I had to push off people.
Station nightclub fire front door.
The horror of the station nightclub fire prompted sweeping changes to fire codes regarding public assembly occupancies.
Since he co owned the station nightclub with his brother michael derderian jeff suggested it as a venue for generic nightclub footage.
The fire occurred the night of february 20 2003 during a performance of the band great white.
462 people were inside the club exceeding its capacity of 404.
In the aftermath west warwick rhode island tv news reporter jeff derderian wanted to run a story on nightclub safety.
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.
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.
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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.
These killer club fires share a sad smilarity because they are almost always the same perfect storm of fire friendly conditions overcrowding and poor to non existant accessiblity for the exits.
Station nightclub fire the station nightclub was a popular club in west warwick rhode island.
100 people were killed and approximately 230 were injured.
In the stampede that followed he said he could not reach the stage.
A rhode island nightclub which burned down on february 20 2003 killing 100 people in attendanc.
Raw footage of the early moments of the fire at the station.
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.
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.
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.
I ended up dropping the fire extinguisher and i got pushed against the wall beese said.