European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday. January 16,1990 victims of disco fire mourned by 2,000 at Zaragoza mass Zaragoza. Spain a about 2,000 people filled the City s main Cathedral monday for a mass to mourn the 43 victims of a discotheque fire which medical examiners said released deadly fumes. Examiners found fatal Levels of Carbon monoxide in blood samples taken from All of the victims Early Sun Day said judge Javier Sebanc. Who is heading the Judi Cial investigation in this northeastern City. He added that the samples had been sent to Madrid for further tests to determine if other poisonous gases were present. The victims apparently died from Hydro Yanic acid As Well As Carbon monoxide poisoning government spokesman Ignacio Bruna said. Many of the victims died in their seats in the basement lounge. Both types of fumes can be Given off when carpels drapes furniture coverings and other synthetic Materi Al made from certain compounds come into Contact with intense heat. Civil Protection chief Antonio her Roro said. The victims included five members of a band play ing in the lounge and the parents and wife of one of the dead musicians the Spanish news Agency efe said. A . Military base is about 10 Miles West of Zara Goza. But the disco was not frequented by . Service members. Authorities said All the victims were local residents. One woman remained hospitalized with serious in juries doctors said. A firefighter and another customer were treated and released. The fire began in the flying disco in a run Down Section of Zaragoza. When an electrical overload Trig gered a Short circuit. It was extinguished in minutes. Toxic smoke poured however through air conditioning ducts to inc basement where the dance floor bar and lounge arc located said a local government representative. Carlos Perez Anadon. Investigators found traces of Hydro Yanic acid in the lounge. Bruna said. Perez Anadon said the official cause of the fire and the deaths would not be determined until autopsies were completed but he added that Hydro Yanic acid is commonly mixed with water in executions by Poison Ous Gas. The acid is also sometimes used As a fumigant. Spanish National radio said however that the chemical used to produce acrylic fibres May have been in material for the disco s Interior decoration. Perez Anadon said records indicated the club s own ers had not used material with the chemical which is prohibited by City fire Laws. Her Roro said about 5 percent of All synthetic fibres including acrylics contain Hydro Yanic acid. Investigators said they first suspected Hydro Yanic family members break Down after identifying one of the victims of sunday s disco fire in Zaragoza Spain. Acid because the victims were overcome so quickly. They did t Nikac any Lype of move Mcnol to protect themselves said Herrero who arrived at the disco with Rescue workers. Deputy mayor Luis Garcia Nicoto said firefighters arrived eight minutes after they received news of the fire but he said Rescue workers could do Little to help those inside. Several people died in their seats. It was very  added Antonio gon Alez Trivino mayor of Zarago a. A provincial capital 200 Miles Northeast o Madrid. Perez Anadon and Gonzalez Trivino both said the disco appeared to be in compliance with fire Laws enacted in december 1983 after a fire at a Madrid disco killed 79 people. It was the second catastrophic fire in Zaragoza in a decade. More than 70 people died in a july 1979 Blaze at the c Orona do Aragon hotel. Deal on Fang suspected As China cuts surveillance of . Embassy Beijing a chinese police reduced surveil Lance around the . Embassy to its lowest level since june an embassy spokesman said monday prompting speculation of an Accord on a chinese dissident who took Refuge inside. However embassy spokesman Sheridan w. Bell moved to squelch such talk saying the chinese gave no reason for their move. If a secret agreement has been reached it s a secret to  he said. Astrophysicist Fang Lizhi and his wife fled to the embassy in june when China cracked Down on pro democracy protesters. Since then their presence at the embassy has been a major irritant in .-chinese relations. Neither Side however has acknowledged even hold ing talks on the fangs for whom the chinese have issued arrest warrants As  China said last week that the Only Way out for the couple was to plead guilty. The fangs presence has prompted heavy chinese surveillance at the main embassy building and at the ambassador s residence several blocks away. The United slates has not said in which compound the fangs Are living. The surveillance peaked in Early november when dozens of uniformed and plainclothes police watched the compounds Gates. Their Black Mercedes with dark windows and no License plates lined the blocks. The number of police dropped gradually in novem Ber but reached a new Low late last week Bell said. The main embassy building was guarded monday by Only five uniformed police win automatic pistols while three guarded the ambassador s residence. Only one police car was sighted in the area an unmarked Mercedes with two men inside that was parked on a sidewalk a Block from the residence. We have called for the chinese repeatedly in the past to remove the extra troops weapons and cars from in front of the buildings Bell said. Now the unmarked cars arc no longer parked in front of the embassy buildings. All we know is that they Are  immediately after the fangs took Refuge at the embassy police outside began carrying automatic rifles and wearing helmets. However they switched Back to their usual pistols in november when former . President Nixon visited and complained. Earlier this month a Hong Kong Magazine on chinese affairs reported that Fang would he allowed to leave the embassy and go into exile in Australia or another country later in january. The chinese language Pai Shing semimonthly re ported that the United slates and China had reached an understanding on resolving inc impasse Over Fang when . National Security adviser Brent scow Croft visited Beijing in december. The scowcroft trip was denounced by Many . Lawmakers and others who believed in was too Early to resume High level talks with China. The Bush administration suspended the talks after troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians june 3-4 to Clear Central Beijing of pro democracy protesters. The critics argued that China had made no corresponding Concession. World today norwegian bus accidents Hurt at least 55 in storm Oslo. Norway a a severe storm in Northern Norway caused seven bus accidents this past weekend injuring at least 55 people including schoolchildren reports said monday. Sixteen children bound for a sports event were Hurt when their bus rolled Over As it was blown off a Slippery Highway in the troms province saturday the Oslo newspaper Dag bladet reported. Two military buses collided on an icy Road in troms on sunday causing minor injuries to 22 conscripts the Var dons gang daily said. A fourth bus went out of control in High winds near the town of Alia on saturday. It rolled Down a 220-foot embankment stopping just Short of the Ocean. Its 10 passengers escaped with minor injuries the newspaper said. The storm blew three other buses of highways in Northern Norway causing minor injuries. Substantial property damage occurred in the Northern coastal Region. Mexican train hits bus leaving at least 33 dead Leon. Mexico a a freight train hit an overloaded bus at a Railroad crossing sunday killing at least 33 people and injuring 26 others the red Cross said. Everyone on the bus. Which has scats for Only 45 passengers but was carrying 59, was either killed or injured said Jose Luis Quintero head of the red Cross in Leon. 170 Miles Northwest of Mexico City. He said Ai least two of the injured were in critical condition. According to witnesses the bus tried to out run the train but it was overloaded and did not get across the tracks in time he said. The Accident happened about 8 . At a rail Road crossing on the Edge of the City less than a mile from the Leon train station the official news Agency no Timex said. Pope John Paul cancels. Activities because of flu Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii cancelled his schedule monday because of the flu. A Vatican spokesman said. Monsignor Micro Pennacchini the Deputy Vatican spokesman gave no details of the Pope s symptoms. He said John Paul had been scheduled of receive a number of visitors including 50 Mem Bers of the chinese National circus the head of the Jesuit order. Peter Hans Kolvenbach . Health and human services Secretary Louis sul Livan and Cardinal Josef Tymko prefect of the congregation for the evangelization of Peoples. The 69-year-old Pope disclosed he was suffer ing from the flu during a visit to a Rome Parish on sunday. Angola bombs Namibia Pilot error suspected Windhoek Namibia Dpi a soviet made Mig Jet fighter of the angolan air Force bombed an uninhabited area of Northern Nami Bia on sunday in an attack believed to have been caused by a navigational error a police spokes Man said sunday. Inspector Sicrie do Rand said the bombing occur cd about 11 . Near the town of Bangani in the Okavango Region of Northern Namibia. The Pilot May have mistaken the area for a base of .-backed Unita guerrillas North of the a Vango River bordering Angola. We re trying to establish what happened do Rand said. We have people  he said the Mig was not positively identified. But it was believed to have been a a Mig-23. The incident coincides with reports of heavy fighting Between Unita rebels and Luanda government troops following a breakdown in cease fire negotiations in the 15-year-old civil War