The deadliest fire in the state's history was Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in 1942. The club was located downtown, in ...

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On November 28, 1942, 492 people died at the Cocoanut Grove, the deadliest nightclub fire in US history. Here's how it happened and what came after.

Eighty years ago, one of the worst events in the history of Boston claimed the lives of 490 people and injured 166 more as the now-infamous Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire.

A memorial service was held at the site of the Cocoanut Grove fire Monday afternoon to mark 80 years since the fire killed nearly 500 people. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe.

In the blink of an eye the Cocoanut Grove -- one of Boston's swankiest nightclubs -- became an unimaginable inferno, trapping hundreds of panicked victims as they jammed the club's exits.

Roslindale native Charles Capone stopped by the Cocoanut Grove the night of Nov. 28, 1942, to wish a farewell to some of his buddies who were going off to fight in World War II.

I "covered" the Cocoanut Grove fire which was one of the worst conflagrations in this Nation's history and certainly the worst nightclub fire. I can still hear the screams of the dying.

Monday marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most devastating fires in Boston’s history. On Nov. 28, 1942, a fire broke out at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, killing nearly 500 people.

The Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard was a lavish, 24-acre nightclub that was open from 1921 to 1989. It was an important venue for performers like Bing Crosby, ...

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