--- description: Three bosses of a Romanian discotheque were arrested on manslaughter charges on Monday after a fire at their nightclub left 31 dead. title: Romanian Nightclub Bosses Arrested After Fire Kills 31 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff3964ae6dd7a4d9/69886f4acf40a8e641c4076d/ap_191925170162.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Romania](/tag/romania/) ## Romania Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Romanian Nightclub Bosses Arrested After Fire Kills 31 by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 2:13 AM CUT  Ambulances are parked outside the site of a fire that occurred in a club, housed by the building in the background, in Bucharest. Ambulances are parked outside the site of a fire that occurred in a club, housed by the building in the background, in Bucharest.Vadim Ghirda—AP by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2015 2:13 AM CUT Three managers of a Romanian discotheque were [arrested](http://news.yahoo.com/romania-disco-bosses-probed-suspected-manslaughter-over-blaze-175210459.html;%5Fylt=AwrBT9g%5F.zdWWKsA7CRXNyoA;%5Fylu=X3oDMTEzY3JuZnRqBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjExNjBGXzEEc2VjA3Nj "undefined") on manslaughter charges Monday after a fire at their nightclub over the weekend left 31 dead and scores more injured. The blaze began late Friday night at Colectiv, a factory-turned-nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, resulting from a fireworks display that authorities have since called unlawful, AFP reports. Victims of the resulting stampede died as the club’s patrons sought to find an emergency exit that witnesses say did not exist. Prosecutors did not disclose the names of the three men detained on Monday. \[[_AFP_](http://news.yahoo.com/romania-disco-bosses-probed-suspected-manslaughter-over-blaze-175210459.html;%5Fylt=AwrBT9g%5F.zdWWKsA7CRXNyoA;%5Fylu=X3oDMTEzY3JuZnRqBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjExNjBGXzEEc2VjA3Nj "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4097660/romania-bucharest-nightclub-fire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4097660/romania-bucharest-nightclub-fire/"},"headline":"Romanian Nightclub Bosses Arrested After Fire Kills 31","datePublished":"2015-11-03T02:13:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:17:21.877Z","description":"Authorities said the club did not have the permits for pyrotechnic displays","url":"https://time.com/4097660/romania-bucharest-nightclub-fire/","keywords":["Romania"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff3964ae6dd7a4d9/69886f4acf40a8e641c4076d/ap_191925170162.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff3964ae6dd7a4d9/69886f4acf40a8e641c4076d/ap_191925170162.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CORRECTION Romania Explosion","caption":"CORRECTION Romania Explosion","creditText":"Vadim Ghirda—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/romania/","name":"Romania"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4097660/romania-bucharest-nightclub-fire/","name":"Romanian Nightclub Bosses Arrested After Fire Kills 31"}}]}] ```