Overview
- Emergency services received the first call at 12:04 am after a blaze, suspected to have been triggered by a cylinder explosion near the kitchen, tore through the Arpora club.
- Most victims were staff members, including three women, and officials said three to four tourists were among the dead.
- Authorities reported that three people died of burns while the rest succumbed to suffocation; all bodies were recovered and the injured are being treated in hospital.
- The Goa government ordered a magisterial inquiry and safety audits of nightlife venues, while police registered an FIR that includes culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
- Officials initially reported 23 deaths, but police later put the toll at 25 with six injured, and the Prime Minister announced ex-gratia payments of Rs 2 lakh to next of kin and Rs 50,000 to the injured.