{"id":2219016,"date":"2026-01-01T16:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2219016"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:58:16","slug":"among-bar-nightclub-and-music-venue-fires-of-recent-decades-these-were-some-of-the-deadliest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/among-bar-nightclub-and-music-venue-fires-of-recent-decades-these-were-some-of-the-deadliest\/","title":{"rendered":"Among bar, nightclub and music venue fires of recent decades, these were some of the deadliest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-gate\">\n<figure class=\"BodyImage__BodyImagePhoto-sc-14nv9tx-0 vKplZ\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/IK4G2CAA2BEE3LB63TVP4SG2BM.jpg?auth=9fe4a170ae5c2db4da65ec3f868b42cf4e0aa6b935648fc5232aca58a166c8df&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\"><span class=\"u-visually-hidden\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"c-image-figcap c-image-figcap--block\">\n<div class=\"figcap-grid\">\n<div class=\"figcap-cc\">\n<p class=\"figcap-text\"><span class=\"caption text-gmr-4\">Police stand near the area of a deadly fire that broke out during New Year&#8217;s celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"credit text-gmr-5\">Alessandro Della Valle\/The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">A fire at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Day has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-fire-at-swiss-ski-resort-bar-leaves-several-dead-during-new-years\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-fire-at-swiss-ski-resort-bar-leaves-several-dead-during-new-years\/\">left dozens of people presumed dead and around 100 injured<\/a>, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Here is a look at some other nightclub, bar and music venue fires that have led to significant death tolls:<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 2025:<\/b> A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in Arpora village, in India\u2019s Goa state, killing 25 people, including kitchen workers and tourists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>March, 2025:<\/b> A fire and ensuing stampede at the crowded Pulse club in Kocani, North Macedonia, killed 63 people, most of them young revelers, and injured more than 200. It was set off by a pyrotechnic flame that engulfed the roof of the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>April, 2024:<\/b> A blaze at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-fire-at-an-istanbul-nightclub-during-renovations-kills-at-least-29\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-fire-at-an-istanbul-nightclub-during-renovations-kills-at-least-29\/\">Masquerade nightclub in Istanbul<\/a>, Turkey, trapped workers and employees while the venue was closed for renovations, leaving 29 people dead. It was located on the ground and basement floors of a 16-story residential building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>October, 2023:<\/b> A fire that started at a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-nightclub-fire-kills-at-least-13-in-murcia-in-spain\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-nightclub-fire-kills-at-least-13-in-murcia-in-spain\/\">nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia<\/a> and spread to two other clubs left 13 people dead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"BodyImage__BodyImagePhoto-sc-14nv9tx-0 vKplZ\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/LM6WFQPGGNLABNONXUU6RBQFQI.jpg?auth=0aa21598a1e05bf933bf46905186371bf0745881c35db5b8da3135bc86ad03e0&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"1\"><span class=\"u-visually-hidden\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"c-image-figcap c-image-figcap--block\">\n<div class=\"figcap-grid\">\n<div class=\"figcap-cc\">\n<p class=\"figcap-text\"><span class=\"caption text-gmr-4\">Firefighters carry out a covered body on a stretcher after a fire in a nightclub in Murcia, Spain, in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2023.<\/span><span class=\"credit text-gmr-5\">Alfonso Duran\/The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>January, 2022:<\/b> A nightclub in Sorong, in Indonesia\u2019s West Papua province, burned after two groups attacked each other inside the building. Nineteen people were killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>January, 2022: <\/b>A blaze at Liv\u2019s Nightclub Yaouba in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, set off explosions that killed 17 people. The government suggested that fireworks set the roof alight and the fire then spread to areas where cooking gas was stored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 2016:<\/b> Thirty-six people died in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-man-pleads-guilty-to-deaths-of-36-people-in-california-warehouse-fire\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/world\/article-man-pleads-guilty-to-deaths-of-36-people-in-california-warehouse-fire\/\">fire at a warehouse in Oakland<\/a>, Calif., that had been converted into a residence and event space for artists dubbed the \u201cGhost Ship.\u201d The blaze, which broke out during an electronic music and dance party, moved so quickly that victims were trapped on the illegally constructed second floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>October, 2015:<\/b> A blaze that broke out during a rock band\u2019s pyrotechnics display at the Colectiv nightclub in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, killed 64 people and left some 190 injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>January, 2013:<\/b> A fire killed more than 200 people at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/deadly-nightclub-inferno-leaves-brazil-in-mourning\/article7903688\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/deadly-nightclub-inferno-leaves-brazil-in-mourning\/article7903688\/\">Kiss nightclub in the city of Santa Maria<\/a> in southern Brazil. Investigators said soundproofing foam on the ceiling caught fire and released poisonous gases that quickly killed those attending a university party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 2009:<\/b> Some 152 people died when a blaze broke out at the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm, Russia. It started when an indoor fireworks display ignited a plastic ceiling decorated with branches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>January, 2009:<\/b> An indoor fireworks display after a New Year\u2019s countdown ignited a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/death-toll-climbs-to-59-in-bangkok-nightclub-fire\/article20391665\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/death-toll-climbs-to-59-in-bangkok-nightclub-fire\/article20391665\/\">blaze in the Santika club in Bangkok<\/a>, Thailand, killing 67 people and injuring many more. Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation, and from being crushed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"BodyImage__BodyImagePhoto-sc-14nv9tx-0 vKplZ\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/KCH33CLPJNOIXPIT5J6BKZTJMM.jpg?auth=306fecc2990b0041d8ebf79de6c77ff6271bafc882e4ea2e0c6d1085caaf0935&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"2\"><span class=\"u-visually-hidden\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"c-image-figcap c-image-figcap--block\">\n<div class=\"figcap-grid\">\n<div class=\"figcap-cc\">\n<p class=\"figcap-text\"><span class=\"caption text-gmr-4\">The front of The Ghost Ship warehouse damaged from a deadly fire in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2016.<\/span><span class=\"credit text-gmr-5\">Eric Risberg\/The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>September, 2008:<\/b> A fire killed 44 people at the jammed King of Dancers nightclub in Shenzhen, China, when a stampede broke out after a fireworks show ignited the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 2004:<\/b> In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a fire killed 194 people at the crowded Cromagnon Republic club after a flare ignited ceiling foam. Club owner Omar Chaban was sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing the deadly fire and for bribery. Others received lighter sentences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>February, 2003:<\/b> A fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, in the United States, killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others. Fireworks being used by the band set fire to flammable foam inside the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>January, 2001:<\/b> A fire at a cafe in the Dutch town of Volendam where people were celebrating the New Year killed 14 people and injured more than 200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 2000: <\/b>A fire that was blamed on a welding accident killed 309 people at a disco in the central Chinese city of Luoyang.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>October, 1998:<\/b> An arson attack against an overcrowded youth disco in the Swedish city of Goteborg killed 63 people and left around 200 injured. Four people were later convicted for starting the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>March, 1996:<\/b> A fire at the Ozone Disco Pub in Quezon City, Philippines, killed 162 people. A large proportion of the victims were students partying to mark the end of the academic year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>March, 1990: <\/b>An arson attack at the Happy Land nightclub in the Bronx borough of New York City killed 87 people. It started when a man angry with his girlfriend threw gasoline on the club\u2019s only exit and set it on fire, then jammed down the metal front gate so people were trapped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>December, 1983:<\/b> A fire at the Alcala dance hall in Madrid, Spain, left 78 people dead and more than 20 injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>May, 1977:<\/b> A fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, killed 165 people and injured more than 200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>November, 1942:<\/b> The deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history killed 492 people at Boston\u2019s Cocoanut Grove club. The fire at what had been one of Boston\u2019s foremost nightspots led to new requirements for sprinkler systems and accessible exits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><b>April, 1940: <\/b>A fire ignited the decorative Spanish moss draping the ceiling of the Rhythm Night Club in Natchez, Mississippi, killing 209 people. The windows had been boarded up to prevent people from sneaking in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.theglobeandmail.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open this photo in gallery: Police stand near the area of a deadly fire that broke out during New Year&#8217;s celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Thursday.Alessandro Della Valle\/The Associated Press A fire at a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Day has left dozens of people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[370485,386363,386372,22188,307525,354873,22762,386358,386368,386369,386365,386359,386357,25517,21866,361999,386367,386362,386379,386360,386361,21835,386364,21818,22764,386373,36044,307548,386376,386378,365242,386377,360131,386375,33260,375664,386371,22048,386370,386374,42570,23239,23139,386366,37798,22814,367555],"class_list":["post-2219016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219017,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219016\/revisions\/2219017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}