Ladies First nightclub Guarulhos balcony collapse 29/08/2004
Collapse at party leaves six dead in Guarulhos
At least six people died and 126 were injured when the mezzanine of a concert hall fell at number 429 of Avenida Paulo Faccini, in the center of Guarulhos, in Greater São Paulo. The accident happened shortly before two o’clock in the morning on Sunday. Police estimate that at the time of the accident there were approximately 600 people in the house, according to the invitation count. The hall, where a steakhouse once operated, was rented for events and had neither habite-se nor an operating license. “I was dancing on the floor upstairs. There were a lot of people jumping and the floor started to shake hard. Suddenly, I heard a crack, the floor on the second floor broke in two and collapsed on top of the people on the ground floor,” said student Marcos de Freitas Lima, 23.
Crowded balcony collapses at Brazilian nightclub
An overcrowded balcony collapsed early yesterday inside a popular Sao Paulo nightclub, killing six people and injuring at least 117, police said.
Party night ends in tragedy
San Paulo – A balcony collapse killed six people and injured at least 117 at a crowded Sao Paulo nightclub featuring male strippers, police say.
Nightclub ceiling collapses during party
The number of injuries in the collapse of the mezzanine of a nightclub in Guarulhos, in Greater Sao Paulo, rose to 120. The accident occured around 1.45am yesterdau. Six other people died.
The building fell - Six dead at Ladies First
In August 2004, a party held on Paulo Faccini Avenue left six dead after he collapse of a mezzanine of an improvised place for a party called Ladies First.
Families of six victims of a tragedy in Guarulhos wait for justice
The case happened in 2004 and the collapse of a mezzanine left more than 100 injured..
Justice condemns those responsible for nightclub that collapsed in Guarulhos
Judge Rodrigo Marzola Colombini, of the 9th Civil Court of Guarulhos, sentenced, on the 22nd, those responsible for the Ladies First nightclub, where a mezzanine collapse occurred in August 2004, in the city of Guarulhos, during a party that took place there. At the time, six people died and more than a hundred were injured. The city hall and engineer Silvio Luiz Rodrigues de Camargo were acquitted of the charges.
City Hall has new conviction in the collapse of 'Ladies First'
The City Hall of Guarulhos was, once again, condemned by the Court to pay compensation for the fall of the mezzanine of a shed in the Paulo Faccini Avenue, where the party took place – on August 28, 2004 – “Ladies First”. At the time, six people died and more than 80 were injured. The tragedy occurred during the administration of Mayor Elói Pietá (PT).
'Ladies First Case' completes 15 years with convictions and no compensation
The collapse of the roof of a property on Avenida Paulo Faccini, which hosted the Ladies First party, turns 15 this Wednesday (28). In tragedy, six people died and about 150 were injured. To this day, the victims did not receive compensation and, due to the slowness of justice, some of the Those responsible were not even arrested, since the statute of limitations expired.
Justice condemns those responsible for nightclub that collapsed in Guarulhos
Judge Rodrigo Marzola Colombini, of the 9th Civil Court of Guarulhos, sentenced, on the 22nd, those responsible for the Ladies First nightclub, where a mezzanine collapse occurred in August 2004, in the city of Guarulhos, during a party that took place there. At the time, six people died and more than 100 were injured. The city hall and engineer Silvio Luiz Rodrigues de Camargo were acquitted of the charges.
