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Admin		#1 Posted : 23 September 2008 10:08:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Mark Eastbourne Morning all Am wondering if any of you could tell me the name of the night club fire in which a Bouncer and many others died in the fire due to the materials used being extremely flammable. Think it happened in the 80's sometime. Many thanks Mark
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Admin		#2 Posted : 23 September 2008 10:13:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Crim Hi, There was quite a famous fire in Ireland where carpet tiles were used as wall linings and they contributed greatly to the whole place being gutted in no time at all. I think it was the Star Dust Disco? or something like that. There is video available of a reconstruction in an old airship hangar in England showing the speed the fire developed. Hope this helps.
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Admin		#3 Posted : 23 September 2008 10:31:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Mark Eastbourne Thanks Crim, I am sure that was the one as I saw the video, it was amazing and really hit home how dangerous fire is when they actually had to tell the experts to back away as the fire grew so fast! Regards Mark
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Admin		#4 Posted : 23 September 2008 10:56:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Crim Yes Mark, I remember the ash trays just popping into flame on the tables. Bad job for those fire fighters who attended the original fire.
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Admin		#5 Posted : 23 September 2008 11:01:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By bill reilly Mark quick google reveals Stardust and summerland any use? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster
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Admin		#6 Posted : 23 September 2008 11:10:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By John J If its the one I'm thinking of its commonly refered to as the station fire, John
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Admin		#7 Posted : 23 June 2009 16:37:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By peter gotch Mark. Came across your posting whilst doing search of the forum for something entirely different. The Stardust video was actually filmed at the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton - half size scale model reconstruction of the club, which had polystyrene tiles stuck to the walls with flammable glue. Regards, Peter
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Admin		#8 Posted : 23 June 2009 17:02:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Jeremy Fripp I was also thinking of the Station Night Club fire which happened in 2003 and killed 100 people. Jeremy
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Admin		#9 Posted : 23 June 2009 18:19:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Bob Youel the famous 'Isle of Man' fire comes to mind
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Admin		#10 Posted : 23 June 2009 18:56:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Seamus O Sullivan The Stardust fire, was compounded by fire exits locked with chains. While it happened in the 80's , we still encounter problems with fire exits, can we as a nation ever learn ??
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Admin		#11 Posted : 23 June 2009 22:59:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Ben Keen Are you thinking of the Summerland fire on the Isle of Man in 1973? If not, there is, for some reason, a Wikipedia page on nightclub fires. Hope this helps.
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Admin		#12 Posted : 24 June 2009 15:58:00(UTC)
Rank: Guest		Posted By Flic The Building Research Establishment sell the video of the reconstruction: http://www.brebookshop.com/details.jsp?id=1392 Flic
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