Contemporary era · 2003
The Station nightclub fire
On the evening of February 20, 2003, a fire occurred at The Station, a nightclub and music venue in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people and injuring 230. During a concert by the rock band Jack Russell's Great White, an offshoot of the original Great White band, a pyrotechnic display accidentally ignited flammable acoustic foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage.
- When
- 20 Feb 2003
- Where
- West Warwick
- Era
- Contemporary
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