Kursha-2 Fire Kills 1,200 in Russia, August 3, 1936
A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
Date: August 3, 1936
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