Hotel Corona de Aragón fire

Name: Hotel Corona de Aragón fire
Start: 1979

1979 CE.

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The Corona de Aragón Fire was an accidental fire that killed at least 80 people in the five-star Corona de Aragón Hotel in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain on 12 July 1979. At the time of the event, the hotel lodged high-profile members of General Franco's family Carmen Polo, Carmen Franco y Polo and Cristóbal Martínez Bordiú, as well as many high-ranking military personnel, five of whom died in the fire.

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