One man managed to squeeze through the 14-inch gap, only to fall to his death while burning.Īnother man clung to the bars of one window until he died, his charred remains were visible to onlookers for hours afterwards. Sadly some thirty others were left inside the second-floor club, and some attempted to squeeze through barred windows in order to escape. On discovering the blaze, the barman immediately led some thirty patrons out of the back exit to the roof until the group could climb down from another building's roof to the ground floor. The fire is believed to have been started by an unruly patron who returned to the UpStairs Lounge some 30 minutes after being thrown out and deliberately set the stairwell on fire. It was the one of only two churches to eventually carry out services for the dead. George's Episcopal Church a Mass was held on Saturday 22 June to remember the 32 people who died. Archbishop Gregory Aymond, right, has apologized for the lack of compassion shown by the then Archbishop Phillip Hannan, leftĪt St.
