Most of the victims were poisoned by toxins released from the burning foam. Overwhelmed by the high number of victims, Romanian authorities transferred some of the seriously injured to hospitals in Israel, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, UK, Norway, Germany and France. Mass protests over the corruption linked to the fire led to the resignation of the Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta.
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. More than 10,000 marched down the city's main boulevards and then massed outside the government offices Tuesday evening calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub, the venue of a deadly fire last week, was located. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during the sixth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Nine more people died Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: A riot policeman places a candle, collected from people waiting to pay respects to the victims of a fire, outside the Colectiv nightclub, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. The owners of the Colectiv nightclub were questioned by prosecutors Monday in connection with a fire that engulfed a nightclub Friday night, causing a stampede to a single exit door of the basement club and leaving tens of people dead and many more injured. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV 7: People raise their hands and shout slogans against politicians during the fifth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday, November 7, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption. Nine more people died on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. More than 10,000 marched down the city's main boulevards and then massed outside the government offices Tuesday evening calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub, the venue of a deadly fire last week, was located. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2015. More than 10,000 marched down the city's main boulevards and then massed outside the government offices Tuesday evening calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub, the venue of a deadly fire last week, was located. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2015. More than 10,000 marched down the city's main boulevards and then massed outside the government offices Tuesday evening calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub, the venue of a deadly fire last week, was located. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during the sixth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Nine more people died Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during the fifth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Nine more people died Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2015. More than 10,000 marched down the city's main boulevards and then massed outside the government offices Tuesday evening calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and the mayor of the district where the Colectiv nightclub, the venue of a deadly fire last week, was located. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during the sixth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Nine more people died Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - NOV: People raise their hands shouting slogans against politicians during the sixth day of protests in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, calling for better governance and an end to corruption, in Bucharest, Romania, Nine more people died Saturday, bringing the death toll to 41 victims, a week after the Oct. 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. © Mugur Varzariu
