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43 Dead in China Nightclub Fire

A fire caused by fireworks set off inside a nightclub in China killed at least 43 people, and injured another 88. The fire caused a stampede of panicked partygoers trying to escape the nightclub.

from YouTube on Tue, Sep 23 2008

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