At 2:35 p.m. on June 17, 1972, fire broke out at the Hotel Vendome at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. The fire was brought under...
At 2:35 p.m. on June 17, 1972, fire broke out at the Hotel Vendome at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston.
The fire was brought under control by 4:30 p.m., but at 5:28 p.m. a section of the building collapsed, killing nine firefighters – the largest number of Boston firefighters killed in any single incident.
The Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial, a few yards away on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, commemorates the fire and loss of life.
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