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71. The Inferno (The Station nightclub fire)

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The Fire Sprinkler System Was Not Installed

The dedarian brothers bought poly eurothene foam 18 months earlier from a neighbor of a club who worked as a salesman for the american foam company. Fire safety experts have since calculated that the flammability of the foam was equivalent to 13 gallons of gasoline. Even with solid gasolene covering the walls and ceilings of the club, every single person could have been saved. The entire tragedy could have been prevented, if only the station had a fire sprinkler system installed.

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