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The morning after the fire, the scene at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, is described as a smoldering ruin.

News photographers capture images of the destruction, with discarded items like half-burned shirts and soiled bandages littering the area.

Hearses have replaced ambulances, and firefighters are engaged in recovery rather than rescue operations.

A yellow excavating machine carefully picks through the building's remains, with the operator aware that each piece could reveal a victim.

State fire investigators and federal agents comb the scene, while a department chaplain consoles first responders and prays over removed bodies.

Reporters gather, awaiting any information, while yellow tape and later a chain-link fence keep them from the immediate site.

News helicopters initially capture footage but are later banned after one gets too low and disturbs body bags.

Video footage of the fire itself, from ignition to the stampede, had already been broadcast globally, showing the band Great White setting off pyrotechnics that ignited foam insulation.

The footage depicted the festive mood turning to horror as flames spread rapidly and a deadly crush formed at the main exit.

Reporters like CNN's Whitney Casey arrive, drawing parallels to her 9/11 reporting experience.

State Fire Marshal Irving J. “Jesse” Owens and West Warwick fire chief Charles Hall are observed, but do not initially respond to reporters' questions about inspections, capacity, or the foam insulation.

Owens reflects on a recent interview where he downplayed the risk of such a stampede, now questioning if his follow-up message to the reporter will stop that story.

Owens receives a call from his wife reporting his nephew, Chris, missing after attending The Station the previous night.

Distraught relatives, alerted by the broadcast video, flock to the scene and hospitals searching for loved ones.

Fire investigators meticulously bag and label victims' personal effects and body parts, finding charred pyrotechnic tubes and a homemade stand.

The media reports a rising body count, eventually reaching ninety-five.

Owens's nephew is found alive but burned at Rhode Island Hospital.

Hospitals fill with relatives seeking information, with some injured patrons leaving untreated to prioritize the more seriously burned.