![]() ![]() Moreover, in 2010, Costin Mincu was part owner of Goblin Bar & Club in Vama Veche, also destroyed in a fire. Dozens of people narrowly escaped from losing their lives, and a firefighter was injured. A year earlier, Elephant Pub & Alive Music, one of the clubs in the old center of Bucharest where Costin Mincu has shares, had burned. At the time of the fire, none of the owners were in the club. ![]() The shareholders of Colectiv Club SRL, the firm that owns the club, are Alin George Anastasescu – 47%, Paul Cătălin Gancea – 30% and Costin Mincu – 23%. The owners of Club Colectiv rented the location from Pionierul SA, for which Eugen Voicu signed as administrator engineer. Nowadays, the building belongs to Teamset Consulting, a firm based in Cyprus. This approach failed, with the factory falling into the hands of former directors. The establishment of communism meant its nationalization, and the fall of this regime in 1989 allowed the attempted recovery of the assets by family descendants. Pionierul was one of the largest footwear manufacturers in Southeastern Europe. The factory belonged to the Prodanof family, a well-known family of industrialists in the interwar period. The club had opened in May 2013 on the location of the previous Pionierul factory, at Tăbăcarilor Street 7 in Sector 4 of Bucharest, within 3 km (2 mi) of the Palace of the Parliament.īecause it was a high-casualty fire caused by illegal indoor usage of outdoor pyrotechnics, the 2015 disaster is similar to the 2001 Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire in Belo Horizonte, Brazil the 2003 Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island, in the United States the 2004 República Cromañón nightclub fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina the 2008 Wuwang Club fire in Shenzhen, China the 2009 Santika Club fire in Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand (cause is disputed) the 2009 Lame Horse fire in Perm, Russia, and the 2013 Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil.īackground Club Colectiv Ĭlub Colectiv was located on Tăbăcarilor Street 7 in Sector 4 of Bucharest and operated since May 2013 in a workshop for pieces of a former shoe factory Pionierul. The club's main shareholder and co-founder, Alin George Anastasescu, together with two other associates, Costin Mincu and Paul Cătălin Gancea, were arrested on 2 November for negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm, and negligent destruction. Vocalist Andrei Găluț was hospitalised with injuries. The band's guitarists Vlad Țelea and Mihai Alexandru, as well as drummer Bogdan Lavinius and bassist Alex Pascu died. In advance of the concert, the band announced that they would be including customised lighting, "pyrotechnic effects", and scenic elements brought in to "give life to the science fiction artwork" of the new album. ![]() Mass protests over the corruption linked to the fire led to the resignation of the Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta. Overwhelmed by the high number of victims, Romanian authorities transferred some of the seriously injured to hospitals in Israel, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany and France. Most of the victims were poisoned by toxins released from the burning foam. The band's pyrotechnics, consisting of sparkler firework candles, ignited the club's flammable polyurethane acoustic foam, and the fire spread rapidly. The fire, which was the deadliest fire in the country's history, occurred during a free concert performed by the metalcore band Goodbye to Gravity to celebrate the release of their new album, Mantras of War. The Colectiv nightclub fire was a deadly fire in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 64 people (26 on site, 38 in hospitals) and injured 146. Negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and negligent destruction Ignition of acoustic foam by use of fireworksģ club owners, 2 ISU employees, Mayor Cristian Popescu Piedone and 2 functionaries of Sector 4 Town Hall Romanian television stillframe showing the fire ![]()
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