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Famous Fires - Multiple Choice

Can you name the places these famous fires occurred? Get them all before the time runs out, or you're burnt!
Some of the wildfires happened in multiple suburbs of a large metropolitan area, or affected multiple named municipalities. The correct answer is the town most damaged.
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1. Boyd Street Fire (2020)
This incredibly dangerous fire in a smoke shop in DTLA miraculously saw no fatalities, though several firefighters were severely injured.
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Albany
Vancouver
2. Sofa Super Store Fire (2007)
This fire was the deadliest firefighting disaster since 9/11, killing nine Charleston FD firefighters.
Wilmington
Buffalo
Houston
Charleston
3. China Telecom Skyscraper Fire (2022)
This massive 715-foot skyscraper went up in flames in 2022. Chinese state media reported no casualties.
Changsha
Beijing
Chengdu
Wuhan
4. Camp Fire (2018)
This wildfire, sparked in Butte County, California, was the deadliest wildfire in the state's history, killing 85 and leaving 1 missing.
Altadena
Eureka
Paradise
Sacramento
5. Maui Fires (2023)
Now referred to as one of the worst—if not the worst—natural disasters in Hawaii's history, these legendary fires obliterated Lahaina and left well over 100 people dead.
Lahaina
Honolulu
Hilo
Pearl City
6. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911)
With 146 workers killed, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire took the title of NYC's deadliest industrial disaster and holds it to this day.
New York City
Montreal
Boston
London
7. Winecoff Hotel Fire (1946)
This tragic fire killed 119 of the hotel's occupants. It was the deadliest hotel fire in American history.
Berlin
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
New Orleans
8. Grenfell Tower Fire (2017)
72 people died in this devastating West London apartment block fire. The fire was started by a faulty refrigerator that ignited a kitchen.
Manchester
London
Toronto
Belfast
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