Weierkang Club fire (original) (raw)

On February 15, 1995, a deadly fire broke out in the Weierkang Club (alternatively translated as the Welcome Bar), a Western-style restaurant and karaoke bar in West District, Taichung, Taiwan. The fire killed 64 people and injured 11, making it the second-deadliest fire in the history of Taiwan after the 1984 that killed 103.