Russian nightclub fire

epa01957318 Framed portraits and candles are placed at the site of the nightclub fire in downtown in Perm, Russia 07 December 2009. One hundred and 12 people died in the Lame Horse nightclub fire. Russia is holding a day of mourning for the victims with memorial services being held across the country. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

The mother of Russian night club fire victim Liliya Kalashnikova cries during her daughter's funeral outside Perm on December 7, 2009. Victims of a Russian nightclub blaze that killed 112 people cotinue to be buried, with angry mourners claiming lax oversight by authorities led to one of the country's worst recent tragedies. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images)

People light candles during a commemorative service for victims of a fire at the Cathedral of Life-giving Trinity in Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 6, 2009. At least 109 people were killed and 134 injured when the blaze ignited by fireworks ripped through a packed Russian nightclub, starting a stampede as revellers rushed to escape clouds of toxic black smoke. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA DISASTER RELIGION)

Grieving relatives of Timur Parfiliev, a victim of a nightclub fire, seen at a cemetery in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

epa01956452 Relatives grieve about Parfiriev Timur, 23 years old, a victim of the Perm nightclub fire disaster, during the funeral ceremony at cemetery near Perm (1200km from Moscow), Russia, 06 December 2009. The death toll of the fire in Perm's Lame Horse nightclub amounted to 112 people, another 133 people were injured, according to latest reports. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Grieving relatives of victims of a nightclub fire read lists with names of victims at a morgue in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and 134 injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

People lay flowers outside the Lame Horse nightclub where a fire broke late Friday, in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and over a hundred injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

epa01955617 The police guard the entrance of the burned night club Lame Horse in Perm, Russia, 05 December 2009. At least 112 people died and 130 injured during the fire that ripped through the Lame Horse night Club in Perm. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Relatives of a victim of a fire embrace after taking part in a corpse identification procedure at a local morgue in Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 5, 2009. The blaze sparked by an indoor firework show ripped through a crowded Russian nightclub on Friday, killing at least 102 and injuring 134 as revellers stampeded for the exits, the Emergencies Ministry said. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA DISASTER)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks to officials in a video hookup on a nightclub fire in Perm, at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and over a hundred injured in a fire that tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. Medvedev, who summoned top officials to report on the fire and rescue efforts, urged changes in the law to toughen punishment for violation of fire safety standards. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

Rescuers help victims of a fire in Perm on board a flying hospital on the way from the airport of Perm to Moscow, December 5, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded tough punishment for the owners of a Russian nightclub where at least 103 people died in a blaze and stampede sparked by an indoor firework show. The firework show went disastrously wrong at about 20:15 GMT on Friday, filling the Lame Horse nightclub with toxic smoke and sowing panic among clubbers. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva (RUSSIA DISASTER IMAGES OF THE DAY TRANSPORT)

People read lists with names of injured in a nightclub fire at a hospital in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Authorities said more than 100 people died and over a hundred were injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

epa01955636 The relatives of the victims of the fire in the night club Lame Horse in Perm weep after the identification of the remains, as the Emergency Ministry of Russia stands in front of them, Russia 05 December 2009. At least 112 people died and 130 injured during the fire that ripped through the Lame Horse night Club in Perm. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Relatives of the victims of a fire sit in a bus as they wait to identify corpses at a local morgue in Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 5, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded tough punishment for the owners of a Russian nightclub where at least 103 people died in the blaze and stampede sparked by an indoor firework show. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA DISASTER)

Emergency doctors carry a victim of a night club fire to a plane at an airport in Perm, about 700 miles (1,200 kilometers) east of Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Many of the injured were sent for treatment to Moscow's top emergency hospitals. Authorities said more than 100 people died and 134 injured. The fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub in Perm late Friday, after fireworks set a suspended plastic ceiling ablaze, filling the crowded club with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY Rescuers carry fire victims in Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 5, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded tough punishment for the owners of a Russian nightclub where at least 103 people died in a blaze and stampede sparked by an indoor firework show. The firework show went disastrously wrong at about 20:15 GMT on Friday, filling the Lame Horse nightclub with toxic smoke and sowing panic among clubbers. REUTERS/Perm Regional Headquarters of Russia's Emergencies Ministry/Handout (RUSSIA DISASTER) TEMPLATE OUT

In this image from amateur video, a woman, right, looks around as fire and smoke start to fill a packed nightclub in Perm, Russia late Friday Dec. 4 2009 while a host continues to talk, left. Russia's top investigative body says the number of people who died in the club has risen to 109. The victims crushed each other to death and suffocated after the fire tore through the popular Lame Horse nightclub , filling the crowded barracks-like building with thick black smoke. (AP Photo/ Ural-Inform TV) ** TV OUT NO SALES **

epa01955619 A TV grab from Russian NTV channel showing an amateur videotape covering the beginning of the fire at the night club Lame Horse in Perm, Russia, 05 December 2009. At least 112 people died and 130 injured during the fire that ripped through the Lame Horse night Club. EPA/NTV