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‘The silence just went through everyone that was outside. The whole place just went deadly quiet — because the hands disappeared and the shouting stopped, and we knew what was basically happening inside.” (Paula Toner, speaking to the Stardust Inquiry in 2023.)
If ever someone described the absolute hopelessness and horror of the worst fire in the history of the State, which took the lives of 48 and injured more than 200, Paula Toner did. Though hers was not the only voice.
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