The band's tour manager set off the pyrotechnics four feet from the stage ceilin

2003 Event

Station Nightclub Fire: 100 Die at Great White Concert

The band's tour manager set off the pyrotechnics four feet from the stage ceiling. The soundproofing foam caught fire in 15 seconds. Both exit doors opened inward into a crowd of 462 people. The whole building was engulfed in five and a half minutes. 100 people died, most within six feet of an exit they couldn't reach. The tour manager had used the pyrotechnics at other venues without permits. Rhode Island rewrote its fire codes. Forty-eight states followed.

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