What the records say
- When
- 1936
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 34.29° N, 83.83° W
- Description
- 1936 building fire in Georgia, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Cooper Pants Factory fire
1936 building fire in Georgia, United States
On the morning of April 6, 1936, a devastating tornado hit the Cooper Pants Factory, located in Gainesville, Georgia. The tornado, which received a rating of F4 on the Fujita scale, initiated a partial collapse of the factory, which sparked a fire that trapped up to 125 workers inside, killing over seventy of those who were trapped in the rubble.
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