PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Fire records in Providence show that many bars and nightclubs in the city haven’t had required fire inspections in years — and some didn’t have sprinkler systems — despite a nightclub blaze that killed 100 people a decade ago.

Records for 60 Providence clubs and bars going back 10 years show that most of the last fire inspections came in 2005 or earlier, according to a monthslong review by WJAR-TV. The records showed that eight nightclubs lacked fire sprinklers.

A state law changed after the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick requires yearly inspections of clubs and bars.

Some inspection reports from last year showed violations including clogged fire devices, blocked stairwells and fire alarms ripped open and silenced, WJAR found. There was no indication inspectors had returned to see if the violations had been addressed.

Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare, who was appointed in 2011 by Mayor Angel Taveras, acknowledged that the fire inspections are years out of date and called the violations dangerous. He blamed previous leadership and an outdated record-keeping system that is now being overhauled.

‘‘There’s no excuse, but we didn’t have the leadership, we didn’t have the infrastructure,’’ Pare told the station. ‘‘We’re building that.’’

He said full inspections of nightclubs and bars will be done this year.

Pare said he didn’t know whether sprinkler systems had been installed in the clubs where inspectors had earlier found them lacking.

David Ortiz, a spokesman for Taveras, had no immediate comment.

The fire broke out at The Station nightclub in 2003 when pyrotechnics from the band Great White ignited flammable foam lining the walls and ceiling.

Gina Russo, who lost her fiancé in the blaze and who was severely burned herself, called the lack of inspections a ‘‘nightmare.’’

‘‘I at least thought they were being inspected. I'm stunned,’’ the president of the Station Fire Memorial Foundation told The Associated Press.

‘‘It’s embarrassing. They should be completely embarrassed,’’ said Russo, who has since become a fire safety advocate. ‘‘Every one of these public officials should be completely embarrassed.’’

Providence Acting Fire Chief Michael Dillon recently told the AP that The Station fire led to changes that have made clubs safer. He said the new fire code, including the requirement for sprinklers for clubs of certain sizes, has saved people’s lives.

‘‘When they go to a venue, they know they are being protected,’’ he said.

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