Why do tragic nightclub fires keep occuring?

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01/29/2013

News reports say at least 231 people are now confirmed dead in the tragic nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil that occurred early Sunday morning. CNN reports that 83 more people are hospitalized suffering from severe burns and smoke inhalation. CNN reports that police have arrested four people: one of the members of the band that was playing at the nightclub, the show producer and the club's two owners. Police have also questioned others to gain deeper insight into how the fire began and why it killed so many, according to CNN.

NFPA's Robert Solomon, division manager of Building & Life Safety Codes, was asked if he was surprised that a fire of this magnitude - and one so eerily similar to The Station nightclub fire that occurred in Rhode Island ten years ago - can still happen in this day and age.

Learn more about fire safety at nightclub and other public assembly venues.

Posted by Mike Hazell on 01/29/2013 at 12:35 PM in Fire events, Nightclubs | Permalink

Technorati Tags: Brazil nightclub, nightclub fire, nightclub fire safety, Robert Solomon

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231 wow that's crazy Why... why do people do these things setting buildings on fire with so many lives at stake. I just don't can't understand.

Posted by: Belfor Pittsburgh | 02/11/2013 at 06:55 PM

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