Site of the Station nightclub fire on the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy in 2013
WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The group working to build a memorial at the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people says it has received the go-ahead from the state.
Gina Russo of the Station Fire Memorial Foundation says on Friday that the Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Transportation have approved the project. She says calls it a big step, and says they’ll start work in the spring.
Among their first steps will be bringing in gravel to smooth out the site, install wiring and put in a well system for irrigation.
They will not dig directly on the fire site.
Russo says they have about $200,000 in the bank and are still working to raise the $2 million they estimate they need to build and maintain the memorial.
