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December 28, 2005

Head of state police tapped as interim fire marshal

PROVIDENCE - Col. Steven Pare, the superintendent of the state police, will become the interim state fire marshal, temporarily replacing Irving J. Owens, who retired Dec. 23 after 11 years on the job, the governor's office has confirmed.

Owens left after facing criticism in the wake of the disastrous February 2003 fire at The Station nightclub, and after Governor Carcieri delayed appointing a marshal for more than a year after Owens' term expired.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Arsenault

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