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Disasters with highest death tolls - Kursha-2 Fire

Time: Monday Aug 3, 1936

Place: Meshchyora, Ryazan Oblast, Russia

Details: Kursha-2 , named so after a road sign, was an industrial community in the Central Meshchyora, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It was built soon after the October Revolution for the exploitation of the local forests, and was annihilated by a firestorm on 3 August 1936. The disaster caused 1200 human deaths, making it one of the world's deadliest wildfires.

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