The Incident
First-In: Heroic Rescues
Death Toll Rises to 97
At Least 96 Dead in Inferno
Rescuers Struggle with Horror
Fire, Smoke Turns Club Into Hell
Discuss the Warwick Tragedy
The Aftermath
Thousands Mourn Victims
IDs Could Take Days
Family, Friends Search
The Investigation
Investigators Inspect Soundproofing
Pyrotechnics Examined in Clubs
Disasters Prompt Inspections
Sprinklers Not Required
Nightclub Up to Code Before Fire
No Warning of Pyro Use
Pyrotechnics Usually Safe
Photos & Video
IBS Scene SlideShow
ABC: The Fire Starts
WJAR Video Feedroom
History of Tragedies
Carter: History Strikes Again
Fire, Life Safety Laws in Front
Tragedy Recalls Cocoanut Grove
Worst Club Tragedies
Nightclub Disasters Too Familiar
List: Worst Club Tragedies
Related Sites
West Warwick Fire Department
Warwick Fire Department
FH Network: Rhode Island
Providence Journal Coverage
State Attorney General Patrick Lynch said Monday that Jeffrey Derderian has not answered questions since Thursday night when The Station, which he owns with his brother, burned to the ground. He said Michael Derderian has never answered questions.
``There are questions I believe they could assist us with if they answered,'' he said on CBS' ``The Early Show.''
Lynch said the heavy metal group Great White, which returned to Los Angeles, has been cooperative. The band's pyrotechnics display was believed to be the cause of the fire.
An attorney for the band, Ed McPherson, said Monday that guitarist Ty Longley, missing since the blaze, had died in the fire.
``The band's a mess,'' McPherson said on ABC's ``Good Morning America.''
Great White was just getting into its first song at The Station late Thursday when sparks from their pyrotechnics apparently ignited foam tiles in the ceiling. Fire officials said the entire building was engulfed in three minutes.
Jeffrey Derderian, a Providence television reporter who had owned the club with his brother since 2000, spoke publicly Saturday, breaking down in tears as he talked about the victims. He said the band's use of pyrotechnics ``was a total shock to me.'' But he didn't take any questions.
The band insisted it had permission from The Station's owners to set off pyrotechnics.
On Sunday, under gray skies and rain, family member gathered at the site where they prayed and cried. They left behind flowers, photographs, poems and stuffed animals.
``These families are going through such a tragedy, such an emotional odyssey right now, and their hearts are broken, and they still don't know in many cases whether their loved one has been positively ID'd,'' Gov. Don Carcieri said.
It was Carcieri who announced Sunday that yet another body had been found in the rubble, bringing the death toll to 97.
``We've gone over the site and over the site and hopefully there are not many more,'' Carcieri said.
Only 42 of the victims had been identified as of Sunday. Eighty survivors of the fire remained hospitalized Sunday, about two dozen of them in critical condition.
After the families mourned privately, about 150 people crowded into a small chapel for a memorial service filled with song and prayer.
``We came to pray for the families and the victims,'' said Teresa McQuiggan, 76, of East Providence, who like many others at the service didn't know any of the victims. ``And last but not least, we're here to pray for the dead.''
Another memorial was planed for Monday night.
Meanwhile, investigators continued to pore over the rubble and interview witnesses and victims.
The governor said Sunday a moratorium on pyrotechnic displays had been issued for clubs in the state accommodating 50 to 300 people, and that 200 deputy fire marshals would fan out to inspect the sites beginning Monday.
Sunday was the first time the victims' parents, siblings and children were allowed to walk up to the charred rubble of nightclub. For days, they've lived with the video images of their relatives jammed in the doorway of the burning building, many screaming in terror as they struggled in vain to break free.
Several people were overcome with emotion. At least one had to be taken to an ambulance.
``There was, as one would expect, a lot of hugging, a lot of crying,'' Carcieri said.
A chain-link fence ringing the site was hung with mementos _ from flowers to photographs. A photo collage titled ``Our Loving Mother'' lay among the hundreds of items. The smiling woman was blowing out her birthday cake in one picture; laughing, hugging her children in another.
``We have not given up hope,'' read a note from the family of a 30-year-old who remains missing.
``It's unbelievable,'' said James Morris, 36, who along with his two sons were among a steady stream of mourners who stopped by. ``It's just awful. They were all young guys in their 20s, early 30s.''
Morris, of Warwick, said he was supposed to attend the concert Thursday night, but didn't feel like going out. Six of his friends did go and haven't been heard from since.
