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Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929
The Cleveland Clinic fire was a major structure fire at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on May 15, 1929. It started in the basement of the hospital and it was caused by nitrocellulose x-ray film that ignited when an exposed light bulb was too close to the film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cleveland Clinic Fire )〕 The fire generated poisonous gas and two separate explosions. The fire claimed 123 lives, including one of the founders, Dr. John Phillips.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cleveland, OH Clinic Explosion and Fire, May 1929 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: CLEVELAND CLINIC DISASTER )〕 Policeman Ernest Staab was killed by the gas while rescuing 21 victims.〔
== Disaster ==
The Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit Ohio corporation, founded in 1921 by four physicians. Late in the morning of May 15, 1929, an exposed light bulb too close to some nitrocellulose x-ray film ignited the film. The burning nitrocellulose film quickly produced a significant amount of poisonous gas, causing victims to suffocate, the faces of the victims turning yellowish brown within minutes.〔 Further complicating fire-fighting, nitrocellulose continues to burn even while immersed in water, and fighting the film-fueled fire simply caused more poisonous smoke to accumulate, raising the death toll.〔(Health and Safety Executive leaflet/cellulose.pdf )〕
A first explosion came at a few seconds past 11:30AM; a clock on the third floor balcony stopped at that time. After the hollow center of the building was filled with poisonous gas, a second explosion shattered the skylight and sent the vapors into every corner of the clinic. Many of the building occupants succumbed to the poisons.〔
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