What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1937
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 40.85° N, 74.05° W
- Description
- fire at 20th Century-Fox film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States
- Deaths
- 1
- Injured
- 2
1937 Fox vault fire
Fire at film storage facility in New Jersey
A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industry laboratories, studios and vaults, although the precise causes were often unknown.
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