The Station nightclub fire occurred Coming_to_be on Thursday , February 20 , 2003 , in West Warwick , Rhode Island , United States , killing Killing 100 people including Great White guitarist Ty Longley and injuring Bodily_harm 230 .

The fire was caused Causation by pyrotechnics set off Placing by the tour manager of the evening 's headlining band , Great White , which ignited Causation flammable acoustic foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding Surrounding the stage .

Video footage of the fire shows Presence its ignition , rapid growth Expansion , the billowing smoke that quickly made escape Departing impossible , and blocked Hiding_objects egress that further hindered Hindering evacuation .

This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second-deadliest in New England , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths Death .

This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second-deadliest in New England , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths Death .

German resistance against the French attack Attack close to the village , particularly with machine-gun fire , held back Hindering the advance but further east , the French captured Conquering Rancourt in the afternoon and closed up to Frégicourt .

Electrical wiring in the baggage compartment arced Motion , starting Process_start a fire .

The smoke Ingestion and intense fire created Creating made it Causation impossible for the pilots to maintain Preserving control Control of the aircraft .

This accident is memorable for grounding all Lockheed Constellations from July 12 until August 23 , 1946 when cargo fire detection equipment could be installed Placing .

They wantonly opened Openness fire or threw grenades into basements where residents , mostly women , elderly persons and children , had been hiding .

The British guns continued to fire on the German front line long after the German raiders had crossed Motion_directional no man 's land but an organised Arranging counter-attack Attack at was conducted Action with artillery support Supporting .

The Australians were soon contacted Communication by heavy small arms fire , with a third of the lead platoon falling wounded in the initial volleys .

A Company subsequently broke Destroying contact and withdrew Escaping under heavy fire from what appeared to be a Viet Cong base area .

at 15:35 , supported Supporting by air strikes , armour , and fire from a company , b company assaulted Attack the position .

From the outset , lead elements came Motion under constant Viet Cong sniper fire from the trees , and from previously undetected machine-guns .

Surrounded Surrounding and receiving Receiving fire from all sides , the lead Australian elements from B Company could advance Cause_to_make_progress no further against the determined dug-in force ; all attempts to regain momentum failed to dislodge the defenders .

Mortars , artillery fire and airstrikes covered Filling their withdrawal , then pounded Attack the battlefield into the evening .

From the 2nd Rifle Brigade defeated Conquering numerous Axis armoured Wearing counter-attacks and withstood constant artillery-bombardments and machine-gun fire , while knocking out armoured vehicles , with intermittent support from the tanks and artillery of the 1st Armoured Division .

A fire Use_firearm raged on board the `` Kuma '' and she soon began Process_start to sink Motion_directional by the stern .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

fire Use_firearm would be provided Supply on an `` as required Supply '' basis .

As a result , no preparatory fire was laid Giving on .

The South Alberta Regiment ( SARs ) would place Placing its tanks on the friendly side of the canal at either side of the crossing Sending point and hold Defending the flanks of the crossing Motion_directional with their fire along with the Vickers machine guns of The New Brunswick Rangers .

The killings and abuse Bodily_harm of the civilian population continued until 18 October , when troops guarding Patrolling a group of civilians forced them to walk Self_motion into a minefield at gunpoint and then opened Openness fire upon them .

Casualties were made Creating worse by the telescoping Motion ( over-riding ) of the timber-bodied coaches , and by fire which broke out Process_start in the coaches , fed Supply by the gas for the coaches ' lights leaking Motion from ruptured Destroying pipes .

The first fire Catastrophe began Process_start on July 8 near the Entiat River .

The main event during mid-May was preceded Process_start by a precursor fire that ignited Lighting on May 5 .

the bernardo fire has been declared Expressing_publicly accidental , and officials believe the cocos fire was intentionally set Placing .

the bernardo fire has been declared Expressing_publicly accidental , and officials believe the cocos fire was intentionally set Placing .

Fuel leaking Motion from these damaged Damaging lines ignited Lighting , causing Causation a large fire which then destroyed Destroying components that controlled Control the elevators and rudder , resulting in Causation the pilots losing Earnings_and_losses control Control of the aircraft .

U.S. officials , convinced Coming_to_believe that the British Band was hostile Hostile_encounter , mobilized Arranging a frontier militia and opened Body_movement fire Use_firearm on a delegation from the Native Americans on May 14 , 1832 .

at a spot called Request `` el unk '' ( `` the dungeon '' ) , the battalion surrounded Surrounding the idps and opened Openness fire at close Openness range .

Three fatalities were reported Reporting in the Port Arthur , Texas area ; two deaths Death were from separate car accidents and another occurred Coming_to_be after a partially paralyzed woman died Death in a house fire .

They were tasked Motion with clearing Removing anti-tank defenses for the armor , but they became Becoming pinned Placing down by heavy Egyptian fire Use_firearm .

The hard fought Hostile_encounter battles were against well-armed insurgents , who held Hold fast and retaliated Revenge with 107mm rockets but eventually withdrew Escaping under a barrage of British mortar , tank , and missile fire .

Some sections of the Marines fought Hostile_encounter while advancing over 60 km under fire and in poor conditions .

The robbers attempted to flee Escaping the scene , Phillips on foot and Matasareanu in their getaway vehicle , while continuing to exchange Exchange fire with the officers .

The gunman , 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts , ran Self_motion into the shopping center wearing Wearing tactical clothing and a hockey mask and opened fire Use_firearm on shoppers and employees with a stolen Stag Arms AR-15 rifle .

The only significant threat Warning to the sea forces were friendly fire attacks Attack by Allied aircraft , after which red recognition patches were painted Filling on the ships .

The German gas attack Attack at Wulverghem on 30 April , caused Causation the defenders casualties Bodily_harm and fatalities Death but German raiding Attack parties , looking for mine entrances Arriving to destroy Destroying , were repulsed Defending with small-arms and artillery fire .

The advance Cause_to_make_progress of the 103rd Brigade was over ground with a fold , which meant that the disastrous attack Attack by the preceding Process_start brigades could not be seen Perception_active as the brigade advanced Cause_to_make_progress to be engaged Participation by artillery and machine-gun fire Use_firearm , which inflicted Bodily_harm before the troops had reached Arriving the British front line .

the manuscript , by now detached , was burned Damaging in the cotton library fire at ashburnham house in 1731 .

in the crash Catastrophe , a united states air force north american f-100 super sabre on a training or test flight from nearby kadena air base suffered Bodily_harm an engine fire .

On July 31 , a chain of two explosions Damaging started Process_start a fire Catastrophe at a downtown restaurant .

Because of the enormous extent of the fire Attack activity , for the first time in Washington state history , officials asked Request residents to volunteer to assist Assistance in fighting the wildfires .

On August 24 , the Washington Department of Natural Resources announced Expressing_publicly the Okanogan Complex fire Attack had become Becoming the largest fire complex in Washington State history .

On August 24 , the Washington Department of Natural Resources announced Expressing_publicly the Okanogan Complex fire Attack had become Becoming the largest fire complex in Washington State history .

Motivated by his dislike for the U.S. federal government and unhappy about its handling of the Ruby Ridge incident in 1992 and the Waco siege in 1993 , McVeigh timed Process_start his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the deadly fire that ended the siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco , Texas .

Immediately after takeoff Departing from Abuja , the Boeing 737 contacted Communication the ground , broke up Destroying and caught Causation fire Destroying in a corn field .

The retreat Escaping from the Central Highlands , however , was a debacle as , under fire , civilian refugees fled Escaping with soldiers , mostly along a single highway reaching Arriving from the highlands to the coast .