Happy Valley Racecourse fire

Когда

26 февр. 1918 г.

Вид

Пожар

Координаты

22.27° N, 114.18° E

Description

Hong Kong disaster

Hong Kong disaster

The Happy Valley Racecourse fire took place on 26 February 1918 in the Happy Valley Racecourse located at Happy Valley, British Hong Kong. The catastrophe caused the loss of 670 lives, making it the third deadliest fire in the history of Hong Kong, and one of the deadliest incidents in sporting history. Mainland Chinese sources have often included it among the top ten fires in 20th-century China.

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