A witness today at the Stardust hearings has said that counselling should be available for those who survived the deadly 1981 blaze as he recounted how he saw a girl on fire.
Benny Murphy was giving evidence at the inquests into the deaths of the 48 people who were killed in the nightclub disaster.
The Dublin District Coroner's Court heard how after he made his escape, he looked in exit 4 from the outside and saw a girl burning.
He told gardaí in 1981 that no one could do anything for her as the exit was on fire.
At the end of his testimony today, he said that everyday he wakes up and has memories of the girl.
"I don’t know if she’s still alive. Her clothes were burnt off. Her stomach was breathing up and down. It was a horrible, horrible thing," he said.
"I have to face everyday for 42 years … looking back through exit 4 and seeing this girl burning and she was close and you can’t get her."
"For the people who survived," he said, "there should be some sort of counselling or something."
The coroner, Dr Myra Cullinane, acknowledged that they were "very difficult memories".
Earlier, he described how he got out exit 4, but that when he initially made it there, the doors were locked.
"People were panicked," he said.
"The doors were locked."
He added that there was a "pile up", "pandemonium" and said people were falling on top of each other.
He said there were around 40 people around the exit and the time. The court heard how it then suddenly opened.
These fresh inquests, which began last April, are being held in front of coroner, Dr Cullinane and a 13-person jury.
Witness 'knocked out for a good while'
Another witness, Michael Rock also spoke about the difficulties he had getting out exit 4.
The court heard how a crowd had built up at the exit and he heard somebody shouting: "The door is locked."
At this point, there was no movement from the people around him and he then fell to the floor unconscious.
"I was knocked out for a good while," he said.
Mr Rock was asked why he thought there was no movement from the people in front of him.
"I presume because the doors were locked," he said.
He said someone beside him vomited on his hand and that brought him round.
The court heard how he saw a very small bit of light and crawled towards it.He was then dragged out the doorway.
He was 18 years old at the time.
Margaret Lynch who also escaped, described the scenes inside as "bedlam".
She said no one was directing people out, it was just "run for your life," she said.
MS Lynch, who was 17 years old at the time, said the smoke was horrific.
She said the dripping from the ceiling was "really bad" as she made it to exit 4.
She said she could hear people banging on the door trying to open it and someone saying "please open the door".
Ms Lynch then described "wind coming on my face" as the door opened.
She said she did not know how long she was at the exit before she made it out.
"I was on top of people, and people were on top of me," she said.
Ms Lynch recalled lying on the floor and described the feeling of not being able to breathe.
She said later in the day she was coughing up black mucus.
Swept to safety by crowd
The inquests earlier heard how a then teenager initially escaped out of the building and then went back in to look for her friends before being swept out again to safety by a crowd of people.
Sandra Hyland was 15 years old at the time of the fire.
Ms Hyland told court that she was sitting at a table beside the west alcove which was partitioned off on the night and where the fire was first noticed.
She described a "warm feeling" which she compared to like "feeling the heat of a radiator coming on your back".
She said around ten minutes later, she smelled burning which she described today as like rubber and "chemicals burning".
The court heard how she saw a bouncer pull the curtain up and said when she initially saw the fire, it was "small" and said she genuinely thought it would be put out.
She said the flames then burst upwards across the ceiling.
She was asked what she thought caused the flames to "burst up". She said it was her opinion, that it was the air coming into the fire after the partition had been pulled up that made it combust the way it did.
"It was scary," she said.
Ms Hyland then recalled that she ran out of the main exit and to the grass verge outside. She said the doors were open and said she could "definitely" move freely through them. She said it was "very easy" to get out.
The court heard how she then decided to go back into the club to check on her friends.
She recalled when she went back in through the main lobby and just inside the ballroom, people were panicking and coming towards her. She said people were shouting that the doors were locked.
She said she was carried along and could not even remember her feet touching the ground. "I was just carried out the door," she said.
Banging and screaming
Once outside, she said the gravity of the situation hit when she heard people screaming.
"We could hear people banging and screaming from inside," she said.
She recalled how people were outside trying to help those inside and was asked if she saw anyone getting out the windows at the front. "No," she said.
She also said she did not see any staff directing people out and said she saw no sign of any evacuation plan.
She told the court she had been in the club a number of times before and told the jury she was never asked for identification and had no difficulty getting in. The court has previously heard that the disco on the night was advertised for over 21s.
She also recalled seeing Paula Byrne on the night, who was one of he 48 people who died. Ms Hyland said Paula was someone she really looked up to and really liked her fashion. She told the court how she was searching for her on the night.
The inquests continue.
