

[National_Nord]

Evening, December 4, 2009 in the Permian nightclub "lame horse" was on fire. In the room there were about 250 people. At this point, there was held a party on the occasion of the 8-th anniversary of establishment, and the club were about 250 people. According to the Regional Emergency Management 112 of them died and 121 people injured. The fire was called the mishandling of fireworks, was prosecuted on the 3rd of the 219 th article of the Criminal Code ( "Violation of fire safety rules, resulting in the death of two or more persons"). Have been detained by the co-founder, CEO and artistic director of the club, as well as an entrepreneur, have installed pyrotechnics. Tenant club, caught in a number of suspects injured during the fire and remains hospitalized in serious condition. It was reported that the club were fined twice for violating fire safety.

State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov confident that the owners of the Permian entertainment club where a fire killed more than 100 people, will be severely punished. "

"What happened in Perm terrible tragedy has once again confirmed that the neglect of the owners of premises elementary safety regulations, leads to the most serious consequences of a large number of victims" - Gryzlov told reporters on Saturday.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that you want to make the most serious findings, "he said.

Gryzlov also offered his condolences to relatives of the deceased.

http://www.rian.ru/incidents/20091205/197213897.html

[The Lawspeaker]

Yes. It was all over the news here as well. Just terrible- particularly for the wounded and for those left behind.
We had a similar inferno here in a discothèque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volendam#Caf.C3.A9_fire_2001).

[Smaland]

My condolences to you and those directly affected by the disaster. :(

It seems that nightclub owners can fall into the unfortunate habits of 1) closing off all exits but the main entrance, and 2) putting up flammable decorations. Finally, someone inadvertently "provides" a source of ignition.

Asega pointed out that the same thing happened in the Netherlands. It has also happened in America (Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_grove_fire)).