What the records say
- When
- 29 Dec 2001
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 12.06° S, 77.03° W
- Description
- 2001 disaster in Lima, Peru
Placed at the middle of the 2 places Wikidata lists.
Mesa Redonda fire
2001 disaster in Lima, Peru
The Mesa Redonda fire occurred on Saturday, December 29, 2001 in Lima, Peru. The disaster killed at least 291 people and injured at least another 134. It is one of the worst firework-related fires in history in terms of deaths.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Lima (Perú), se produce un megaincendio que destruye gran parte de la zona comercial conocida como Mesa Redonda”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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