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Posted: Tue 10:08 AM, Sep 18, 2012
Reporter: Associated Press Email

RI Looking At Legalities Of Seizing Club Fire Site

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee says his office is examining the legalities of seizing by eminent domain the site of a 2003 nightclub fire where 100 people were killed so a memorial can be built there.

Chafee said Tuesday the state must proceed deliberately. He says the approaching 10-year anniversary of the Station fire in West Warwick is an appropriate time to renew focus on the site.

Families of the victims have been fighting for years to build a memorial at the site of the blaze, which was started by a rock band's pyrotechnics.

The land is owned by a private company, which has so far refused to sell or donate it.

Chafee says working with the landowner is preferable to seizing the site.

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