Fort Stikine explosion of 1944

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Fire Brigade personnel in uniform march in tribute at a flower-adorned memorial during Fire Service Day in Mumbai, with palm trees and Indian flags in the background.

Fort Stikine explosion of 1944: Media

disaster, India [1944]

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Fire Brigade personnel in uniform march in tribute at a flower-adorned memorial during Fire Service Day in Mumbai, with palm trees and Indian flags in the background.

Memorializing firefighters killed during the Fort Stikine disaster

India observes National Fire Service Day (also called Fire Brigade Day) annually...

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