Station Nightclub Fire Front Door

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.

Station nightclub fire front door.

In the aftermath west warwick rhode island tv news reporter jeff derderian wanted to run a story on nightclub safety. Since he co owned the station nightclub with his brother michael derderian jeff suggested it as a venue for generic nightclub footage. Posted by 5 years ago. 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.

The horror of the station nightclub fire prompted sweeping changes to fire codes regarding public assembly occupancies. I had to push off people. 100 people were killed and approximately 230 were injured. Doomed fans stuck in the doorway of the station nightclub fire in west warwick ri.

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 fire occurred the night of february 20 2003 during a performance of the band great white. Raw footage of the early moments of the fire at the station. 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.

In the stampede that followed he said he could not reach the stage. From the video they are stuck hard in that door and that whole area goes up in flames within a minute or so of that spot being shown. 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. Cameraman brian butler was at the station on february 23 2003.

A rhode island nightclub which burned down on february 20 2003 killing 100 people in attendanc. 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. 462 people were inside the club exceeding its capacity of 404.