WEST WARWICK, RI (WHDH) — Survivors of the 2003 Station nightclub fire will be joined by United States fire officials in Rhode Island to announce a new federal tax incentive for small business owners to retrofit buildings with fire sprinklers.

Fifteen years ago, 100 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt when a fire broke out inside the west warwick nightclub.

According to a FEMA report, the club did not have a sprinkler system.

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