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February 1, 2007

Station: Bouncer Scott Vieira saw the fire start

Scott Vieira, who lost his wife in the fire, remembers hearing Dan Biechele, Great White's manager, take responsibility for the fire.

In an interview with the State Police, he says after the fire started Biechele said: "Boy, I [expletive] this one up. I [expletive] it up."

Vieira said he saw the clicker and he estimated that there were 410 to 420 people in the club when the fire started. "And that's a hard number," he told the state police.

The club was licensed for a maximum occupancy of 404.

During the night, Vieira said he saw his wife working near the stage. He wasn't asked about where she was after the fire started.

After he got out, he said he worked to pull people out of the pile at the door.

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 9:15 AM | Permalink

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