[Scan-DC] OT: Rhode Island Nightclub Fire. Next Stop Would Hve Been JAXX.

[b_thom@juno.com]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39039-2003Feb21.html

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Death Toll Mounts in R.I. Nightclub Fire 
More Than 200 Injured, Killed When Pyrotechnics Burn Out of Control 
 
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 21, 2003; 12:02 PM 

About 65 people were killed and more than 160 others were injured in a
nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., late last night when a heavy-metal
band's fireworks burned out of control, destroying the wooden building
and turning the concert audience into a frantic mob.

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A cameraman for WPRI-TV of Providence, R.I., was at The Station to
prepare a report on nightclub safety, and was taping when the fire began.

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Great White, which sold 6 million albums after emerging from the Los
Angeles metal scene of the 1980s, has had hits that include "Once Bitten,
Twice Shy" and "Rock Me." The group was scheduled to perform at a club in
Springfield, Va., tonight.

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Robin Petrarca, 44, was a concertgoer who survived the fire. "I never
knew a place could burn so fast," Petrarca told AP. "There was nothing
they could do, it went up so fast."

� 2003 The Washington Post Company
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