What the records say
- When
- 6 Mar 1943
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 42.90° N, 140.76° E
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
布袋座火災
1943年に日本の北海道で発生した火災
布袋座火災(ほていざかさい)は、1943年(昭和18年)3月6日に北海道虻田郡倶知安町にあった映画館「布袋座」で発生した火災である。死者208名を出す惨事となり、単独の火災では日本史上最悪の水準である。
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北海道倶知安町布袋座で大火災発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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