As of this morning, the toll is up to 96 dead.

I'm not sure about the West Warwick fire location but a lot of the nightclubs in this area (CT, RI, MA) are located in old mills or factories that were never intended to hold large amounts of people. This fact, and the fact that club managers tend to ignore capacity limits in order to make a buck, makes for real bad situtations if a mass egress is required. I can remember being in establishments like this in my younger days when you literally could not move through a crowd to get to the mens' room or even outside. Add panic and a fast moving fire to the mix and you have a disaster. Although Doug's advice is sound, I still have to think that some of those who perished in this fire never had a chance.

Chris