Romania: At least 27 people died and 162 were injured when a fire broke out at a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, late Friday, police said.
While hundreds of youngsters were packed in a musical club at Central Bucharest, jamming to the head-pounding heavy mate; music filling their ears, its was almost Halloween. Goodbye to Gravity, the band was celebrating a new album with a free concert which was held mainly for the young partygoers life to feel awesome.
But all of a sudden 300-400 people were scrambling towards the exit at Collective, a club which is next to Communist-era factory.
According to the reports, the pyrotechnics sparked a fire that quickly became a widespread blaze with dark, blinding smoke. Authorities say the cause is something that needs to be figured out. At least 27 people died and 162 were injured when the blaze broke out late Friday, authorities said. The injured were rushed to hospital.
A prosecutor and fire specialists will investigate the scene and determine how the fire started, she said.
Goodbye to Gravity was having an album release concert, the group said on its social media pages.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said he was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news.
“It is a very sad moment for all of us, for our nation and for me personally,” he said in a post to his Facebook page.
The fire appears to be the deadliest nightclub blaze since a 2013 fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, killed 235 people.
