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Uploaded by on Mar 16, 2009

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  • @jreily88 Later investigations show that a leading cause of the fire was that there was the presence of methyl chloride within the air conditioning system.

  • @aqinthe

    Absoulutely. The NFPA standards were all written because someone had either died or gotten seriously injured due to something such as no exits, etc.

  • @jreily88 Many things that we take for granted where not in effect back then. Like doors that opened out, panic bars, enforcement of fire codes. It's sad but usually people have to die before safety changes are made.

  • @jreily88 thank you very much

  • @jreily88 thank you very much

  • @krugerfuchs

    Some say that a soldier had lit a match to look for a light bulb he had dropped and then other people saw the fake palm trees catch on fire and then it just spread from there, but no one really knows if that's what actually happened. What really killed all of those people wasn't the fire, but the fact that the club was at over double its maximum occupancy (over 1000 vs. only about 450), the exit doors were all locked, and the only way out was a revolving door that got jammed.

  • My Great Uncle Frank was actually at the club the night of the fire. He had left before the fire. Dad said Frank told their mom he left because he felt nauseous. Dad said Frank told him he left because he met a hot gal who had just had a fight with her man and she wanted to leave the club before he found her. Turns out his escape only bought Frank a little time... because Frank was killed by a German U boat in 1943 carrying corn grain to England with the Merchant Marine.

  • What if for a memorial they planted a coconut grove in a greenhouse

  • what started the fire thanks

  • I read a story in the Readers Digest about this fire many years ago. It's such a shame! In the article there was a man who helped several people get out of the building. In a turn of events he got into an accident in his truck and shared a familiar demise, he burned to death in the accident. Sickinig.

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