- Author
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Bell, J. R.
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Klem, T. J.
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Willey, A. E.
- Title
- Twelve Die in Fire at Westchase Hilton Hotel--Houston, Texas.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 77,
No. 1,
11-15,20-23,54-56,
January 1983
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Keywords
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deaths
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hotels
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investigations
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injuries
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fire departments
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high rise buildings
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fatalities
- Identifiers
- Westchase Hilton Hotel, Houston, Texas, March 6, 1982
- Abstract
- On March 6, 1982, an early-morning fire in the Westchase Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas, resulted in the deaths of 12 hotel guests and serious injury to three others. The fire, which was reported to the Houston Fire Department at 2:25 am, occurred in a guest room located on the fourth floor of the hotel's 13-story, high-rise tower.