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Ozone Disco was located near the 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda along Timog Avenue.Its building and the land it stood on was a music venue for the most part. Initially, the site housed the jazz club "Birdland", which was owned by Sergio Orgaoow and operated from 1978 until 19
Formerly the Old Heidelberg restaurant and Rumbottoms disco Denmark Place fire: Central London: United Kingdom 1980 37: 23 arson gasoline Stardust fire: Artane, Dublin: Ireland 1981 48: 214 electrical Alcalá 20 nightclub fire: Madrid: Spain 1983 82: 27 electrical Chowon (Greenfield) disco fire Daegu: South Korea 1983 25: 67 short circuit
The evening of March 18, 1996, turned to tragedy when a fire broke out in the Ozone Disco nightclub. There were 162 deaths and 95 injuries due to the resulting stampede. Some of the victims remain unidentified and the owner was held responsible for what happened.
Based on an investigation and the accounts of survivors, the cause of the fire was found to be an illegal firework device that ignited the acoustic foam on the ceiling. [1] [23] Two co-owners of the nightclub and two members of the band were arrested and questioned by police.
In September 2008, The Jack Russell Tour Group Inc. offered $1 million in a settlement to survivors and victims' relatives, [65] the maximum allowed under the band's insurance plan. [66] Club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian reached a settlement of $813,000 with survivors and victims' families in September 2008. [67]
The venue was hosting rock group Callejeros, with an audience of around 4,000 people, almost three times the venue's capacity of 1,500. [3] The fire started when a pyrotechnic flare, a popular device in New Year's Eve celebrations, was set off and ignited foam in the ceiling.
The Stardust fire was a fatal fire which took place at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland, in the early hours of 14 February (Valentine's Day) 1981.More than 800 people were attending a disco there, of whom 48 died and 214 were injured as a result of the fire; in later years suicides of survivors and family members were also linked to the event.
Some survivors were able to get out the front door or through the ticket booth, while others tried to press their way to the back door, which was padlocked and boarded shut. [10] Upon realizing their limited options to escape the fire, many victims attempted to break through the corrugated steel walls of the building, but were unsuccessful. [14]