What the records say
- When
- 27 Mar 1910
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 47.92° N, 22.50° E
- Description
- fire disaster
- Deaths
- 312
- Injured
- 99
Fire of Szatmárököritó
1910 fire at the Hungarian village ball
The Fire of Szatmárököritó was a disaster that occurred on March 27, 1910, in the village of Szatmárököritó, Szatmár County, Kingdom of Hungary at the era of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The local granary barn used as a venue of large Easter dancing feast caught fire while a crowd of hundreds was celebrating inside. The fire claimed 312 lives, making it the deadliest fire in the country's history to this day.
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