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– They were prepared to meet a lot of people. We had that potential early on when we found out what had happened, duty chief of staff Lars Magne Hovtun at the Oslo fire and rescue service tells NTB.
Fortunately, several of the party participants and the police had made an effort to evacuate from the bunker at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. The two units used to supply lighting and sound systems had created a huge concentration of carbon monoxide, leading to several people becoming intoxicated with carbon monoxide. A total of 28 people were sent to the hospital, including two policemen.
– The first police patrol has made an extraordinary effort to save lives, says Hovtun.
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Compared to the disco fire in Gothenburg
He emphasizes that it could have been a very serious accident, and that it was beyond any doubt that it was life threatening to remain in the bunker. In addition to the problem of air quality, the fire service is particularly sensitive to the lack of exits.
– The challenge is that neither the organizers nor the participants have the necessary understanding of risk. If they had known how dangerous this is, they would never have taken a chance, says Hovtun.
He points to a number of examples of nightclub fires and accidents, such as the 1998 Gothenburg nightclub fire. There, 63 people were killed and 214 injured after a fire broke out at the only emergency exit at a youth party .
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I’ve had to stop flammable parties before
It is also not the first time that the Oslo fire service has had to stop parties in highly flammable premises, including industrial premises, abandoned buildings and basements.
– Typically, an area has been covered with combustible material, a lot of technical equipment has been put in, and then there is only one entrance and exit to the room. There is hardly anything that deserves to be described as a death trap more than this, says Hovtun.
He also points out that the potential for damage in a fire of this type will be in the tens or hundreds injured and killed, while a normal house fire will generally go beyond a single digit number of people.
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