A look at some of the worst fires at nightclubs and music venues

A fire at a nightclub within the city of Kocani in North Macedonia has killed 51 folks and injured about 100 extra, in response to authorities. Here’s a have a look at another nightclub and music venue fires which have led to vital dying tolls:

— April 2024: A blaze on the Masquerade nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, trapped employees and workers whereas the venue was closed for renovations, leaving 29 folks useless. It was positioned on the bottom and basement flooring of a 16-story residential constructing.

— October 2023: A fireplace that began at a nightclub within the southeastern Spanish metropolis of Murcia and unfold to 2 different golf equipment left 13 folks useless.

— January 2022: A nightclub in Sorong, in Indonesia’s West Papua province, burned after two teams attacked one another contained in the constructing. Nineteen folks have been killed.

— January 2022: A blaze at Liv’s Nightclub Yaouba in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, set off explosions that killed 17 folks. The federal government advised that fireworks set the roof alight and the hearth then unfold to areas the place cooking fuel was saved.

— December 2016: Thirty-six folks died in a fireplace at a warehouse in Oakland, California that had been transformed right into a residence and occasion house for artists dubbed the “Ghost Ship.” The blaze, which broke out throughout an digital music and dance social gathering, moved so shortly that victims have been trapped on the illegally constructed second flooring.

— October 2015: A blaze that broke out throughout a rock model’s pyrotechnics show at the Colectiv nightclub in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, killed 64 folks and left some 190 injured.

— January 2013: A fireplace killed greater than 200 folks on the Kiss nightclub within the metropolis of Santa Maria in southern Brazil. Investigators mentioned soundproofing foam on the ceiling caught hearth and launched toxic gases that shortly killed these attending a college social gathering.

— December 2009: Some 152 folks died when a blaze broke out on the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia. It began when an indoor fireworks show ignited a plastic ceiling embellished with branches.

— January 2009: An indoor fireworks show after a New Yr’s countdown ignited a blaze within the Santika membership in Bangkok, Thailand, killing 67 folks and injuring many extra. Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation, and from being crushed.

— September 2008: A fireplace killed 44 folks on the jammed King of Dancers nightclub in Shenzhen, China when a stamped broke out after a fireworks present ignited the ceiling.

— December 2004: In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a fireplace killed 194 folks on the crowded Cromagnon Republic membership after a flare ignited ceiling foam. Membership proprietor Omar Chaban was sentenced to twenty years in jail for inflicting the lethal hearth and for bribery. Others obtained lighter sentences.

— February 2003: A fireplace on the Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, in america, killed 100 folks and injured greater than 200 others. Fireworks being utilized by the band set hearth to flammable foam contained in the membership.

— December 2000: A fireplace that was blamed on a welding accident killed 309 folks at a disco within the central Chinese language metropolis of Luoyang.

— October 1998: An arson assault towards an overcrowded youth disco within the Swedish metropolis Goteborg killed 63 folks and left round 200 injured. 4 folks have been later convicted for beginning the hearth.

— March 1996: A fireplace on the Ozone Disco Pub in Quezon Metropolis, Philippines, killed 162 folks. A big proportion of the victims have been college students partying to mark the top of the tutorial 12 months.

— March 1990: An arson assault on the Joyful Land nightclub within the Bronx borough of New York Metropolis killed 87 folks. It began when a person indignant along with his girlfriend threw gasoline on the membership’s solely exit and set it on hearth, then jammed down the metallic entrance gate so folks have been trapped.

— December 1983: A fireplace on the Alcala dance corridor in Madrid, Spain, left 78 folks useless and greater than 20 injured.

— Might 1977: A fireplace on the Beverly Hills Supper Membership in Southgate, Kentucky, killed 165 folks and injured greater than 200.

— November 1942: The deadliest nightclub hearth in U.S. historical past killed 492 folks at Boston’s Cocoanut Grove membership. The hearth at what had been one in every of Boston’s foremost nightspots led to new necessities for sprinkler methods and accessible exits.

— April 1940: A fireplace ignited the ornamental Spanish moss draping the ceiling of the Rhythm Night time Membership in Natchez, Mississippi, killing 209 folks. The home windows had been boarded as much as stop folks from sneaking in.