CHILE: TOWER BLOCK FIRE IN SANTIAGO

Record ID: 636705

  • Title: CHILE: TOWER BLOCK FIRE IN SANTIAGO
  • Date: 23rd March 1981
  • Summary: Blazing tower; People looking out of windows; Firemen; Bloodstained victim; Firemen with net; Slow motion of victim plunging to ground; Body; Aerial shot of blazing building; Bodies being carried away; Weeping relatives; Building with fire extinguished. Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th April 1981 13:00
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  • Location: Chile, Chile
  • Country: Chile
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA996OXZI1L2IL3XGIDHO4CB64T
  • Story Text: SANTIAGO, CHILE

    At least 11 people were killed and 25 injured in a dramatic blaze which took hold of the middle floors of the 30-storey skyscraper Santiago de Chile Hotel. The blaze was later extinguished, but not before some victims had thrown themselves from windows and hit the ground, although firemen stood ready with nets to catch them.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS 1" VIDEOTAPE</strong>
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