Warwick RI, CLUB FIRE : Many Deaths : Please Pray!

[animusliberti]

80s band Great WHite..... had concert Pyrotechnics went bad

Many dead club burnt to he ground

ALl i got right now

[hellinahandcart]

Horrible.

[SamAdams76]

WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- News Channel 10 reports several people were injured late Thursday when fire engulfed a night club in West Warwick.

The fire broke out about 11 p.m. at The Station on Cowesett Avenue at the beginning of a concert. Video from the scene showed heavy smoke coming from the buildling.

Some of the injured were taken to Kent Hospital. Rhode Island Hospital is also expecting to received injured patrons.

News Channel 10 reported a band called The Great White was performing.

Jack Russell, the group's lead singer, told News Channel 10's Ted Daniel the fire started just as the band was beginning its first song. Russell described the walls as being covered in some type of foam. He said he turned around to see the ceiling and walls on fire.

The group uses pyrotechnics in its peformances, but it was not immediately clear if that was the cause of the fire.

News Channel 10's Kelley McGee reported rescue workers brought victims out of the club on stretchers. Several appeared to have suffered serious burns. She said some of the less seriously injured were taken to the Cowesett Inn.

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[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Praying. (That singer could sing his ass off.)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Jack Russell, the group's lead singer, told News Channel 10's Ted Daniel the fire started just as the band was beginning its first song. Russell described the walls as being covered in some type of foam. He said he turned around to see the ceiling and walls on fire.

Thank God. At least some of the band members are all right. I felt sure they'd be in the worst possible place.

[PatriotGames]

Well, I guess ol' Jesse better get up there and blame the city, huh?

[tracer]

Shudder. Shades of the Coconut Grove tragedy in Boston some years ago....

[Mr_Magoo]

*snicker*

[rintense]

This is very sad indeed. God bless the souls who were lost and give comfort to their families.

[Semper911]

Yes, they are a good band, and very popular around here.

Further reports say that patrons report that it was "packed" in the building. Standing room only. Capacity is 250, but other reports have said there were 300 people there. The MC of the show is missing. I don't know if he was with the band or with the club.

[fatima]

This has been a pray filled day.Prayers for all.

[rintense]

I can't remember any of their songs. What did they sing back in the day?

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

God, this is awful.

(I'm a musician, and now I realize it was insensitive of me to be worried about the band more than anyone else - I just feel a kinship with people who do that - I AM praying for everyone who was in the building.)

[sissyjane]

How many are injured? How many are missing? I can't tell from the posts if this is possibly terror related? Does the band usually start their show with pyrotechnics? It seems very strange that somthing like this would happen at the beginning of a concert.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Um, this really isn't the time for jokes--people are dying in that building. It just goes to show that no one can count on tomorrow.