News of: Monday, May 16 2005,

Fire in Amsterdam disco Kingdom Venue

In the night of Saturday on Sunday a fire broke out in the well-known Amsterdam disco Kingdom Venue.

In the club, located at Jan van Galenstraat in Amsterdam West, there were still some 200 people present when the fire broke out around a quarter to 5 in the morning.

The fire was extinguished by the fire brigade quickly. When the fire brigade arrived, everyone was already out of the building.
Eight people had to be treated for respiratory problems, no people were wounded.

The club will be open again on Sunday.