Beebo
Guru
I also spend quite a bit of time in places where fire has caused considerable damage.
NYE celebrations are notorious for being over capacity. Im sure we’ve all spent our youth in places which were far too busy and almost impossible to escape from quickly if the worst had happened.
Nothing on a ceiling should be instantly flammable, but it’s easy to see how staff could have put up Christmas decorations without thinking. I bet you could go into almost any pub in UK and find some paper decorations that shouldn’t be there. The concern is how a fire spreads from decorations into an inferno so fast.
I once went to a residential house where the owner had had a NYE party with real candles in a Christmas tree that was tinder dry. The tree went up almost instantly causing extensive damage. A couple of month old trees in a basement would be devastating.
Sad news coming out is that some victims were very young 15 which is under the legal Swiss age. So could be looking at under age drinking too.
NYE celebrations are notorious for being over capacity. Im sure we’ve all spent our youth in places which were far too busy and almost impossible to escape from quickly if the worst had happened.
Nothing on a ceiling should be instantly flammable, but it’s easy to see how staff could have put up Christmas decorations without thinking. I bet you could go into almost any pub in UK and find some paper decorations that shouldn’t be there. The concern is how a fire spreads from decorations into an inferno so fast.
I once went to a residential house where the owner had had a NYE party with real candles in a Christmas tree that was tinder dry. The tree went up almost instantly causing extensive damage. A couple of month old trees in a basement would be devastating.
Sad news coming out is that some victims were very young 15 which is under the legal Swiss age. So could be looking at under age drinking too.
