Inspector didn't see club's fatal foam

A town official who inspected the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., three months before a devastating fire swept through the building and killed 100 people told state investigators he had failed to notice that the club's walls and ceiling were covered with a highly flammable soundproofing material because he was busy checking on other fire safety violations. (Full article: 845 words)

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