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Sparklers on champagne bottles likely cause of deadly Swiss bar fire (bbc.com)
2 points by ksec 11 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment




It’s tragic how similar this was to the Station fire in 2003

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire#Fir...

- sparklers light acoustic foam on fire

- no one takes it seriously at first

- fire quickly grows and people start moving towards the exit.

- not enough exits + too many people + panic results in a crowd crush at the entryway

- bystanders try pulling people out of the crush but aren’t successful

- fire explodes in size and kills everyone trapped inside.




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