The Stardust inquests have heard how the emergency services described scenes of 'mass panic' when they arrived on the site of the nightclub blaze.
The Stardust inquests have heard how the emergency services described scenes of"mass panic" when they arrived on the site of the nightclub blaze.
Forty-eight people died in the 1981 Artane nightclub fire. The victims were aged between 16 and 27 years of age and most came from neighbouring areas. The jury was also told how the fire was completely out of control when the emergency services arrived on the scene, and they spent one hour tackling the blaze before it was brought under control.
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