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71. The Inferno (The Station nightclub fire)

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The Night Club in Chicago

At least 21 people were killed, scores more injured. The investigation revealed multiple building cod violations for starters etwo reportedly allowed more than 11 hundred people into the club that night. City officials had actually filed a corps order to bar patrons from the second floor of the building because of shoddy construction. But eto's owners would later claim that they thought the ruling only applied to the v ip mezanine that had been built above the dance floor. So the club continued to operate as normal, just without the sky box.

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