Over 100 Killed in Explosion @ Perm, Russia Night Club

6:04 pm EST December 4th, 2009 | News | Comments Off

At least 112 people died in a fireworks-induced fire at the Lame Horse Nightclub in Perm, Russia.

12.6.2009
Reuters: Russia’s Perm mourns, anger voiced after club fire

An initial investigation found the club was not equipped with automatic fire extinguishers and that fireworks should not have been used there, Marina Zabbarova, head of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Investigative Committee for Perm region, said.

9:20AM EST: AP reports the death toll is now at 112 for the fire.

12.5.2009
4:06AM EST: LA Times reports the death toll in the Lame Horse Nightclub fire in Perm Russia is 102

Security officials ruled out terrorism, blaming fountain-type indoor fireworks for igniting a low plastic ceiling decorated with twigs and wicker to make the interior resemble a countryside club.

This incident has reminded some of The Station night club fire in Rhode Island in 2003 with the band Great White that killed 100 people.

12.4.2009

8:38PM EST: Russia Today reports that a fireworks display caused a fire in the night club in Perm. This resulted in deaths from smoke inhalation and a stampede to exit the club.

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At least 100 people were killed in an explosion at a nightclub in the centre of the Russian city of Perm near the Ural mountains on Friday, Russian news agencies reported.

The agencies quoted law enforcement officials as saying the blast had been caused by firecrackers.

They said the explosion had injured at least 60 people.

VIDEO: Russia Today report on Perm, Russia explosion