What the records say
- When
- 7 Jul 1975
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 45.52° N, 122.67° W
- Description
- 1975 arson attack in Portland, Oregon
- Deaths
- 12
- Injured
- 26
- Cause
- arson
Pomona Hotel fire
1975 arson attack in Portland, Oregon
The Pomona Hotel fire occurred on July 7, 1975, when Roy Jennings Beard, a 57-year-old transient in northwest Portland, Oregon, United States, set the building ablaze in an act of arson on the second floor. A total of eight people died during the initial fire, and an additional four succumbed to injuries in the subsequent weeks and months, making it the deadliest fire in the city's history.
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