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Author
Brannigan, F. L.
Title
Cocoanut Grove Fire: a Nonmystery.
Journal
Fire Engineering, Vol. 153, No. 9, 77-81, September 2000
Keywords
building fires | fire spread | adhesives | sandwich panels | ceilings | sprinklers | education | roofs | beams | 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