FIRMS AGREE TO GREAT WHITE CLUB BLAZE SETTLEMENT
The relatives of the 100 people killed during a 2003 GREAT WHITE club concert are set for a compensatory payout after the companies involved in the tragedy have agreed to a $13.5 million (£6.75 million) settlement.
The various companies, being sued for damages by the families of the victims, seem keen to settle.
The agreement, which involves the companies that manufactured soundproofing material and pyrotechnics at the Rhode Island nightclub that went up in flames, the firm that leased the venue for the ill-fated show, and an alarm company, has to be approved by a judge.
If given the go-ahead, the settlement is likely to be the first of many relating to the fire, which began when Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele lit pyrotechnics, which then set sound-absorbing foam on the club’s walls and ceiling ablaze.
One hundred people were killed in the chaos that followed and more than 200 more were injured during the February 2003 tragedy. The band’s guitarist Ty Longley was among those who died.
Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in February 2006 and was sentenced to serve four years in prison. He has a parole hearing scheduled for 19 September (07).
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