Kenneth Strong described burning material at Stardust inquest

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Kenneth Strong described seeing burning material fall from the ceiling at the Stardust during evidence at Dublin District Coroner’s Court on 16 October 2023.

Strong told the inquest the falling material first drew his attention to the fire, and he recalled it as something like burning plastic that was on fire.

He said the material appeared to fall above a partitioned area where a seat was burning. His 1981 statement, read to the inquest, described one piece falling before he turned and left.

Strong said he chose the main door, exit two, because he knew it as the only one he could get out through, recalling a practice of chaining exit doors.