Nightclub fire kills at least one
At least one person has been killed by a huge fire that engulfed a Rhode Island nightclub and trapped drinkers inside.
The blaze at The Station in West Warwick broke out in the middle of a pyrotechnics display during a Great White concert.
Jack Russell, the lead singer of the group, said the club’s manager had approved their use of pyrotechnics before the show.
And he said he felt the heat of the flames while on stage. “This place went up like the Fourth of July,” he said.
Television footage showed giant flames leaping into the sky, and several clubbers were seen being taken away in ambulances.
A Providence television station said at least 30 ambulances carried injured people from the nightclub to hospitals.
Great White is a 1980s heavy metal band whose hits include Once Bitten, Twice Shy and Rock Me.
