PROVIDENCE, R.I.? The dealer who sold soundproofing to the nightclub where an inferno killed 97 people said Friday the owners bought cheap and highly flammable packing foam, not real acoustic ...

Foam insulation is an important material used in houses and buildings. A wide variety of components are used to make insulation in various forms; some are flammable, some require toxic chemicals.

WEST WARWICK R.I. -- An owner of the nightclub where 97 people died in a fast-moving fire blames a foam salesman for selling him cheap and highly flammable material to soundproof the walls. The ...

BOSTON, Feb. 28 -- The owners of the Rhode Island nightclub that burned to the ground last week, killing 97 people, had purchased cheap, flammable foam nearly three years ago which -- if it was ...

The fire marshal who was responsible for inspecting a nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people said he failed to notice flammable foam around the stage because after he saw an exit door that ...

For three years, fire inspectors visited the Rhode Island nightclub that exploded in fire two weeks ago without noticing the highly flammable polyurethane foam covering the walls of the roadhouse.