The Station nightclub fire

When

20 Feb 2003

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

41.68° N, 71.51° W

Description

fire that occurred on February 20, 2003

Deaths

100

Cause

Gerb

2003 deadly fire at a rock concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

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.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Station nightclub fire: A fire broke out at a music venue in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States, killing 100 people and injuring 230.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Station gece kulübü yangını: West Warwick, Rhode Island'daki The Station gece kulübünde meydana gelen yangında 100 kişi öldü, 230 kişi yaralandı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der US-amerikanischen Kleinstadt West Warwick verursacht die Brandkatastrophe im Nachtclub The Station den Tod von 100 Menschen, 230 werden verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в городе Уэст-Уорике штата Род-Айленд в клубе «Station» произошёл пожар, унёсший жизни ста человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page