There is also a heartbreaking documentary (y'all can probably tell by now I watch a lot of documentaries!) on the fire featuring a few surviving victims, rescue workers, etc. It's not for the faint of heart as, at one point, you hear the screams of some women inside crying out that their on fire and, from a distance, see a man who is on fire exit the club.
It's on Youtube - only now, you have to provide proof of your age via ID in order to view it. There is actual footage of the fire taken by a local news station's cameraman initially inside - and then outside - the club. It's been concluded that one would've contained the fire long enough for everyone to have escaped. There was no sprinkler system installed in the club either - even though it was a legal requirement. Around 200 people were also injured in the fire. Their tour manager was sentenced to 15 years in prison (with 4 to served, 11 suspended and 3 years' probation) for 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Also, the pyrotechnics the band was using for their performance is what led to the fire. The mortality rate was made higher, no doubt, by a doorman who refused non-band members their right to escape through the back of the building that same guard lost his wife that night while he survived. He didn't make it out with the rest of the band as he'd gone back to try and save his guitar:
The fire killed 100 people in-total including Great White guitarist, Ty Longley. I am still catching up on this thread, but has no one mentioned the terrible The Station nightclub fire which took place in Rhode Island back in 2003? It's a horrifying story as many people had become trapped in there and were burned alive.
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