Station Nightclub Fire Front Door

Doomed fans stuck in the doorway of the station nightclub fire in west warwick ri.

Station nightclub fire front door.

The fire occurred the night of february 20 2003 during a performance of the band great white. These killer club fires share a sad smilarity because they are almost always the same perfect storm of fire friendly conditions overcrowding and poor to non existant accessiblity for the exits. Posted by 5 years ago. 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.

The horror of the station nightclub fire prompted sweeping changes to fire codes regarding public assembly occupancies. Station nightclub fire the station nightclub was a popular club in west warwick rhode island. I had to push off people. Cameraman brian butler was at the station on february 23 2003.

100 people were killed and approximately 230 were injured. The station nightclub fire occurred on thursday february 20 2003 in west warwick rhode island united states killing 100 people including great white guitarist ty longley and injuring 230. 462 people were inside the club exceeding its capacity of 404. In the stampede that followed he said he could not reach the stage.

The amazing and sad thing is that the station fire was an almost exact replay of the coconut grove fire in boston in which 429 people died. From the video they are stuck hard in that door and that whole area goes up in flames within a minute or so of that spot being shown. A rhode island nightclub which burned down on february 20 2003 killing 100 people in attendanc. Although the station fire involved a nightclub the reduced sprinkler thresholds in the 2006 edition were extended to include all uses classified as group a 2 occupancies.

I ended up dropping the fire extinguisher and i got pushed against the wall beese said. Since he co owned the station nightclub with his brother michael derderian jeff suggested it as a venue for generic nightclub footage. Club manager beese at the main bar when the fire began said he raced to the front door where a fire extinguisher was kept near the ticket taking station.