--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A "legal expert" for the local CBS news affiliate > said on last night's > broadcast that this tragedy is the result of a > confluence of many factors > that all came together on that fateful night. For > example, the band's > pyrotechnics guy was unlicensed. The club's interior > walls and ceiling were > covered in a non-flame retardant foam (which is less > expensive than the > fireproof kind) to help reduce noise levels that had > been a source of > complaints from neighbors. There was no sprinkler > system (which would have > cost about $20,000). And the place had let in more > people than the legal > limit allows that night.
How was this allowed to happen? Are there no licensing requirements in Rhode Island? Don't they do fire & safety inspections before allowing these clubs to open up? ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca