Station Nightclub Fire Front Door

Raw footage of the early moments of the fire at the station.

Station nightclub fire front door.

The horror of the station nightclub fire prompted sweeping changes to fire codes regarding public assembly occupancies. A rhode island nightclub which burned down on february 20 2003 killing 100 people in attendanc. In the stampede that followed he said he could not reach the stage. I ended up dropping the fire extinguisher and i got pushed against the wall beese said.

I had to push off people. 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. Station nightclub fire the station nightclub was a popular club in west warwick rhode island. 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.

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. Since he co owned the station nightclub with his brother michael derderian jeff suggested it as a venue for generic nightclub footage. 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. 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.

Doomed fans stuck in the doorway of the station nightclub fire in west warwick ri. 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. In the aftermath west warwick rhode island tv news reporter jeff derderian wanted to run a story on nightclub safety. The station nightclub the station a 1940s era single story irregularly shaped structure was a 4 500 square foot commercial occupancy of all wood construction with a small basement facing north.

Posted by 5 years ago. The fire occurred the night of february 20 2003 during a performance of the band great white. 100 people were killed and approximately 230 were injured.