The jury at the Stardust inquests have been told how the majority of those who lost their lives in the nightclub were probably already dead before the first fire tender arrived on the scene.
Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane concluded her summing up of the evidence to the jury as the almost year-long proceedings near an end.
She told the jury how Mark Ross, a fire expert, said that given the speed of the fire, most of the victims that died in the club had probably already lost their lives before the first unit of the Dublin Fire Brigade arrived on the scene at around 1.51am. She told the jury that almost all of the people inside the club who saw the fire initially, first observed it in the cordoned off seating area known as the west alcove.Possible starting location of fire
Dr Cullinane also told the jury that the court has heard a possible starting location for the fire was in the hot press which was situated in the main bar. He had also, the court heard, outlined the mechanism where a hot press fire would travel up and be deflected by the water tank above to area over the west alcove.
She said no one had recalled torn seats in the west alcove. She also said there was no direct evidence of materials being on or under the seats.The coroner told the jury there was no evidence that someone was seen in that area who caused it either deliberately or accidentally.The coroner said the jury should not base their decision on speculation and that based on evidence, Dr Hutchinson could rule out certain locations as origins of the fire - including the store room and the lamp room.
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