A kerosene stove in a cabin on Berry Mountain exploded at around 2 a.m. on January 4, 1952. . Richard Lenker, 19, was hospitalized with burns and deep lacerations on both of his arms. Nine other people had minor injuries. The occupants of the cabin extinguished the fire using snow. The fire department was not called.
Fire broke out in an apartment building at Second and Armstrong Streets in Halifax on January 4, 1994. The blaze began in a couch in the living room of a second-floor apartment. One man died in the fire and another man died a few days later from injuries he received at the fire. Fifteen residents of the six-unit apartment building were displaced by the fire.
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Smoke in a Structure - Armstrong Street - Halifax, PA
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Accident - Top of Peters Mountain - Halifax Twp., Dauphin Co., PA
A fire on January 4, 1698 destroyed most of the residential and government buildings of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs. During the fire, many art masterpieces were destroyed, probably including Michelangelo's Cupid, a famous sculpture bought as part of the Gonzaga collections in the seventeenth century.
On January 4, 1904,while work was being done on Iowa's state capitol building, a disastrous fire occurred in the north wing, presumably started by a workman's candle. It damaged the House chamber, Supreme Court chamber, and other offices.
An explosion ripped apart a six-story building in Auch, France and killed 16 people. The explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas in an underground garage.
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