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Fire in China nightclub kills 43 |
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By: Agencies |
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Date:
2008-09-22 |
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Place: Beijing |
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illegal: The Wuwang nightclub, where the fire broke out on Saturday in Shenzhen, China. pic/ap | A fire in a nightclub has killed 43 people in the border city of Shenzhen in the latest post-Olympics disaster to hit the country.
The blaze was sparked by a fireworks show that was part of the stage act on the third floor of the illegal King of the Dancers club.
Roman candles set fire to the ceiling, and as the fire spread the lights short-circuited, plunging the club into darkness. Revellers rushed for the doors, but those who made it became trapped in narrow corridors and were crushed in the stampede.
The deaths occurred as China is reeling from two other scandals the sale of large quantities of milk, particularly baby formula, that was tainted with the poisonous plastic melamine to disguise the fact that it was sub-standard, and the collapse of a slag heap at an illegal mine that killed at least 250 people. |
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