Rock Club Tragedy

BBC News are now reporting more than sixty dead in the terrible rock club fire at a Great White show at Warwick, Rhode Island. A lot of safety issues here, from the wisdom of using pyrotechnics in small venues, to the construction of the building itself; which burned to the ground in three minutes

One factor in the deaths is supposed to be the fact that almost everyone tried to get out through the main entrance where they came in, rather than the three other fire exits. Next time I go to a gig (and most of the bands I see nowadays are in that size of venue), I'll make a mental note of the location of all the fire exits before the show. I suggest those of you that go to gigs do the same; it might just make the difference between life and death.

Update: Damien Penny, a fan of Great White, has some words on his blog, as does Andrew Ian Dodge.

Update 2: JimSpot has a lot more to say on the subject. Had he known about the gig, he would have been there.

Posted by TimHall at February 21, 2003 07:12 PM | TrackBack

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