Forty seconds. Not even a minute. The fire in the Switel hotel did not last longer. The flames of a candle spread to a bone-dry Christmas tree and a few moments later the banquet room of the Antwerp hotel had turned into an inferno of 1,200 degrees. Fifteen people died, 164 others were seriously injured. “I was just taking a picture of my girlfriend when I saw an orange flame behind her. A silly little flame.”
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30 years after Switel fire: party was the perfect kit for a disaster, but not a single alarm bell went off
Bytaketonews
Dec 30, 2024