BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – The drummer of a heavy metal band playing when a fire broke out at a nightclub has died, bringing the death toll from last week’s tragedy to 45.
Bogdan Enache, drummer in the Goodbye to Gravity band that was playing in Colectiv on Oct. 30, died on Sunday evening, said the medical director of the state burns hospital, Cristian Nitescu.
The interior ministry said Enache was being transported on a military plane to Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday afternoon for treatment for his burns, when he went into a cardiorespiratory failure. The plane headed back to Bucharest, while medics tried to resuscitate him for 70 minutes. He died after he landed in Romania.
A fire broke out at the Colectiv nightclub during a concert by the heavy metal group, after a spark from a pyrotechnics show ignited foam decor. The band’s two guitarists died last week from their injuries.
Dozens of people injured in the blaze remain hospitalized with serious burns as authorities warn that the death toll could continue to rise.