Happy Valley Racecourse fire

Name: Happy Valley Racecourse fire
Start: 1918

1918 CE.

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The Happy Valley Racecourse fire (Chinese: 跑馬地馬場大火) took place on 26 February 1918 in the Happy Valley Racecourse located at Happy Valley, British Hong Kong. The catastrophe caused the loss of 670 lives, making it the third deadliest fire in the history of Hong Kong, and one of the deadliest incidents in sporting history. Mainland Chinese sources have often included it among the top ten fires in 20th-century China.

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