Denmark Place fire

Quando

16 de ago. de 1980

Tipo

Homicídio

Mortos

37

Coordenadas

51.52° N, 0.13° W

Description

arson incident which killed 37 people in London in 1980

Injured

23

Fatal fire in London in 1980

The Denmark Place fire occurred on 16 August 1980 at 18 Denmark Place in central London. The fire, caused by arson, killed 37 people of eight nationalities. Most of the victims were Spanish or Latin American, and were patrons of two unlicensed bars in the building. At the time, The Sunday Times said the fire could be "the worst mass murder in British history".

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