Fire, flood or disaster · 20.04.1937
Kilingi-Nõmme school fire
On 20 April 1937 a film show was being held at the primary school in the small town of Kilingi-Nõmme. The highly flammable nitrate film in the projector caught fire and ignited open film reels nearby, and flames and toxic smoke filled the building, which burned down. Seventeen children died in the fire and its aftermath, with an eighteenth dying of injuries years later, and some 50 were injured. It remains one of the worst fire disasters in Estonian history.
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Eesti keeles
20. aprillil 1937 näidati Kilingi-Nõmme algkoolis filmi. Projektoris olnud kergesti süttiv nitrofilm võttis tule ja süütas läheduses lahtiselt olnud filmirullid ning leegid ja mürgine suits täitsid hoone, mis põles maha. Tulekahjus ja selle järel suri 17 last, 18. suri vigastustesse aastaid hiljem, ning umbes 50 sai vigastada. See on siiani üks raskemaid tulekahjuõnnetusi Eesti ajaloos.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_Estonia_by_death_toll ↗