Fire Officials Debate Safety Four Years After GREAT WHITE Nightclub Blaze
June 5, 2007, 17 years ago
According to The Associated Press, fire officials from two states plan to discuss whether safety laws are stringent enough four years after a deadly nightclub blaze in Rhode Island.
The fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick killed 100 people and injured twice that many. It began in an overcrowded club when pyrotechnics from the rock band GREAT WHITE ignited illegal soundproofing foam lining the club's walls.
Speakers at today's forum at a safety conference include fire marshals from Rhode Island and Massachusetts and experts from the National Fire Protection Association.
Rhode Island and Massachusetts passed sweeping changes to fire safety laws after the tragedy, although lawmakers in Rhode Island have called for scaling them back.
