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Larocque had set various capacities for the Station in the years before the fire based on whether pool tables and other items could be moved. [48] The capacity for the Station was either 258 or 404, depending on how the building was being used. [2] The final tally by The Providence Journal of people inside the Station during the fire totaled ...
Pages in category "The Station nightclub fire" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It was one of the deadliest fires in a nightclub in U.S. history. Now a victim's brother and survivors remember that awful night, and the club owners held responsible speak out.
A fire killed 60 people, mostly children, at a mall in Kemerovo, Russia. [121] March 28 – 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire. Rioting and a fire at a police station in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo State, killed 68. [122] April 23 – A suspected arson attack at a karaoke lounge in southern China killed 18 and injured five. [123]
For instance, after the Station fire burned in Angeles National Forest in 2009, researchers measured cadmium concentrations up to 1,000 times greater in the Arroyo Seco.
1858 – A large fire in Auckland, New Zealand, destroyed 3 hotels, 20 shops, more than 50 houses, the police station, theater, post office and several other buildings in the centre of town, an entire city block. [17] At the time Auckland had a population of about 6,300. [18] 1858 – 1858 Christiania fire severely damaged the city.
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500-2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
A very large fire can produce a firestorm, in which the central column of rising heated air induces strong inward winds, which supply oxygen to the fire. Conflagrations can cause casualties including deaths or injuries from burns , trauma due to collapse of structures and attempts to escape, and smoke inhalation .