Nightclub Fires Fast Facts

Here's a look at nightclub fires worldwide including the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, that killed 100 people and injured 200.

This list includes nightclub fires with victims of 50 or more (the list is not exhaustive).

April 23, 1940 - Natchez, Mississippi - More than 200 people die in a fire at the Rhythm nightclub. Boarded up windows, flammable decorations and overcrowding play a factor in the high number of deaths.

November 28, 1942 - Boston - 492 people die in a fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub after a lit match sets an artificial palm tree on fire. This is the deadliest nightclub fire in United States history, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

November 1, 1970 - Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France - 146 people are killed in the Club Cinq-Sept (Club 5-7) when emergency exits are blocked and a discarded match starts a fire.

May 28, 1977 - Southgate, Kentucky - 165 are killed and another 70 injured in a fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club.

March 25, 1990 - Bronx, New York - Eighty-seven people die in a fire caused by arson at the Happy Land social club. Intent on murdering his ex-girlfriend, Julio Gonzalez pours gasoline on the stairs trapping the victims. His ex-girlfriend survives.