This Day in History:, Station Nightclub Fire
in Rhode Island.
February 20, 2003.
100 people were killed and
nearly 200 injured when a fire
broke out at a rock concert at
the West Warwick nightclub.
Pyrotechnics used in the
stage show of heavy-metal band
Great White started the fire.
igniting the soundproofing
foam along the ceiling.
400 panicked concert-goers
attempted to exit the front
entrance, causing a pile-up.
A local news crew happened
to be on scene that evening, reporting
on safety issues related to nightclubs.
The fire was the deadliest in
the U.S. in over a quarter of a century