According to new findings, the discos in the Spanish city of Murcia, where thirteen people died in a fire last Sunday, did not have an operating permit.
Two of the three burned-out restaurants have been under an official closure order since the beginning of last year, city councilor Antonio Navarro, responsible for city planning, told journalists in Murcia on Monday.
The city council announces steps
“(The discotheques) Teatre and Fonda have been operating without authorization since the January 2022 order to cease operations,” Navarro told state TV channel RTVE. The city government will take “strong action” against those who may be responsible and act as plaintiffs in the investigation, the politician emphasized. According to this official information, the closure order was the result of an interior reform that had not yet been finally adopted.
Three days of mourning
According to official information, the fire that broke out early Sunday morning killed 13 people and injured 24. The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, declared three days of mourning. The cause of the fire initially remained unknown. The Spanish National Police has opened an investigation.
There are always disasters in discos
Several disasters have occurred in discotheques in Spain in the past. In 2017, forty people were injured when a ceiling collapsed in a packed nightclub on the holiday island of Fuerteventura. In 1990, 43 people died in a fire at a nightclub in the northern Spanish city of Zaragoza.
Source: Krone
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