Providence, R.I. -- Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Monday he was open to using eminent domain to seize the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people so families of the victims and survivors could build a memorial on it.
The blaze at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on Feb. 20, 2003, was set off when pyrotechnics for the band Great White set fire to flammable foam that lined the club's walls. Three people were convicted in the blaze: club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele, who lit the pyrotechnics.
The Station Fire Memorial Foundation has been working for years to build a permanent memorial on the land, which has hosted a makeshift memorial with homemade crosses and other items, since shortly after the fire. But the land is owned by a private company, and efforts by the foundation to get the owner...
The blaze at The Station nightclub in West Warwick on Feb. 20, 2003, was set off when pyrotechnics for the band Great White set fire to flammable foam that lined the club's walls. Three people were convicted in the blaze: club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele, who lit the pyrotechnics.
The Station Fire Memorial Foundation has been working for years to build a permanent memorial on the land, which has hosted a makeshift memorial with homemade crosses and other items, since shortly after the fire. But the land is owned by a private company, and efforts by the foundation to get the owner...
- 9/17/2012
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