This Day in History:, Station Nightclub Fire <br />in Rhode Island.<br />February 20, 2003.<br />100 people were killed and <br />nearly 200 injured when a fire <br />broke out at a rock concert at <br />the West Warwick nightclub.<br />Pyrotechnics used in the <br />stage show of heavy-metal band <br />Great White started the fire.<br />igniting the soundproofing <br />foam along the ceiling.<br />400 panicked concert-goers <br />attempted to exit the front <br />entrance, causing a pile-up.<br />A local news crew happened <br />to be on scene that evening, reporting <br />on safety issues related to nightclubs.<br />The fire was the deadliest in <br />the U.S. in over a quarter of a century
