Fire, flood or disaster · 20.04.1934
Tapa town fire
Tapa grew up around the railway junction where the Tallinn–Narva and Tartu lines meet, a town of wooden houses for railwaymen and soldiers. On 20 April 1934 a fire broke out and, driven by spring wind, destroyed twelve houses before it could be stopped. Fires like this were a constant danger in Estonia's wooden small towns between the wars. Tapa was later rebuilt, and during the Soviet period it became a major military base. Today the town is still an important railway junction and the home of the Estonian Defence Forces' largest base.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tapa kasvas välja raudteesõlmest, kus kohtuvad Tallinna–Narva ja Tartu liinid – see oli raudteelaste ja sõdurite puumajadega linn. 20. aprillil 1934 puhkes tulekahju, mis hävitas kevadtuule toel enne kustutamist kaksteist maja. Sellised põlengud olid sõdadevahelise aja puust väikelinnades pidev oht. Tapa ehitati hiljem üles ja nõukogude ajal sai sellest suur sõjaväebaas. Tänapäeval on linn endiselt oluline raudteesõlm ning seal asub Kaitseväe suurim linnak.