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2 minutes ago
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press Writer
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - A huge fire engulfed a Rhode Island nightclub during a rock concert's pyrotechnics display, causing at least 10 deaths and dozens of injuries, authorities said.
Fire Capt. Russell McGillivray said an estimated 10 to 20 people died. He said many of them were found in the front door area after they apparently frantically rushed to the exits.
The blaze broke out at about 11 p.m. Thursday during a pyrotechnics display during a Great White concert at The Station in West Warwick. The club quickly went up in flames and little was left of the one-story building early Friday.
The blaze trapped several patrons in the building, and those who escaped were seen staggering out of a triage center. Some of them were scorched, and rescuers carried dozens of people on stretchers.
Paul Vanner, the club's sound technician and stage manager, said one person from the band was missing.
WJAR-TV of Providence reported a total of about 150 injuries.
Jack Russell, the lead singer of Great White, told the station he checked with the club's manager before the show and the band's use of pyrotechnics was approved. He said he felt the heat of the flames while on stage.
"This place went up like the Fourth of July," he said.
*The cycle of 3's is over, do you believe in this superstition?
2 minutes ago
By AMY FORLITI, Associated Press Writer
WEST WARWICK, R.I. - A huge fire engulfed a Rhode Island nightclub during a rock concert's pyrotechnics display, causing at least 10 deaths and dozens of injuries, authorities said.
Fire Capt. Russell McGillivray said an estimated 10 to 20 people died. He said many of them were found in the front door area after they apparently frantically rushed to the exits.
The blaze broke out at about 11 p.m. Thursday during a pyrotechnics display during a Great White concert at The Station in West Warwick. The club quickly went up in flames and little was left of the one-story building early Friday.
The blaze trapped several patrons in the building, and those who escaped were seen staggering out of a triage center. Some of them were scorched, and rescuers carried dozens of people on stretchers.
Paul Vanner, the club's sound technician and stage manager, said one person from the band was missing.
WJAR-TV of Providence reported a total of about 150 injuries.
Jack Russell, the lead singer of Great White, told the station he checked with the club's manager before the show and the band's use of pyrotechnics was approved. He said he felt the heat of the flames while on stage.
"This place went up like the Fourth of July," he said.
*The cycle of 3's is over, do you believe in this superstition?
