The fire in a bar at the train station Crans-Montana ski resort, Switzerlandwhat happened 40 dead and hundreds injured On New Year’s Eve, it joins a long list of accidents in bars, concerts and particularly deadly places.
With 492 deadThe incident in the “Cocoanut Grove” club in Boston (Massachusetts) on November 28, 1942 is examined the worst fire of its kind.
Since 1970, at least 21 fires worldwide have claimed 40 or more lives:
– March 16, 2025, North Macedonia: last tragedy before that of Crans-Montana. A fire caused by fireworks in the “Pulse” in Kocani and the ensuing mass panic killed 63 people, mostly young people. A similar result to Cromañón in Argentina, but on a smaller scale.
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– October 30, 2015, Romania: A fire breaks out in a nightclub in central Bucharest during a hard rock concert Pyrotechnic show; 64 people die.
– January 27, 2013, Brazil: 242 dead and more than 600 injured in a fire in a nightclub full of students in Santa Maria (south). The tragedy was caused by a torch intended for outdoor use.
– December 5, 2009, Russia: because of a fire FireworksAn attack in a nightclub in Perm (Urals, 1,200 km east of Moscow) kills 155 people.
– January 1, 2009, Thailand: 66 people celebrating the New Year in a Bangkok nightclub die in one Fire caused by fireworks.
– September 20, 2008, China: 44 dead in nightclub fire in Shenzhen (south) caused by fireworks.
– December 31, 2004, Argentina: 194 people die in it Cro-Magnon where almost 2,000 young people attended the Callejeros concert. The trigger was also a flare.
– February 20, 2003, USA: 100 people die in a nightclub in West Warwick (Rhode Island). The fire was set by pyrotechnic devices.
– December 1, 2002, Venezuela: 65 people die in a gigantic fire at the La Guajira nightclub, located in the basement of an old building in the center of Caracas.
– July 9, 2002, Indonesia: 42 people die in the fire at a karaoke restaurant in Palembang (South Sumatra).
– December 25, 2000, China: A fire destroys a shopping complex and a nightclub in Luoyang (center). 311 people celebrating Christmas die.
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– October 30, 1998, Sweden: 63 young people aged 12 to 19 die in Hisingen, on the working-class edge of Gothenburg, after a fire at a nightclub that was converted into a nightclub for one night to celebrate Halloween.
– March 18, 1996, Philippines: In Manila, 162 people die in the Ozone nightclub, engulfed by flames.
– November 23, 1994China: The nightclub fire in Fuxin, Liaoning Province (northeast), claims 233 lives.
– March 25, 1990, USA: 87 dead in fire at Happy Land nightclub in the Bronx, New York.
– January 14, 1990, Spain: 43 people die in the fire in a dance hall in Zaragoza (northeast).
– December 17, 1983, Spain: 81 dead in fire at Alcalá 20 nightclub in Madrid.
– February 14, 1981Ireland: 48 people die in the fire at the Stardust nightclub in Dublin.
– December 31, 1979, Canada: 48 dead in the fire at the Opémiska club in Chapais, Quebec.
– May 28, 1977, USA: The nightclub fire in Southgate, Kentucky, claims 165 lives.
– November 1, 1970, France: The fire that destroys the “5-7” dance club in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (East) kills 146 people, mostly young people.
*With information from AFP
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