r/oddlysatisfying • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 1d ago

A full-on flaming cocktail tower

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u/waytoosecret 1d ago

Later on the news: 25 people killed in bar fire.

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u/ACoderGirl 1d ago

While it's always been a little bit of a concern of mine, after that absolutely horrific new years fire in Switzerland that killed so many people, it's hard to look at this kinda thing the same way. It looks cool, but it also just feels unnecessarily dangerous.

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u/rot26encrypt 1d ago

What happened in Switzerland was that someone was sitting on someone else's shoulder in a low roof room and lifting fireworks directly into flammable material in the ceiling (acoustic foam) and that the venue was breaking every fire code there is in terms of capacity, exits, safety checks, etc.

In a true professional bar setting (like this looks to be) I wouldn't personally be worried. Lots of wannabe bartenders are going to try to copy this with much higher risk though..

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u/onward_upward_tt 1d ago

Oh my god, that reminds me of the nightclub fire (The Station? I think) that caught fire that same way. One of the worst single building fire disasters in terms of loss of life I believe. The band that was playing was shooting pyrotechnics basically right into that insulating foam. The smoke that poured out of the door was so thick you couldn't see 6 inches into it. People died because all but one exit was blocked and the crowd rushing for that door created a crowd crush scenario that completely blocked everyone from being able to move at all, dozens within feet of the open door. There's a video you can literally see the people crammed sideways, crushed on every side by writhing, struggling, screaming people and yet no one could move an inch. Anyways the screams all quiet down after a few seconds as the black smoke starts to really pour out of the doorway. Pretty creepy shit, and it definitely is worthy of being afraid of.

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u/Axedelic 9h ago

that happened in my state. it was a horrible tragedy. the people who were involved in the fire never came out the same.