What the records say
- When
- 21 Mar 1934 – 22 Mar 1934
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 41.77° N, 140.73° E
- Deaths
- 2166
- Injured
- 9485
- Cause
- low pressure area
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Summary
Great Fire of Hakodate, Japan (1934)
Great Fire of Hakodate
1934 conflagration in Hakodate, Japan
The Great Fire of Hakodate is a fire that broke out in Hakodate, Hokkaido in Japan on 21 March 1934. It is considered one of the worst city fires in Japan's history.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Great Hakodate Fire kills at least 2,166 people in southern Hokkaido, Japan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “函館市で大火(函館大火)。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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