Archive for the ‘Fires/Wildfires’ Category
3/25/1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 146 workers
Monday, March 25th, 2019
3/10/1906: An underground fire sparked a massive explosion in a mine killing over 1,000 workers in Courrieres, France
Sunday, March 10th, 2019Holocaust in a bazaar in Dhaka
Friday, February 22nd, 2019“…..A car powered by compressed natural gas was traveling through a bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, when the cylinder stored in the back exploded…..
The blast flipped the car. It then ignited several other cylinders that were being used at a street-side restaurant. Then a plastics store on the ground floor of a nearby building caught fire. Then a small shop that was illegally storing chemicals burst into flames.
A wall of fire surged across the street, engulfing bicycles, rickshaws, cars, people, everything in its path. The inferno claimed at least 70 lives….”
At least 70 people have been killed and 40 injured after a fire tore through apartment buildings and chemical warehouses in a historic part of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
Thursday, February 21st, 20192/20/2003, West Warwick, Rhode Island: A fire at a rock concert in a nightclub kills 100 and seriously injures almost 200.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twn_cvE5KvM
Guatemala, 2017: After hours of incarceration someone lit a match. Fire, a locked door, guards nearby, and 41 girls dies
Monday, February 18th, 2019An enormous blaze broke out at a fully occupied hotel in central New Delhi on Tuesday morning, killing at least 17
Tuesday, February 12th, 20192/7/1904: The Great Baltimore Fire begins
Thursday, February 7th, 2019“…..When the blaze finally burned down after 31 hours, an 80-block area of the downtown area had been destroyed and more than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled….”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_a8KgzWpYg
Fire engulfs an apartment block in Paris, killing at least 8 and injuring 36; thought to be arson
Tuesday, February 5th, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YbINZCwn_A