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Great White to Pay $1M Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

Latest legal development in nightclub fire tragedy

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(AP) – The 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of defendants to settle lawsuits over the blaze in February 2003 at the jammed club in Warwick.

Nightclub worker Scott Vieira, right front, and Daniel Biechele, right, tour manager for Great White, appear near the stage in West Warwick, R.I., as foam bursts into flames at the 2003 show.
Nightclub worker Scott Vieira, right front, and Daniel Biechele, right, tour manager for Great White, appear near the stage in West Warwick, R.I., as foam bursts into flames at the 2003 show.   (AP Photo)
Daniel Biechele, center, tour manager for the band Great White, appears on stage in the Station nightclub, in West Warwick, R.I., as foam behind the stage bursts into flames in 2003.
Daniel Biechele, center, tour manager for the band Great White, appears on stage in the Station nightclub, in West Warwick, R.I., as foam behind the stage bursts into flames in 2003.   (AP Photo)
Great White's Mark Kendall lays down a vocal track during a recording session in this 2006 file photo in Salt Lake City.
Great White's Mark Kendall lays down a vocal track during a recording session in this 2006 file photo in Salt Lake City.   (AP Photo)
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