The collapse of the ceiling of the Jet Set Disco de Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, which occurred on Tuesday, with at least 113 dead and more than one hundred injured, is the most serious event registered in discos and world feast rooms, since 2013.
In Brazil, on January 27, 2013, 242 people died at the Kiss disco, mostly Brazilian students from the Federal University of Santa María, and more than 600 were injured.
Next, a relationship of the main tragedies in discos and party rooms recorded since 1994 with more than 50 deaths:
November 27, 1994.- Fixin (China). 234 people die in the fire in the disco ‘Yiyuan’ (artistic garden) of Fuxin, Chinese province of Shenyang. It could be due to a short circuit.
October 30, 1998.- Gothenburg (Sweden). At least 63 deaths, most immigrants, in the fire of the Macedonia association.
December 25, 2000.- Henan (China). 320 dead in the fire in the ‘Dong du’ disco in Luoyang. The place was on the fourth floor of a shopping center, with the blocked emergency exits.
October 29, 2002.- Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam). A hundred dead when the ‘Blue Disco’ party room burns, in which a wedding was celebrated. The place was located in the shopping center ‘Saigon International Trade Center’.
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February 20, 2003.- West Warwick (United States). A fireworks show within the The Station Club, in Rhode Island, caused a fire that caused 100 dead and more than 200 injured.
December 30, 2004.- Buenos Aires (Argentina). The fire at the Republic Cromañón disco, during a rock concert, caused 194 deaths and hundreds of injured.
January 1, 2009.- Bangkok (Thailand). The fire at the Santika Club disco during New Year’s celebrations caused 66 dead. The fire began by pyrotechnics launched inside the premises.
December 4, 2009.- 156 people die when the ‘the lame horse’ nightclub in the city of Perm (Russia) burns, due to the use of fireworks.
January 27, 2013.- Santa María (Brazil). The Kiss disco, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, was the scene of a tragedy that left 242 dead. The fire broke out during a musical presentation with fireworks inside.
October 30, 2015.- Bucharest (Romania). The tragedy at the Collectiv Club left 65 dead by a fire caused by pyrotechnics in a place with security deficiencies, where a rock concert of the group ‘Goodbye to Graviti’ was held.
March 16, 2025.- Kocani (Macedonia). The fire at the ‘Pulse’ disco caused the death of at least 59 people and 155 were injured.
April 8, 2025.- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). At least 113 deaths in the fire of the Jet Set disco. Among the deceased is one of the best known Latin artists, the Rubby Pérez merenguero.
With EFE information.
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