Three arrests made in Brazil fire that killed 233 people (click here)
Sheena Rossiter
9:47 am EST
January 28, 2013
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Police in Santa Maria said Monday they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed 233 people.
Inspector Ranolfo Vieira Junior said the arrests are for investigative purposes. He said the detentions have five-day limits. A preliminary investigation indicated that a band's pyrotechnics show ignited the blaze. One band member died in the blaze.
The Zero Hora newspaper quoted lawyer Jader Marques as saying his client Elissandro Spohr, a co-owner of the club, was arrested. The paper also said two band members were arrested....
Sheena Rossiter
9:47 am EST
January 28, 2013
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Police in Santa Maria said Monday they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed 233 people.
Inspector Ranolfo Vieira Junior said the arrests are for investigative purposes. He said the detentions have five-day limits. A preliminary investigation indicated that a band's pyrotechnics show ignited the blaze. One band member died in the blaze.
The Zero Hora newspaper quoted lawyer Jader Marques as saying his client Elissandro Spohr, a co-owner of the club, was arrested. The paper also said two band members were arrested....
In the USA such use is regulated due to the nation's experience with a very similar fire in a nightclub.
Consumer Fireworks are legal under Federal law for consumer use, therefore we can legally ship fireworks anywhere in the United States.
The statement about the buyer being the only source of responsibility is not entirely true, otherwise this company would be shipping to all the states in the USA. The suppliers carry a responsibility to some extent if they are found negligent in their warnings to consumers and there are deaths as a result of that liability.
We currently ship to all but the following states:
CA, DE, HI, MA, NJ, NY, OR, RI, and Washington D.C
US Fireworks sells only consumer fireworks (click here) that have been certified by the CPSC for consumer use. Because federal law applies to interstate commerce, we can legally ship fireworks anywhere in the United States. Unfortunately, State and local ordinances may ban certain fireworks if you do not posess a permit to own and store those fireworks. As a result, the responsibility for complying with State and local laws falls upon you (the buyer).
If the fireworks in the Brazil nightclub were found to be faulty, the responsibility also belongs to the manufacturer.
If fireworks are used without some instructions to their use, the responsibility also belongs to the manufacturer and the retailer.
The families in Rhode Island went through a great deal of pain following the tragedy.
Crystal Bell, (click here) of West Warwick, R.I. touches an image of her late brother Alfred Crisostomi after the unveiling of a memorial stone to recognize lives lost in the 2003 Station Nightclub Fire during a ceremony, in Warwick, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The Warwick memorial places a special focus on the 10 Warwick residents who died in the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub, which happened when pyrotechnics for the rock band Great White ignited flammable foam that lined the walls of the club. Nine of the Warwick residents' names are inscribed in a granite slab that sits at the top of a 28-foot-diameter brick circular plaza. Around the exterior of the circle are 100 8-by-8-inch bricks inscribed with the name of every person who died. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)
Crystal Bell, (click here) of West Warwick, R.I. touches an image of her late brother Alfred Crisostomi after the unveiling of a memorial stone to recognize lives lost in the 2003 Station Nightclub Fire during a ceremony, in Warwick, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. The Warwick memorial places a special focus on the 10 Warwick residents who died in the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub, which happened when pyrotechnics for the rock band Great White ignited flammable foam that lined the walls of the club. Nine of the Warwick residents' names are inscribed in a granite slab that sits at the top of a 28-foot-diameter brick circular plaza. Around the exterior of the circle are 100 8-by-8-inch bricks inscribed with the name of every person who died. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl)
