Aquinas Hall

Rhode Island · USA · School

The fire in December 1977 started near a room on the fourth floor. Students died of smoke, and others died getting out of the windows.

On a December night in 1977 a fire broke out in this hall of residence at Providence College, near a room on the fourth floor.

Students died. Some were overcome by smoke. Others were killed getting out of fourth floor windows.

It is one of the worst fires in the history of American college housing, and it changed how residence halls in this country are built and inspected. Sprinklers, fire doors and alarm requirements in student accommodation across the United States trace back in part to what happened in this building.

The college commemorates the students who died, and no names are set down here.

What is reported in the hall now belongs to them.

The building is student housing and is not open to visitors.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Aquinas Hall?

Aquinas Hall ligger i Rhode Island, USA.

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