Episode 266: The Club Cinq-Sept fire

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'