Brussels Store Fire

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

67/43

Date Released

28 May 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Brussels Store Fire
2. 2Air-Sea Rescue
3. 3OBE Service
4. 4Concord Progress
5. 5Chichester Sighted

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

One of the most terrible fires in modern history. Fire raged through a city department store. Thousands inside fled for their lives. Many did not reach safety, how many, nobody knows yet, but the figure is estimated at over 300.

Keywords

Fires

Locations

Brussels

Footage sources

Belgavox

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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Notes

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