Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared a national day of mourning on 7 December after a fire at a nightclub killed at least 109 people.He said the fire was a criminal act and those responsible must be punished. Officials say fireworks inside the club caused Friday's blaze and that most victims died from smoke inhalation. More than 140 people were reported injured at the Lame Horse club in Perm, some 1,400km (870 miles) east of the capital Moscow.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared a national day of mourning on 7 December after a fire at a nightclub killed at least 109 people.
He said the fire was a criminal act and those responsible must be punished.
Officials say fireworks inside the club caused Friday's blaze and that most victims died from smoke inhalation.
More than 140 people were reported injured at the Lame Horse club in Perm, some 1,400km (870 miles) east of the capital Moscow.
PERM, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded tough punishment for the owners of a Russian nightclub where at least 103 people died in a blaze and stampede sparked by an indoor firework show. The firework show went disastrously wrong at about 11:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m. British time) Friday, filling the Lame Horse nightclub in the city of Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, with toxic smoke and sowing panic among clubbers
PERM, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded tough punishment for the owners of a Russian nightclub where at least 103 people died in a blaze and stampede sparked by an indoor firework show.
The firework show went disastrously wrong at about 11:15 p.m. (8:15 p.m. British time) Friday, filling the Lame Horse nightclub in the city of Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, with toxic smoke and sowing panic among clubbers
