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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A TV station and a cameraman accused of getting in the way of people fleeing the nightclub fire that killed 100 people have reached a tentative $30 million settlement with survivors and victims’ relatives, station officials said Saturday.
It is the largest settlement of several reached so far with the dozens of people and companies who sued over the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub. The blaze began when pyrotechnics used by rock band Great White ignited highly flammable soundproofing foam around the stage.
“We did then, and still do, vehemently deny this allegation, which is disproved by the video itself,” WPRI general manager Jay Howell said in a statement Saturday.
