At least 245 killed in Brazil nightclub fire

[ManRamForPrez24]

It's private industry. If you don't like dying in a fire, don't go to clubs that burn down. The invisible hand of the market at work. . .

Or maybe there should be regulations to try to control such things. As there are in the US, after 492 people died in a nightclub fire in Boston.

I don't like dying in fires, but I like going to clubs. What should I do?!?!

Not sure what point you're making in the first paragraph. You saying it's these people's faults for going to a club...and that dying in a fire should have been something they thought about before going inside?

[sunsfan88]

Other nightclub fires

2009: Santika Club, Bangkok, Thailand - sparked by fireworks; 66 killed
2009: Lame Horse Club, Perm, Russia - sparked by fireworks; 150 killed
2004: Cromagnon Republic Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina - flare starts fire which kills 194
2003: The Station, Rhode Island, US - sparked by fireworks; 100 killed
2000: Luoyang dance hall fire, China - fire blamed on welders kills 309
1996: Ozone Disco Club, Quezon City, Philippines - 160 killed
1990: Happy Land, New York, US - arson kills 89 at unlicensed club
1977: Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky - 165 killed
1970: Club 5-7, Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France - 146 killed;
1942: Cocoanut Grove, Boston, US - 492 killed

Nights clubs are pretty dangerous it seems...

[Pinstripe power]

jesus christ

[EDUTEXANS]

Nights clubs are pretty dangerous it seems...

I remember the one in Argentina, that one was also really sad.

And it was so damn stupid, why the hell would someone light a firework inside a closed place?

It's been really depressing here. The owner of the club was arrested this morning, it seems their license had been expired since last year.

[Pacerlive]

Nights clubs are pretty dangerous it seems...

I used to be a fire fighter before I went back to academic research and they trained us on the Rhode Island fire.

It was hard watching the video of people stacked up in the door way while people burned behind them. People always seem to try to get out the same way they got in despite windows and other exits all around.

[Labgrownmangoat]

I don't like dying in fires, but I like going to clubs. What should I do?!?!

Not sure what point you're making in the first paragraph. You saying it's these people's faults for going to a club...and that dying in a fire should have been something they thought about before going inside?

Just a little poke in the slats for our resident Libertarians.

[EDUTEXANS]

I used to be a fire fighter before I went back to achedmic research and they trained us on the Rhode Island fire.

It was hard watching the video of people stacked up in the door way while people burned behind them. People always seem to try to get out the same way they got in despite windows and other exits all around.

But there weren't any other exits in that nightclub. That's the problem. There was only one way out. The security guards didn't let anybody go out until they realised it was a fire and not a fight or just people trying to get out without paying.

[Pacerlive]

But there weren't any other exits in that nightclub. That's the problem. There was only one way out. The security guards didn't let anybody go out until they realised it was a fire and not a fight or just people trying to get out without paying.

FWIW if 2000 people were in the club when it started then they are lucky only 200 or so died. I am not trying to be cold harded here just that to even get 1800 out given the stupidity of the guards is a miracle. Hopefully they up the building codes (post exit signs now) and limit the firework shows which cause the majority of club fires IMO.

[nymetsrule]

FWIW if 2000 people were in the club when it started then they are lucky only 200 or so died. I am not trying to be cold harded here just that to even get 1800 out given the stupidity of the guards is a miracle. Hopefully they up the building codes (post exit signs now) and limit the firework shows which cause the majority of club fires IMO.

If you want to look at human lives as numbers...maybe, but I still think a 12% or so loss of human life in an evacuation is terrible.

[Pacerlive]

If you want to look at human lives as numbers...maybe, but I still think a 12% or so loss of human life in an evacuation is terrible.

It is terrible but considering the lack of codes and limit of exits it had the potential to be a lot worse. A lot of these fires can be prevented if people just stop using fireworks in closed buildings and had better building material/codes i.e. stop using ignitable foam for sound suppression which is what caused this fire and the Station fire.

[EDUTEXANS]

FWIW if 2000 people were in the club when it started then they are lucky only 200 or so died. I am not trying to be cold harded here just that to even get 1800 out given the stupidity of the guards is a miracle. Hopefully they up the building codes (post exit signs now) and limit the firework shows which cause the majority of club fires IMO.

They're saying about 1200 people were inside the club. And yes, I agree, it's sad but true. I didn't know the place, obviously since it's a little far from my home, but I started to think about all the places we go to, and I can't remember seeing any emergency exit or something like that here. So yeah it could be a lot worse and it should be something to alert the authorities about those places. That's 230 lives gone, and the saddest part, every single one of them were young.

[Quinnsanity]

I swear it's like every third thread in GD is about people dying. We live in a ****ed up world. RIP.

[NYGTom]

And I thought that Rhode Island Night Club fire back in the day was bad