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STATION NIGHTCLUB FIRE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

By Yvonne Chan/Boston.com correspondent
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FILE - The burned out remains of the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. is seen in a Feb. 21, 2003 file aerial photo. The owner of the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people is donating the land for a permanent memorial, bringing an end to a years-long effort to secure the site of The Station fire by families of those killed and survivors of the blaze. Dan McKiernan, a lawyer for property owner Ray Villanova, filed papers at West Warwick Town Hall that transferred ownership of the plot of land to the Station Fire Memorial Foundation on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein, File)

    Feb. 20, 2013, marks the 10-year anniversary of the deadly fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., that took the lives of 100 people and injured more than 200. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics used by the band, Great White, which ignited highly flammable sound insulation in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. The fire engulfed the club in under six minutes. The remains of the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., are seen in a Feb. 21, 2003, aerial photo.

    Click through the gallery for more images from the tragedy and its aftermath.

    ROBERT E. KLEIN/Associated Press/File 2003

    STATION NIGHTCLUB FIRE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

    FILE - The burned out remains of the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. is seen in a Feb. 21, 2003 file aerial photo. The owner of the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people is donating the land for a permanent memorial, bringing an end to a years-long effort to secure the site of The Station fire by families of those killed and survivors of the blaze. Dan McKiernan, a lawyer for property owner Ray Villanova, filed papers at West Warwick Town Hall that transferred ownership of the plot of land to the Station Fire Memorial Foundation on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein, File)

    Feb. 20, 2013, marks the 10-year anniversary of the deadly fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., that took the lives of 100 people and injured more than 200. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics used by the band, Great White, which ignited highly flammable sound insulation in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. The fire engulfed the club in under six minutes. The remains of the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., are seen in a Feb. 21, 2003, aerial photo.

    Click through the gallery for more images from the tragedy and its aftermath.

    ROBERT E. KLEIN/Associated Press/File 2003
    FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2003 file photo, firefighters spray water on the charred nightclub, The Station, the morning after a fire engulfed the building in West Warwick, R.I. Pyrotechnics during a show by the rock band Great White set fire to flammable soundproofing foam that lined the walls and ceiling, killing 100 people and injuring 200 more. The 10-year anniversary of the 2003 fire is next month and the circumstances that led to the tragedy are similar to those in the nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil that killed hundreds Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

    Firefighters sprayed water on the charred nightclub on the morning after a fire engulfed the building.

    Stew Milne/Associated Press/File 2003
    REMOTE TRANSMISSION -- REMOTE TRANSMISSION--- West Warwick, RI - 2-21-03- Firefighters carry out a body bag from the nightclub The Station after multiple fatal fire last night. -- Library Tag 02222003 - National-Foreign ----- 12book

    Firefighters carried out a body bag from the the Station after fatal fire.

    Bill Greene/Globe Staff/File 2003

    In this still frame taken from video, the Station nightclub appeared fully engulfed in flames on Feb. 20, 2003.

    Rhode Island Attorney General Office

    A firefighter wearing a Coventry , R.I., jacket paused before entering a makeshift Red Cross station to rest after leaving the scene recovering bodies from the nightclub.

    The Boston Globe/File

    Rhode Island Superior Court Administrator Joe Conley stood in front of the charred remains of the reassembled stage and drummer’s alcove inside the 4,000-square-foot warehouse in Cranston, R.I., that was used to house the evidence retrieved from the charred remains of the Station nightclub fire on May 19, 2003.

    Associated Press

    A sign greeted motorists near scene of fatal fire at the Station.

    Evan Richman/Globe staff

    Members of the media swarmed around a woman who brought flowers to the scene of the deadly fire.

    David Kamerman/Globe Staff

    Steven Ayer, 55, of West Warwick, R.I., left the scene of the nightclub fire. His daughter, Tina, died in the tragedy.

    The Boston Globe

    Kayla Ayer, left, of Coventry, R.I., and best friend Nicole Lataille of West Warwick paused in front of a cross they had placed in front of a memorial to Tina Ayers at the scene of the Station nightclub fire.

    Bill Greene/Globe staff

    The Station nightclub owners Jeffrey Derderian, left, and his brother Michael Derderian read a statement on Feb. 22, 2003, in Warwick, R.I., expressing their grief and sadness about the fire in their nightclub.

    Derderian brothers sentenced in Station fire

    West Warwick Fire Department inspection reports of the Station nightlcub, released March 3, 2003, mentioned several violations that were apparently fixed, but did not report highly flammable polyurethane foam, intended as packaging material, that was placed on the walls as soundproofing.

    Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri signed the Comprehensive Fire Safety Act of 2003 into law.

    Joe Giblin/Associated Press

    Sisters Jessica, left. and Kristen Garvey, right, restrained their mother, Dina A. DeMaio, from speaking out after reading a victim impact statement about her daughter, fire victim Dina A. DeMaio, during the sentencing of nightclub owners Michael and Jeffrey Derderian at the Kent County Courthouse in Warwick, R.I., on Sept. 29, 2006.

    Reuters

    Charley Oberg spent a lot of time on the phone and watching fishing shows on television during recovery from severe burns from being in the Station fire.

    Evan Richman/Globe staff/File
    Boston10/25/2012-Joe Kinan, 43, was discharged from Mass General Hospital after receiving a hand transplant. It was the first procedure of it's kind at the MGH Hand Transplantation Service. Kinan was severely burned in the Station nightclub fire. His fiancé Carrie Pratt and his physician Curtis Cetrulo,MD help him to the car.Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki(metro)

    Joe Kinan, 43, severely burned in the Station nightclub fire, was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after receiving a hand transplant.

    Station nightclub survivor has positive attitude as he leaves Mass. General with new left hand

    John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File 2012
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