1941 Santander fire

When

16 Feb 1941

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

43.46° N, 3.81° W

Description

natural disaster in Santander

Injured

115

Natural disaster in Santander, Kingdom of Spain

The Santander fire of 1941 was a natural disaster that occurred in the Spanish city of Santander during the early morning hours of 15 February to 16 February 1941. Occurring decades after the explosion of the steamship Cabo Machichaco (1893), it is considered the most devastating fire in the history of the city.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “a fire in the city of Santander (Cantabria) in 1941, which destroyed most of the medieval town”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la ciudad española de Santander sufre en la madrugada un demoledor incendio que arrasó la mayor parte del casco antiguo de la ciudad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page