“Costin Mincu, Alin George Anastasescu and Paul Gancea, the club’s shareholders, were brought in on November 2 for hearings as suspects of crimes of manslaughter and injury”, prosecutors said in a statement. Witnesses say a spark on stage from a heavy-metal pyrotechnics show ignited foam decor, sending panicked people rushing for the single exit.
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The fire at the Colectiv nightclub started on October 30 when fireworks set off inside the club lit insulation foam on a pillar and spread quickly, starting a stampede and trapping numerous roughly 400 people inside.
Preliminary forensic tests show the victims died from inhaling noxious gases.
A handful of specialists have arrived from Israel, Germany and France to help treat the 140 people who were taken to hospital after the fire at Colectiv on Friday night, emergency situations official Raed Arafat said.
The arrested owners of the Colectiv Club are yet to comment on Friday night’s incident, though according to the Associated Press the owners of three other nightclubs in Romania have admitted that they too failed to uphold safety standards in their venues.
BUCHAREST, Romania-Thousands of people marched in central Bucharest on Sunday to honor the victims of a weekend disco fire as the death toll from the tragedy climbed to 30.
“I apologise and I take responsibility”. Carantino said seven patients at the hospital have critical injuries. “Starting today I can no longer risk lives”, Andrei Sosa said on Facebook. “Weekend after weekend and sometimes during the week”.
They were concerned about the lack of an emergency exit and the use of flammable material to soundproof the building.
The La Baza club in the city of Lasi has also apologized for its subpar focus on safety.
“We consider we have been ignorant and irresponsible”, the venue’s Facebook page reads. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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