Mecca fire of 1997

Cuándo

15 abr 1997

Tipo

Incendio

Coordenadas

21.41° N, 39.89° E

Description

fire incident in Mecca,Saudi Arabia (1997)

Injured

1300

Situado en la zona, no en un sitio exacto.

Fire incident in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (1997)

The Mecca fire of 1997 was a fire that occurred in the tent city Mina near Mecca in Saudi Arabia on April 15th 1997, killing between 217 and 300 pilgrims and injuring 1,300. According to witnesses, most of the dead were pilgrim from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página de la fuente
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · lo llama “Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 11 km from Mecca; 343 die”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página de la fuente
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