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'
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