By FELICE J. FREYER
Journal Medical Writer
Time elapsed from the moment flames first appeared on the foam insulation until the building was filled with thick, black smoke: about 1 minute, 30 seconds;
until the building was engulfed in flames: about 5 minutes.
People in the building when the fire broke out: 427.
Number of exits: 4.
People who died in the building: 96.
People who died in hospitals: 4.
Children under 18 who lost a parent in the fire: at least 60.
People who lost a spouse in the fire: 23.
People who lost a fiance or fiancee in the fire: 7.
People treated at hospitals for injuries in The Station fire: 208.
Hospitals that treated Station fire victims: 13.
Station fire victims who stayed overnight in a hospital: 115.
Survivors still in critical condition one month after the fire: 11.
Survivors still in an acute-care hospital two months after the fire: 8.
Longest length of stay in an acute-care hospital by a Station fire survivor: 153 days.
Rhode Islanders who qualified for SSI (federal disability payments) because of injuries in the fire: 14.
Sources: Channel 12 video of fire; Journal survey of hospitals; Journal interviews with survivors; hospitals' patient-condition reports; Rhode Island Department of Human Services.
