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US - 2007 The Station Nightclub Fire Memorial, Rhode Island
Date
6/9/2007
On February 20th, at 11:07 p.m. The Station nightclub on Cowesett Avenue and Kulas Road in West Warwick, Rhode Island, caught fire as the band Great White shot off pyrotechnics to punctuate its entrance on stage. Within minutes the building was engulfed in flame and toxic smoke as the highly flammable polyurethane foam glued to the nightclub’s walls as soundproofing ignited. The evacuation of the building turned to chaos as patrons surged toward the exits. West Warwick police officer Mark Knott radioed headquarters: “Stampede.” The main exit becomes clogged with a pile of clubgoers who had tripped in the surge.
All told, 100 people were killed either in the fire or as a result of their injuries and it became the nation's fourth deadliest nightclub fire. More than 200 people were injured.
