The Associated Press has issued the following report:

Nearly 275 people affected by a deadly nightclub fire filed a revised lawsuit Wednesday that adds dozens of new defendants, including foam manufacturers and members of the band whose pyrotechnics sparked the blaze.

The individuals and corporations, including Home Depot, were added to a massive complaint originally filed in July 2004 on behalf of survivors of the fire and relatives of those killed. The plaintiffs allege negligence and carelessness by the defendants led to the deaths and injuries of the Feb. 20, 2003 fire.

The Station fire in West Warwick killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others. Eight of those who died either lived or worked in Connecticut. The fire began when sparks from GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics ignited flammable foam around the stage.

"The third anniversary of the fire becomes the last day that they could bring a claim against anybody for having caused their injuries and having caused the fire," said Steven Minicucci, one of the lawyers involved in filing the lawsuit.

The complaint sues individual members GREAT WHITE alleging that David Felice, Eric Powers, Mark Kendall, as well as lead singer Jack Russell, helped with the pyrotechnics show but failed to get the required permit. Russell was named in the original suit.

The plaintiffs have said they are seeking monetary damages, but haven't specified how much.

The initial complaint named roughly four dozen defendants, accusing them of negligence and carelessness.

The amended complaint reinstates the state of Rhode Island as a defendant, which a federal judge last year agreed to dismiss from the suit. The lawsuit says the state is responsible for the "egregious negligence" of West Warwick fire inspector Denis Larocque, who lawyers say failed to detect the foam during inspections of the club.