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Sep. 27—Las Palmas Mexican Cuisine, a downtown Jacksonville staple for nearly two decades, caught fire early Tuesday, but crews were able to extinguish the flames coming from the attic before ...
The Great Fire of 1901 was a conflagration that occurred in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 3, 1901. It was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire , and the 1906 San Francisco fire .
The Hotel Roosevelt fire on December 29, 1963, [1] was the worst fire that Jacksonville, Florida, had seen since the Great Fire of 1901, [2] and it contributed to the worst one-day death toll in the city's history: 22 people died, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The fire destroyed the business district and rendered 10,000 residents homeless in the course of eight hours. Florida Governor William S. Jennings declared a state of martial law in Jacksonville and dispatched several state militia units to help. Reconstruction started immediately, and the city was returned to civil authority on May 17.
Get the Jacksonville, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Jacksonville News & Weather. ... officials 'grid searching' for fire victims: Live updates.
Police have released the 911 call made by the father of the Jacksonville gunman who murdered three Black people in a racist attack. Ryan Palmeter killed Anolt Laguerre Jr, 19, Jerrald De’Shaun ...
The Lime Street fire refers to both a deadly 1990 conflagration at a residence in Jacksonville, Florida, and to the resultant investigation that restaged a similar fire in a nearby building. Six people, including two women (one who was pregnant) and four young children, were trapped inside the house and killed.
As Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida's Gulf Coast, Jacksonville and Northeast Florida are under a Tropical Storm Warning. Here is the latest news. Hurricane Idalia live updates: Jacksonville's ...