Twenty years ago on the night of May 28,
1977,a devastating fire swept through the Beverly Hills
Supper Club in Southgate, Ky.
The fire was discovered shortly before 9 p.m. and burned
most of the night.
It killed 165 people.In the coming weeks, months and years,
another horror would become apparent:The deaths could have
been prevented.
Timeline to disaster
Here's what was happening on a warm Saturday night on Memorial
Day weekend, when the Beverly Hills Supper Club was crowded
with between 2,400 and 2,800 people.
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