According to preliminary data, 110 people died because of the fire in the nightclub in Perm. Over 100 are considered wounded and victims.
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In all, there were 233 people spending a night out at the Lame Horse nightclub, situated in the center of Perm, when the incident occurred. In the opinion of eyewitnesses, the incident was caused by "unsanctioned use of pyrotechnics, touching off a fire," (What difference does "unsanctioned" make here? So what if it had been sanctioned? And who was supposed to do the sanctioning, anyway?)
In the wake of this fatal accident, a criminal case has been opened against the owners of the club based on a violation of fire safety rules, entailing through negligence the death of two and more persons. Representatives of the Kray administration of the MChS [The Ministry for Affairs of Civil Defense, Extraordinary Situations and Liquidation of Consequences of Elemental Calamities, usually shortened to "Ministry of Emergency Situations" in English--Trans.] reported that the majority of the people had died from poisoning by carbon monoxide gas, not having been able in the stampede that had formed to abandon the club.
...My schoolboy son and I often go to the Moscow «Solaris» movie theater. There are four auditoriums there. I haven't seen emergency exits in any of them. If something were to happen - we'd have to choke in a stampede in a narrow door.
Not far away is found a waterpark. We go there too . And there I noticed just one entrance into the big hall. If something were to happen ... And how many such theatres-waterparks-clubs-restaurants in all of Moscow and Russia?
If something were to happen...
The fact is that in Russia this «if something were to happen», as a rule, happens. And quite often. People die. Commissions convene. The people who run the country commiserate. Sometimes the announce days of mourning. Punish somebody. Some time passes by - and everything gets repeated.
The Permian club was decorated with straw - from floor to ceiling. And the furniture too was made of wood and straw. In Rus' there has long been a saying: "burns like straw".
No doubt this club had been inspected by representatives of the fire
prevention service of Perm. How could they NOT have noticed the straw?
Or do they not know that it burns?
And how did the fire inspectors not notice that the club doesn't have emergency exits?
No doubt they'll find the seller of the pyrotechnics and appoint him guilty too. But any sensible person understands: the straw could also have been kindled by a short circuit in the electrical wiring, or from a chance match, and from a blown out lamp...
In Rus' there is also such an expression: to beat the tails. That's when measures are taken loudly AFTER a catastrophe-accident-tragic event.
Maybe, it's not tails that should be beaten, but the mugs of those who have to answer for fire safety in public places?
Oh its really very sad i hope all 110 people rest in peace... sad..
It's 125 now with 100 in hospital many in critical condition. At least 15 kids lost both parents. We have shocking photos of the scene:
http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/one-photo-is-worth-a-thousand-screams/
The Kremlin had to fly victims from Siberia to Moscow for treatment because Perm, a major city, lacks adequate burn care facilites. But Putin has plenty of money for Iran and Venezuela and for nuclear bombers to buzz America.
What an outrage.