Here’s look at some other nightclub and music venue fires that have exacted terrible death tolls:— October 2015: A blaze at the Colectiv nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest killed 64 people and injured nearly 150 others. A spark from a band’s pyrotechnic show ignited the foam ceiling, erupting into flames. — February 2003: A fire at the Station nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others. — March 1990: An arson attack at the Happy Land nightclub in the Bronx borough of New York City killed 87 people. — November 1942: The deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history killed 492 people at Boston’s Cocoanut Grove club.
Source: Los Angeles Times December 04, 2016 04:04 UTC