Video: 'The Station Night Club Fire'

(Thursday, February 20, 2003, 11:07 p.m. EST; during The Station nightclub fire) — A fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a rock concert by the group Great White tonight at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, killing 100 people and injuring 230 others.

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The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by the tour manager of the evening’s headlining band, Great White, which ignited flammable acoustic foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. It reached flashover within one minute, causing all combustible materials to burn.

Intense black smoke engulfed the club within two minutes. Video footage of the fire shows its ignition, rapid growth, the billowing smoke that quickly made escape impossible, and blocked egress that further hindered evacuation.

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The toxic smoke, heat, and the resulting human rush toward the main exit killed 100; 230 were injured and another 132 escaped uninjured. Many of the survivors developed post-traumatic stress disorder after the event.

This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history, and the second-deadliest in New England, behind the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire, which resulted in 492 deaths.