"The stack of men was made on me, I was inspired to put my blouse on the nose"

A new day of hearings in the collective. Adrian Despot was also heard Thursday in Bucharest court. The hearings take place during the trial of the owners of the club and the former mayor Cristian Popescu Piedone

Adrian Despot is one of the survivors of the collective. The singer would go on stage the night of the tragedy alongside Goodbye to Gravity.

"I was a friend with the members of the groupand Goodbye to gravity, I was going to sing a song that night, I had gone to rehearsals. Previously, I had also attended the band's concerts in the collective club. I do not remember if at the Collective I witnessed pyrotechnic effects. I knew that there would be fireworks used during the event. I was with my friend Cezar Popescu in a place next to the stage, arranged for those who were going to attend the concert and, at one point, I realized that the silence had occurred and I noticed a large area of ​​the ceiling of the fire. At that moment, I did not notice anything that could draw my attention to the pillars and ceilings, there were sponges and pillars, and to the ceiling, a material usually used theoretically to silence. In my opinion, these sponges absorb. We did not see any fire extinguisher in the club and, honestly, we did not even watch them. I do not remember seeing an arrow indicating an emergency exit, "said Adrian Despot.

"The heap of men was done on me"

"When I saw the ceiling burn, I took my coat and left for the exit." At the exit, my foot was ambushed, people came back, I was pushed and I fell and I was lucky to be in contact with the ground. I wanted to put my blouse on my nose because I smelled smoke. At one point, the pressure of the bodies above me was getting smaller and smaller to give me smoke, I left the club, I got up, I left my own forces and, after I left, I entered the club near the door, as there were still people trapped in an ambush. get out of there, after which, when no one was in the container, I entered and retrieved my jacket and phone, "Despot added.

Accused and allegations in the collective process

In the group record, the club's bosses – Alin George Anastasescu, Paul Gancea and Costin Mincu – have been sued; Daniela Niţă – owner of SC Golden Ideas Fireworks Artists SRL, Cristian Niţă (director) and Viorel Zaharia (pyrotechnician), as well as SC Colectiv Club SRL and SC Golden Ideas Fireworks Artists SRL.

The former mayor of sector 4, Cristian Popescu-Piedone, three employees of the town hall: Aurelia Iofciu – responsible for the commercial authorizations department, Larisa Luminiţa Ganea – senior advisor, Ramona Sandra Moţoc – senior officer, both the same service , but also firefighters Antonina Radu and George Petrica Matei.

The Attorney General's indictment indicates that the collective's clients "encouraged and allowed a number of people to go beyond the club's authorized limit, provided that the space is not endowed with several emergency escape routes, such as and organize a pyrotechnic show (fireworks) in the premises of the club located in the street Tăbăcarilor n ° 7, sector 4, in conditions of interior design insufficient for such activities, characterized by the existence of flammable materials contrary to the legal provisions and allowing to avoid additional costs (decoration and soundproofing of poles, walls and walls). ceilings, unpainted polyurethane foam) resulting in a fire on the evening of 30.10.2015 ".

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