Brazil night club fire --- when will these bands get sense?

Burning Down · 01-30-2013, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'm sorry, but really? You do that? That sounds like ludicrously paranoid behavior. I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but that just sounds ridiculous.

It's not paranoid nor is it ridiculous. It's a good idea to be prepared for anything like that. I value my life and I would not like to die in a fire - that would be absolutely brutal. I don't want to be cooked to death. Personal story time:

About four or five years ago I was staying overnight in my friend's dorm at my university, and the residence it was in is a typical high rise building - 11 floors. When I was there some drunk first year thought it would be a good idea to pour gasoline inside both elevators, press all the buttons, and set it on fire. So when the elevators opened on each floor, the fire would spread to the hallway. Then he threw newspapers soaked in gas at the bottom of all the stairwells except for one, lit it on fire, and ran away from the building. So nobody had a way out except for that one single stairwell, and people on the lower floors were just jumping off the balconies. I was on the 11th floor and thought I wouldn't get out, but I did.

Nobody died but tons of people were treated for smoke inhalation (myself and my friend included) and several people were admitted to hospital for second and even third degree burns. The school closed the building for the next few months and everyone in there had to go live in hotels until they opened the residence up again.

Oh yeah, the guy was caught, was expelled from school and he went to jail for a couple of years, and now he has no chance of ever enrolling in university or college anywhere. And since he was still underage at the time, the university sued his parents for all the damages - it ended up being in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

**Janszoon** · 01-30-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

It's not paranoid nor is it ridiculous. It's a good idea to be prepared for anything like that. I value my life and I would not like to die in a fire - that would be absolutely brutal. I don't want to be cooked to death. Personal story time:

About four or five years ago I was staying overnight in my friend's dorm at my university, and the residence it was in is a typical high rise building - 11 floors. When I was there some drunk first year thought it would be a good idea to pour gasoline inside both elevators, press all the buttons, and set it on fire. So when the elevators opened on each floor, the fire would spread to the hallway. Then he threw newspapers soaked in gas at the bottom of all the stairwells except for one, lit it on fire, and ran away from the building. So nobody had a way out except for that one single stairwell, and people on the lower floors were just jumping off the balconies. I was on the 11th floor and thought I wouldn't get out, but I did.

Nobody died but tons of people were treated for smoke inhalation (myself and my friend included) and several people were admitted to hospital for second and even third degree burns. The school closed the building for the next few months and everyone in there had to go live in hotels until they opened the residence up again.

Oh yeah, the guy was caught, was expelled from school and he went to jail for a couple of years, and now he has no chance of ever enrolling in university or college anywhere. And since he was still underage at the time, the university sued his parents for all the damages - it ended up being in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Holy shit. I'm glad everyone was okay.

Trollheart · 01-30-2013, 03:17 PM

Unbelievable what some gob****es call fun! What if people had died? That's not manslaughter, that's first-degree murder! I mean, what the **** did he think was going to happen? Not only did he start a fire, he made sure it spread AND he cut off the exits too! Evil little ****! Hope he got a terrible time in jail.

wiggums · 01-30-2013, 06:41 PM

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but a friend of mine is living in Sao Paulo, and she heard on the news that the security officers thought that all the commotion was a fight, and they were scared that people would start leaving without paying, so they locked the doors from the outside...

Trollheart · 01-30-2013, 07:03 PM

Yeah, the story on the Irish news was that one emergency exit was locked, the other had bouncers at it who thought people were trying to skip out on their bar tab and turned back those trying to escape. Jesus, if they survived how must they feel now, knowing they (inadvertently) drove people back into the fire, and most likely a horrible death?

Franco Pepe Kalle · 01-30-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

So the band plotted to kill all of their fans then?...Hardly

I am not saying it is true but that rumor is strongly considered. Some reports say that supposely this band used Fire that was only supposed to be used only for Outside use not Inside use.

wiggums · 01-30-2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle

I am not saying it is true but that rumor is strongly considered. Some reports say that supposely this band used Fire that was only supposed to be used only for Outside use not Inside use.

Well that could easily be just plain ignorance or stupidity, not intent to murder.

Franco Pepe Kalle · 01-30-2013, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wiggums

Well that could easily be just plain ignorance or stupidity, not intent to murder.

That is that what I think that may have occured. Just some dumb decision that caused a unfortuante tragedy.

01-30-2013, 03:17 PM	#33 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Unbelievable what some gob**es call fun! What if people had died? That's not manslaughter, that's first-degree murder! I mean, what the did he think was going to happen? Not only did he start a fire, he made sure it spread AND he cut off the exits too! Evil little *! Hope he got a terrible time in jail. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

01-30-2013, 06:41 PM	#34 (permalink)
wiggums A Sarcastic Joyful Sound Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Montana Posts: 174	I don't know if this has been mentioned, but a friend of mine is living in Sao Paulo, and she heard on the news that the security officers thought that all the commotion was a fight, and they were scared that people would start leaving without paying, so they locked the doors from the outside... __________________

01-30-2013, 07:03 PM	#35 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Yeah, the story on the Irish news was that one emergency exit was locked, the other had bouncers at it who thought people were trying to skip out on their bar tab and turned back those trying to escape. Jesus, if they survived how must they feel now, knowing they (inadvertently) drove people back into the fire, and most likely a horrible death? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018