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Dec 30 '10
acidhorse: República Cromañón was a nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On 30 December 2004, a fire broke out in the club, killing 194 people and injuring 714 others. The venue was playing host to rock group Callejeros and around 3,000 people were in attendance. The blaze was started when a pyrotechnic flare (a popular device in New Year’s Eve celebrations) was set off and ignited foam in the ceiling. Four of the six doors, some of which were fire exits, were chained shut so that “people would not enter without paying”, according to Mayor Aníbal Ibarra. Most of the victims died from inhaling poisonous gases, smoke and carbon monoxide, unlike most accidents of this kind, where most die from crushing or burning.

acidhorse:

República Cromañón was a nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

On 30 December 2004, a fire broke out in the club, killing 194 people and injuring 714 others. The venue was playing host to rock group Callejeros and around 3,000 people were in attendance. The blaze was started when a pyrotechnic flare (a popular device in New Year’s Eve celebrations) was set off and ignited foam in the ceiling.
Four of the six doors, some of which were fire exits, were chained shut so that “people would not enter without paying”, according to Mayor Aníbal Ibarra. Most of the victims died from inhaling poisonous gases, smoke and carbon monoxide, unlike most accidents of this kind, where most die from crushing or burning.

(via acidhorse)