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The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.
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Hotel Polen fire
1977 fire in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Hotel Polen fire occurred on 9 May 1977 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conflagration destroyed the Hotel Polen, a five-story hotel in the centre of the city which had been built in 1891, as well as the furniture store on the ground level and a nearby bookstore. Many of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)