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Fire Administration: Report on Nightclub Fires in 2000 |
2000 March 29th. -- China, Henan province, city of Jiaozuo: fire
in an adult cinema; at least 74 people died.
2000, October 20th. Mexico, Mexico City, Lobohombo nightclub: A
blaze at 5 a.m. in one the city's most popular night clubs killed at
least 20 people. 27 others suffered mostly critical injuries. Survivors
said they were blocked from leaving the burning building by disco personnel
who insisted they pay their bills first. The blaze killed 20, and injured
two dozen more.
Patrons panicked when smoke began filling the disco, and began scrambling
to escape out the club's only exit. The 4,700 square feet club had a
capacity for more than 1,000 people, but the building had no emergency
exits.
2000 December 25th. China, Central
Henan province, City of Luoyang: the fire in a Dance Hall in the multi-story
Dongdu commercial building started at 9:30 p.m. and trapped construction
workers on the second and third floor and more than 200 people in a
dance hall on the fourth floor; the fire was extinguished three hours
later, but in the meantime at least 309 people died and dozens became
injured.
2001, January 1st. Netherlands, near
Amsterdam, town of Volendam: Fire in a Dance Hall; ten people are dead
and about 130 injured after fire swept through a cafe packed with teenagers.
Many of the injured were hurt as they trampled each other, smashed windows
and leapt from the third-floor premises to escape flames and smoke.
Several other youngsters suffered severe burns or smoke inhalations,
and about 20 of these victims had to be taken to special burn units
in Belgium and Germany.
The fire started shortly after midnight as about 700 people were heralding
the new year at the bar/cafe complex "Het Hemeltje" (Little Heaven)
inside a row of old wooden houses in Volendam, a picturesque fishing
village with 18,000 residents about 20 kilometres (13 miles) northeast
of Amsterdam.
The cause of the blaze is still unknown;
the possibilities of fireworks smuggled into the building or a Christmas
lights short-circuit that ignited pine branches are under investigation.
According to press reports Voldendam's mayor has confirmed that only
one of the three emergency exits was accessible.
2001
September 1st. Japan, Tokyo, Mah-Jongg Club: Nightly Fire in the
3rd. floor of building that contained numerous restaurants and red-light
establishments in a busy entertainment district; the windowless structure
was crowded and the stairways are described as extremely narrow; at
least 44 people died, 3 were injured.
2002 October 30th. - Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City: fire in a Saigon
International Trade Center Restaurant; 61 guests of a wedding reception
died.
2002 December 1st. - Venezuela, Caracas: La Goajira nightclub; 47 people died.
2003 February
20th. - USA, Rhode Island, West Warwick: The Station nightclub,
100 people died.
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