The Murcia fire, the deadliest in a nightclub since the Flying in Zaragoza
- Thirteen dead in the fire of several nightclubs in Murcia: “Mommy, I love her. We are going to die”
- Terrible images of the fire: this is what the inside of the nightclubs looked like when the firefighters arrived
- The Murcia fire, the deadliest in a nightclub since the Flying in Zaragoza
The fire, which affected La Fonda and Teatre, broke out around 6 in the morning. Around that time, several calls began to arrive at the '1-1-2' Emergency Coordination Center reporting a fire in a nightclub in the Atalayas area in Murcia..
The biggest tragedy in a nightclub in Spain took place in Madrid on December 17, 1983, when a fire that started behind the stage curtains of the “Alcalá 20” nightclub killed 81 people, most of them young people.. Smoke, a failure in the lighting system and a closed emergency door led to the catastrophe..
Years later, on January 14, 1990, there was a fire at the “Flying” nightclub in Zaragoza, where 43 people died, poisoned by gas inhalation..
This is the chronology of the most serious fires with fatalities in nightclubs, restaurants and entertainment venues in Spain in the last 45 years:
– 01/15/1978.- An arson attack destroys the “Scala” nightclub in Barcelona and leaves four people dead.
– 01/21/1979.- A nightclub burns in the Cadiz town of Ubrique, with a death toll of six.
– 02/15/1979.- The fire at the “Charada” nightclub in Madrid causes the death of four people and leaves another eleven injured.
– 17.12.1983.- Eighty-one dead in the fire at the “Alcalá 20” nightclub in Madrid, caused by a short circuit.
– 10/20/1988.- Three dead: two waiters and a 17-year-old boy, due to the fire that devoured the “Dickens” pub in Vitoria.
– 01/14/1990.- The fire at the “Flying” nightclub in Zaragoza causes the death of forty-three people poisoned by gases.
– 09/12/1992.- Four dead in the fire at the “Miami Club” club in Barcelona, due to a short circuit.
– 06.10.1996.- Four dead: two women – one of them, the cloakroom manager – and two firefighters in the fire at the “Siete Seven” nightclub in Valladolid.
– 09/14/2003.- Fire in the brothel “La nuit de la nuit”, located on the N-IV highway, in Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real). Two dead.
– 04/22/2023.- Three people die (one of them almost a month later due to injuries sustained) and another 12 are injured in a fire that occurred in a restaurant in Madrid.