Nightclub inferno claims 95 lives

A NIGHTCLUB erupted in a raging fire during a pyrotechnics display at a rock concert, killing at least 95 people and injuring more than 160 others as frantic mobs rushed to escape.

The death toll rose yesterday as firefighters searched through the charred shell of the one-storey wood building. Town Manager Wolfgang Bauer said the number of dead had reached 65 by midday.

“They are still pulling bodies out,” Governor Don Carcieri said after rushing back to the state from a conference in Florida.