at approximately 3:00 in the morning, stanislav ionkin, as investigators established, had an argumentvacationers; when the arguments ended, he fired a flare gun at the ceiling. in a matter of minutes, the entire building, where in addition to the club there were also retail shops, flared up like... a match, at the exit at the turnstiles a stampede began to escape from fire, people were knocking down doors for dangerous exits , panic began, mostly there were girls there , so i said, the girls calmed down, i kept saying everything, it will be fine, i started knocking down this door, when rescuers arrived at the scene, the roof was already on fire, they put out the fire for almost a day, among the charred ruins, the ministry of emergency situations employees found the bodies of those who could not escape, ionkin himself struck... running, but to no avail, stop, guys, it’s not my fault, guys, i’ll surrender myself , guys, last name and patronymic, it’s his fault admitted when the security forces took him to interrogation to the investigator , the manager of the club was also brought there