In minutes 'total panic had taken over', Stardust inquest hears
Relatives of the people killed in the Stardust fire gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin last month. Photo: David Young/PA
From a small fire initially being spotted in an unused area of the nightclub, it was just a few short minutes before the lights went out and “total panic” descended in the Stardust, fresh inquests have heard.
The inquests into the 48 people who died in the tragedy heard on Tuesday from four witnesses — two men who had worked in the Stardust and two patrons who left without knowing a fire would soon engulf the premises.
