At least 25 people were killed after a massive fire broke out at a nightclub in North Goa’s Birch by Romeo Lane late on Saturday night. The popular party venue at Arpora village, which opened last year, had around 100 people on the dance floor when the blaze erupted. In an attempt to escape, some ran downstairs towards the kitchen on the ground floor, where they got trapped with other staff, according to an eyewitness

Eyewitness recalls panic that led to Goa Nightclub tragedy

The nightclub was jam-packed since it was a weekend. “There was a sudden commotion as the flames started erupting. We rushed out of the club only to see that the entire structure was up in flames,” Fatima Shaikh from Hyderabad, told news agency PTI. Many managed to run out of the nightclub, she added.

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