The toxic smoke , heat , and the resulting human rush toward the main exit killed 100 ; 230 were injured and another 132 escaped uninjured . Many of the survivors developed posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of psychological trauma . This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second deadliest in New England , surpassed by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths
Cocoanut Grove fire
Cocoanut Grove fire
The Station nightclub fire