Episode 266: The Club Cinq-Sept fire

It should have just been a regular Saturday night dancing to rock music and having a good time at the relatively new dance hall outside of Saint-Laurent, France. But in the early morning hours of November 1st, 1970, what was likely one dropped match or cigarette turned the Club Cinq-Sept into an oven.

Videos:

Pierre Montillo interview

AP News clips of the fire

Articles and books:

The worst thing is the sound of silence": 50 years after the "5-7" tragedy, the memory and the grief remain intact.

Youth to Burn: Guy Debord on the fire at Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

Virtual Globetrotting: Diagram of the layout of the Club Cinq-Sept

France: An Unusual Silence

1970: Nightclub inferno 'wipes out generation'