russian disco in fire this friday

109 dead or so...pretty fucked up

link contains a video...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8396587.stm

you would think that the notion would be well established by now that packed clubs and fireworks are a bad idea...

who knows...

A saw the discovery channel special recently on the Cromanon incident in Argentina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Croma%C3%B1%C3%B3n_nightclub_firery

Very similar, except for in this case, the night club owner decided to lock most of the exits to prevent people walking in. This decision proved disastrous.

I'd imagine there was something of a "panic at the disco" that night!

They sure burnt that house down!

They didn't need no water, they let the motherfucker burn!

  On 12/5/2009 at 1:56 PM, Rightsidedrive said:

you would think that the notion would be well established by now that packed clubs and fireworks are a bad idea...

i think the clincher was the plastic ceilings. there better have been an afterparty after that blazer of a night

  On 12/5/2009 at 3:04 PM, Rightsidedrive said:

A saw the discovery channel special recently on the Cromanon incident in Argentina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Croma%C3%B1%C3%B3n_nightclub_firery

Very similar, except for in this case, the night club owner decided to lock most of the exits to prevent people walking in. This decision proved disastrous.

this is him;

that vid is pretty fucking scary. that smoke was coming fast.

Whoa, what a disco inferno.

They're having a fire sale.

U guys remember the Great White gig that ended in disaster?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyQ5xPOHF0

was it an electric six gig?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc

  On 12/5/2009 at 8:04 PM, jefferoo said:

U guys remember the Great White gig that ended in disaster?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMyQ5xPOHF0

I was living in rhode island at the time, this was some fucked up shit. If I remember right the shithead owners who installed the flammable-as-fuck soundproofing got off pretty softly in court too. This russian video is eerily similar to the one from the station, and it's disgusting/sad to see this scenario repeating itself over and over.