STATION NIGHTCLUB FIRE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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.
STATION NIGHTCLUB FIRE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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.
Firefighters sprayed water on the charred nightclub on the morning after a fire engulfed the building.
Firefighters carried out a body bag from the the Station after fatal fire.
In this still frame taken from video, the Station nightclub appeared fully engulfed in flames on Feb. 20, 2003.
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.
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.
A sign greeted motorists near scene of fatal fire at the Station.
Members of the media swarmed around a woman who brought flowers to the scene of the deadly fire.
Steven Ayer, 55, of West Warwick, R.I., left the scene of the nightclub fire. His daughter, Tina, died in the tragedy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
