At least twenty seven people are dead and scores injured after an explosion and fire in a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania.

Officials said that over four hundred people were gathered at the nightclub on Friday which was hosting a rock concert.

Witnesses reported that fireworks were set off inside of the club that caused an explosion and heavy black smoke. Several people said they saw the ceiling and pillars of the building erupt in flames.

Rescue workers could be seen working to save the lives of young people who were laying on the ground.

Several people reported a stampede of people running out of the club desperately trying to escape the blaze.