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3. Deadliest single building or complex fires and explosions in the U.S.

Sat Dec 31, 2022, 11:06 PM

Dec 2022

Deadliest single building or complex fires and explosions in the U.S.

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Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus
Hartford, CT
All visitors: Read a free overview (PDF, 623 KB) from NFPA's The Quarterly, July 1944.

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On this day, July 6, 1944, Emmett Kelly cried. It was the day of the Hartford circus fire. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP

When they play "The Stars and Stripes Forever"... get the fuck out. krispos42 Jul 2022 #1

Coated in paraffin & gasoline. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #2

Deadliest single building or complex fires and explosions in the U.S. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #3