VIDEO: The Inferno (The Station nightclub fire)
Incompetence and negligence lead to a devastating loss of life at a concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Prelude: A fight in the E2 nightclub in Chicago triggers a deadly stampede.
The original audio version was published on September 28, 2021.
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Comments (8)
Who are the two women who started the fight at E2? West Warwick Fire Marshal Denis Larocque had been to the Station multiple times for inspections upon the owners request. The owners were a former newscaster and schoolteacher who were unfamiliar with the nightclub business and sought advisement. He signed off on the foam insulation. He visited again to sign off before the intended sale.
I dunno who started the fight but I bet it was Bin Laden.
I really really wish there was a way to watch this on my Roku tv without having to cast it
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As always, absolutely haunting. I had heard about The Station nightclub fire before from 'spooky things I found on the internet' type Youtubers, but they always treated it with a lack of sincerity, or treated it as a spectacle, or never went as deep into the hows and whys as your episode does. The introduction of Jeff Derderian in the episode discussing fire safety for the news always makes my blood boil with despair - with the episodes where you cover a tragedy like this it usually always is a case of everyone who allowed it to happen should have known better, but never more so than here.
Most heart, gut, and soul wrenching!!
It was devastating hearing about it and even worse seeing clips of it. Bravo, ACC.
My all time favourite episode.