Largest historic fire death toll belongs to aftermath of 1923 Japan Earthquake

ScienceDaily
Sep 12, 2023, 7:24 pm92 pts
Fires that raged in the days following the 1 September 1923 magnitude 7.9 Kant earthquake killed roughly 90% of the 105,000 people who perished in and around Tokyo, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in history -- comparable to the number of people killed in the World War II atomic bombing of…

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