Bucharest nightclub fire: death toll reaches 45 as drummer of band dies

The drummer of the heavy metal band playing when a fire broke out in a Bucharest nightclub has died, bringing the death toll to 45.

Bogdan Enache, drummer in Goodbye to Gravity who were playing in Colectiv on 30 October, died on Sunday evening.

Enache was being transported on a military plane to Zurich, Switzerland, for treatment for his burns, when he went into cardiorespiratory failure. The plane headed back to Bucharest, while medics tried for 70 minutes to resuscitate him. He died after he landed in Romania.

Dozens of people injured in the blaze remain hospitalised with serious burns as authorities warn that the death toll could continue to rise.

Romania continued to send the injured to other countries for treatment. A plane from Nato arrived in Bucharest late on Sunday and will take a number of the injured for treatment overnight to Britain and Norway.

In recent days, a total of 21 injured people have been transported to hospitals in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Israel and Germany, the health ministry said.

The fire broke out at the Colectiv nightclub after a spark from a pyrotechnics show ignited foam decor. The band’s two guitarists died last week from their injuries.