Buenos Aires Nightclub Inferno Kills 175

melnjones

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:30 PM
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Buenos Aires Nightclub Inferno Kills 175

Buenos Aires Nightclub Inferno Kills 175

50 minutes ago Top Stories - Reuters

By Mary Milliken

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - A flare thrown from the audience ignited a packed Buenos Aires nightclub where locked exit doors trapped young New Year's revelers in smoke and flames, killing 175 people, officials said on Friday.

Children and babies were among the victims in Thursday night's blaze, which injured at least 714 people, authorities said. The flare sent burning debris and black smoke into a crowd of roughly 4,000 people at a rock concert.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20041231/ts_nm/argentina_fire_dc

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Tony_Illinois

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:43 PM
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1. What a tragedy. . .

and completely unnecessary. Dear God, why would some lunatic in a crowded place like that throw any kind of a lit firework inside?

And to lock all of the exit doors is criminal negligence that I hope is prosecuted to the extent allowed under Argentinian law. It is understandable that the owner does not want people "sneaking in"--so then hire some security guards to watch the effing doors. You don't lock exit doors in a nightclub with over 2000 patrons inside. How greedy could you be not to spend some $$ on security?

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melnjones

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:55 PM
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2. it's amazing

and it sounds from what I read that the place was only supposed to hold a little over a thousand people, not the 4,000 or more that it held...also sounds like the owner was arrested though, thankfully.

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Fri Dec-31-04 04:59 PM
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3. duplicate

locking. discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1111210

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