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Concertgoer John Schmidt tells CNN the fire ignited in "the blink of an eye:"

"I was at the exit, kind of near where Joe [Barber] was. We went out the same door, and when people started panicking -- when the smoke overtook them -- it was just a mad crush getting out the door, and everybody went down the stairs and fell on top of one other. It was just horrible. It happened all in the blink of an eye. It was, like, maybe 30 seconds. I'll tell you right now, we wouldn't be having this conversation if I was sitting there another 20 seconds."