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Happy Valley Racecourse fire

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Time
  
15:00 (UTC+8)

Location
  
Hong Kong

Date
  
26 February 1918

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The Happy Valley Racecourse fire (Chinese: 跑馬地馬場大火) was a fire that took place on 26 February 1918 in the Happy Valley Racecourse located at Happy Valley, Hong Kong. It was a catastrophe that caused the loss of 590 lives.

The Race Course Fire Memorial was built in 1922 in So Kon Po. It was declared a monument in 2015.

References

Happy Valley Racecourse fire Wikipedia


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