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This week in history: December 21-27
20 December 2020
Wreckage of Dabwali fire
On December 23, 1995, some 540 people were killed and a further 160 injured in a fire which broke out in the town of Mandi Dabwali, about 180 miles northwest of New Delhi, the capital of India.
A synthetic tent erected to hold a school awards ceremony for the local DAV Public School erupted into flames, apparently triggered by an electrical short circuit, trapping approximately 1,500 people inside the makeshift structure with only a single exit. The fire lasted only five minutes but was so intense that many victims were burned beyond recognition. More than 200 children were cremated without any identification. Some of the deaths were attributed to the stampede created when the entire crowd tried to escape at once through the single exit.