What the records say
- When
- 2007
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 32.79° N, 80.02° W
- Description
- 2007 fire in Charleston, South Carolina
- Deaths
- 9
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
2007 firefighter casualty in South Carolina, US
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire was a firefighting accident that occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina, resulting in the deaths of nine firefighters. It was the deadliest firefighter disaster in the US since the September 11 attacks.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nine Charleston, South Carolina firefighters are killed by a roof collapse while battling the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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