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Ballynastragh House depicted in 1826, typical of the "Big Houses" targeted by the IRA.By the start of the Irish revolutionary period in 1919, the Big House had become symbolic of the 18th and 19th-century dominance of the Protestant Anglo-Irish class in Ireland at the expense of the native Roman Catholic population, particularly in southern and western Ireland.
The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured. [48] Grenfell Tower: 79.2 m London United Kingdom: June 14, 2017 72 The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building. [49] See Grenfell Tower fire: Pamchal Chitgar Building: 66 m Tehran Iran: June 14, 2017 0
March 29 – Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, killed at least 42. [230] April 6 – Shirley Towers fire in Southampton, England, killed two firefighters. [231] September 10 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes.
It was the second fire at the building; the first happened on 31 December 2015. [338] The tower was known to have the same type of cladding as the Grenfell Tower and the fire was found by a council inspection to have affected sprinkler systems and alarm systems.
In the aftermath of the fire, the council's leader, deputy leader and chief executive resigned, and the council took direct control of council housing from the TMO. The national government commissioned an independent review of building regulations and fire safety, which published a report in May 2018.
The fire that reportedly led to the Eiffel Tower’s shutdown came just weeks after the country’s Notre Dame Cathedral reopened five years after a devastating fire.
On 22 March 1945, a bombing raid during World War II set fire to the building and destroyed the cathedral. [46] Lübeck Cathedral – On the night of Palm Sunday (28–29 March) 1942 a Royal Air Force bombing raid destroyed the eastern vaults. A fire started in the adjoining museum and spread to the attic, and on Palm Sunday the towers collapsed.
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