Joelma Building fire
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joelma-building-fire-181-12678091
title:
Joelma Building fire
text:
Edifício Praça da Bandeira, formerly known as the Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1971, located at Avenida 9 de Julho, 225. On 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. Because flammable materials had been used to furnish the interior, the entire building was engulfed in flames within twenty minutes. Of the 756 people occupying the building at the time, 179 were killed and 300 injured. The Joelm
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Skyscraper fire in Brazil in 1974
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joelma_Building_fire
date created:
2006-07-03T13:31:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:44:09Z
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