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The Whiskey Au Go Go fire was a fire that occurred at 2.10 am on Thursday 8 March 1973, in the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia that killed 15 people.〔Australian Nightclub Fire Kills 15. ''The Bryan Times'': 8 March 1973, p.3.〕 The building is at 356 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley (on the corner of Amelia Street and St Paul's Terrace) and still stands as of 2014. ==Building fire== The building was firebombed, resulting in the deaths of 15 patrons and staff.〔(Emergency Management Australia, Disasters Database )〕 The fire began with the ignition of two 23-litre drums of diesel fuel in the building's foyer. The drums were thrown into the foyer, then ignited by a lit torch thrown through the open door. When ignited the burning diesel sent carbon monoxide up to the club's main room on the first floor. Large quantities of grease had been smeared over the stairs of the building's rear fire escape. The door of the fire escape had also been greased. The fifteen people killed had died of asphyxiation as they struggled to open the greased fire escape doors. Police believed that had they been able to open the doors they would have slipped and fallen down the steel stairs. A fire brigade officer reported hearing screams from behind the closed door as firemen tried to smash it down.〔Gawenda, Michael. 'Mad bomber' planned club deaths: police. ''The Age'': 9 March 1973, p.1.〕 Other reports indicated that fuel seeped from the two 23-litre drums into the carpet of the foyer, causing a fireball to engulf the stairway.〔Murdoch, Lindsay. The bomb case that won't go away. ''The Age'': 27 October 1987, p.11.〕 About 100 patrons, bar staff and entertainers had been in the club at the time of ignition. Many escaped by jumping from broken windows onto an awning and dropping 15 feet to the ground.〔Australian Nightclub Fire Kills 15. ''The Bryan Times'': 8 March 1973, p.3.〕 Of the six person band, two musicians were killed.〔Gawenda, Michael. 'Mad bomber' planned club deaths: police. ''The Age'': 9 March 1973, p.4.〕 Also killed was the female singer they accompanied.〔'Trinity' lose three in fire. ''The Age'': 9 March 1973, p.4.〕 Jennifer Denise Davie, a drinks waitress employed in the bar, also died.〔Dead girl homesick. ''The Age'': 9 March 1973, p.4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whiskey Au Go Go fire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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