// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the York Hotel Fire goer bring a ladder? It was a blazing success story to take to the upper floor.
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| Date | 22 December 1970 |
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| Theme | Fire |
| Deaths | 4 |
On the night of 22 December 1970, a fire broke out inside the York Hotel on Coatham Road in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. The fire killed four people inside the building.[1][2] Guests on the upper floors had to use knotted blankets to escape, and at the height of the blaze, over 40 firefighters were in attendance.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "York Hotel, Redcar (Fire) (Hansard, 6 May 1971)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Jones, Samuel (30 June 2019). "The 70s inferno turned hotel into rubble - and claimed four lives". TeessideLive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Images of Teesside. Derby: Breedon. 1998. p. 30. ISBN 1859831133.
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