- Author
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Bell, J. R.
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Klem, T. M.
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Willey, A. E.
- Title
- Westchase Hilton Investigation.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
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Fire Service Today,
Vol. 50,
No. 1,
12-17,
January 1983
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Keywords
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hotels
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investigations
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fatalities
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deaths
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fire suppression
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high rise buildings
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injuries
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fire departments
- Identifiers
- Westchase Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, March 6, 1982
- Abstract
- On 6 March 1982, an early morning fire in the Westchase Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas, caused the death of 12 hotel guests and caused serious injuries to three others. The fire, which was reported to the Houston Fire Department at 2:25 a.m., occurred in a fourth-floor guest room of the hotel's 13-story high-rise tower.