One would almost think that the world does not really care: in the Russian Disco "Lahm Horse" in the city of Perm on Saturday evening, 112 people died. Cause of the accident: flammable ceiling panels and improperly used in pyrotechnics, the Emergencies Minister Sergei Schojgu.
The Disco on Saturday celebrated the eighth anniversary of a huge show was planned. How many people exactly were in the club, no one knows the numbers fluctuate 250-400 people including staff.
During the event were then ignited Feuerwekskörper, been their use according to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" is allowed only outdoors. They were used, the sparks of fireworks lit the ceiling of twigs in a few seconds, shortly after panic broke out as allegedly turned out the lights. Russian President Medvedev complains about the organizers' brainless and without conscience. They must be punished under the full program. " That same evening the owner of the club were arrested, the landlord Anatoli Sak asserts his innocence until now.
but what's really behind it? Carelessness, or at least undermined by the deliberate policies to save money? RTL titled the dead as victims of corruption, "with officials of the Fire Authority allegedly was heard that the club comply with certain fire safety precautions need not - to a certain Endgeld. According to Minister nachrichten.at Schojgu have said that were found in the nightclub some time ago in an investigation deficiencies in fire protection, at December 2009, these defects have been fixed. Too late, as it now turns out.
The emergency exit was blocked with boxes, there were no fire extinguishers, windows and some doors were boarded up: the guests of the club was only the entrance, 3 feet in width. No chance to leave for nearly 300 people in a few minutes the building.
The result: 112 people were burnt alive Body were dead trampled or suffocated from the smoke.
It could have been avoided if the date would be set to review the fire safety measures already on the November 2009.
