911 nightclub fire

911 nightclub fire

The 911 nightclub fire was a fire disaster that occurred on March 24, 2007 at the 911 nightclub in Moscow. Ten people were killed and several others injured when a person putting on a fire show inadvertantly set light to himself.

Fire

The fire broke out during a show that night that involved a performer with flames. He accidentally set his clothing alight; this then spread to a nearby container of spirits and from here the nightclub's entire stage was rapidly engulfed.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6492581.stm|title=Moscow nightclub blaze kills 10|date=2007-03-25 |accessdate=2008-06-28 |publisher=BBC News Online]

According to a prosecutor, the fact that the deceased died almost immediatly indicated carbon monoxide poisoning was likely. Those killed included two Bulgarian nationals.

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Массовая гибель людей в ночных клубах — Многие трагические события в ночных клубах имеют схожие черты. В большинстве случаев они связаны с неосторожным обращением с огнём и несоблюдением правил пожарной безопасности и усугубляются нетрезвым состоянием посетителей, паникой и давкой, что …   Википедия

  • 2003 in music — See also: 2003 in music (UK) and Category:Record labels established in 2003 List of years in music (Table) … 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 •    2000 • 2001 • 2002 – 2003 – 2004 • 2005 • 2006 •    …   Wikipedia

  • Пожар в ночном клубе в Перми — Координаты: 58°00′48.4″ с. ш. 56°13′54″ в. д. / 58.013444° с. ш. 56.231667° в. д.  …   Википедия

  • Corey Haim — in 2008 Born Corey Ian Haim December 23, 1971(1971 12 23) Toronto, Ontario, Canada …   Wikipedia

  • Cherry Hill, New Jersey —   Township   Motto: You couldn t pick a better place …   Wikipedia

  • Norwalk, Connecticut — For other uses, see Norwalk (disambiguation) and Norwalk. Norwalk, Connecticut   City   Norwalk City Hall, with Conce …   Wikipedia

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • List of The Bill characters (Q-Z) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …   Wikipedia

  • List of The Transformers characters — This is a list of characters appearing in the original American Transformers cartoon, first aired between 1984 and 1987. Contents 1 Autobots 2 Decepticons 3 Humans 4 Aliens and Monsters …   Wikipedia

  • It (novel) — infobox Book | name = It title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Stephen King cover artist = Bob Giusti, illustration Amy Hill, lettering country = United States genre = Horror novel publisher = Viking Press release …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”