( CNN ) -- Investigators have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009 , the Spanish National Police said Thursday . Authorities in Spain arrested Konstantin Mrykhin , who was the commercial director of a nightclub in Perm , Russia where fireworks triggered a fire and panic on Dec. 5 , 2009 , the police said in a statement . Mrykhin has been wanted in Russia , where police say he ignored safety measures in organizing the fireworks display that caused the fire , the statement said . Mrykhin fled Russia to Barcelona , Spain to evade a charge of involuntary manslaughter , police said .
Man arrested over Russian nightclub fire in 2009 . 156 people killed when fireworks triggered a fire and panic . Konstantin Mrykhin had been wanted in Russia over the blaze .