Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire

When

28 Mar 1960

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

55.86° N, 4.27° W

Description

1960 fire in Glasgow, Scotland

Deaths

19

1960 fire in Glasgow, Scotland

The Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in Glasgow on 28 March 1960 is Britain's worst peacetime fire services disaster. The fire at a whisky bond killed 14 fire service and 5 salvage corps personnel. This fire was overshadowed only by a similar fire in James Watt Street on 19 November 1968, when 22 people died.

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