Fire

1988 Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences fire

14 Feb 1998 · 59.95° N, 30.32° E

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When
14 Feb 1998
Kind
Fire
Coordinates
59.95° N, 30.32° E
Description
fire in the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Deaths
0

1988 Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences fire

Fire in the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, Russia

The 1988 fire in the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences broke out on Sunday, February 14, 1988, in the newspaper section on the third floor of the library; the cause of which is still unknown. According to the library's acting director Valeriy Leonov, the fire alarm sounded at 8:13 pm, when the library was closed for visitors.

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