GOODBYE TO GRAVITY - Death Toll From Nightclub Fire In Romania Rises To 32
November 3, 2015, 9 years ago
According to ITV News, the death toll from Bucharest metallers Goodbye To Gravity's nightclub fire in Romania is now 32 and could rise further, officials say. Some 130 people remain in hospital, of whom 90 are in a critical or serious condition, medical authorities said.
According to Ziarul De Iasi, guitarists Vlad Telea and Mihai Alexandru (pictured) were among the 32 who died.
The band's voclaist Andrei Galut is said to be in serious condition at Elias hospital with burns on 45 percent of his body and injuries from smoke inhalation. Bassist Alex Pascu is reportedly at Spitalul de Urgenţă Floreasca (Bucharest Emergency Hospital), where he underwent surgery.
Some 146 club-goers remained hospitalized across the Romanian capital Saturday morning after hundreds fled in a panic late Friday, trying to get out of the Colectiv club's only exit door from a basement in downtown Bucharest.
Witnesses told Antena 3 TV that between 300 to 400 mostly young people had been at the club, housed in a former factory, when Goodbye To Gravity's pyrotechnical show went awry when a spark on stage ignited some polystyrene decor.
