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The Wuwang Club fire is a fire incident that occurred in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China on September 21, 2008.
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Incident
A fire broke out just before midnight on September 21st at the packed "King of the Dancers club" according to an official with the Shenzhen Work Safety Bureau.1 The nightclub was operating without a building license and was poorly built not to building codes, because of government corruption. The fire was started by a floorshow stunt involving fireworks that ignited the ceiling, plunging the club into darkness and causing the club goers to panic and stampede towards the exits. The windows were boarded up and there was only one exit that was not displayed with a lit exit sign. There were 308 people present in the club. Most of the deaths were caused by the crush of the stampede. Among the casualties there are 5 people in Hong Kong, a 40-year old man who works in the mainland China and 4 18-year old teenagers, the latter were going to celebrate the one of them's birthday.
Aftermath
Video footage aired Sunday by Hong Kong's Asia Television Limited showed the smoke-filled nightclub after the fire. Overturned tables, broken glass and shoes littered the floor. Guangdong's provincial governor, Huang Huahua, blamed poor ventilation for the deaths citing something wrong with the architectural design. According to Hong Kong's RTHK 13 people were detained.1 Six people, including Wang Jing, president of the club, Zhang Wei, ex-husband of Wang and co-founder of the club, and four others of the club's management group, were charged with negligence and violation of safety rules. Another six people have been charged with harboring criminals, according to police.2
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