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Feb. 22, 2003

Death toll reaches 96 in fire at R.I. nightclub; 187 hurt

Criminal probe opens; search of ruins continues

By Thomas Farragher and Douglas Belkin

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 22, 2003

A rock band’s explosive light show ignited a hellish inferno that killed at least 96 people in one of the deadliest nightclub fires in US history.

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