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The inquest into the deaths of 48 people in a fire at the Stardust nightclub on February 14th, 1981 was the longest in the history of the State
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Fire officer tells inquest the fire was an ‘accelerated’ blaze and ‘there was something in that building that contributed to the fast spread’
Firefighter who attended scene said fire burned so quickly most of those who died were killed before brigade arrived at scene
‘They were caught out by the speed of events,’ Dermot Dowdall told the inquest.
The following defendants were sentenced Tuesday by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Kelley Streib. Daniel Lucas Rearick, 29, of Parker, was sentenced to serve 30 to 84 months in state prison, pay a $2...