- Author
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Brannigan, F. L.
- Title
- Cocoanut Grove Fire: a Nonmystery.
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 153,
No. 9,
77-81,
September 2000
- Keywords
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building fires
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fire spread
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adhesives
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sandwich panels
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ceilings
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sprinklers
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education
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roofs
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beams
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residential buildings
- Identifiers
- Cocoanut Grove Night Club, Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942; combustible fiberboard; flammable adhesive; steel sandwich polystyrene panels; ceiling panels to hide 'ugly' sprinklers; truss collapse; wooden I-beam roofs; wide open spaces; metal deck roofs; ribbed awnings; layers of ceiling in John Sevier Nursing Home, Johnson City, Tennesses