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

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.

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, ...

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.

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.

Seventy-seven years have passed since a fire ripped through the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people. To this day, investigators are still trying to figure out how the flames ...

BOSTON (CBS) - For the first time, the drama of the Cocoanut Grove fire is coming to a Boston stage. Nearly 500 people died in the overcrowded Boston nightclub on that cold November night in 1942 ...

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.

History The deadliest disaster in Boston’s history happened 75 years ago. Some worry the city is forgetting. "This cannot get lost." Aftermath of the fire at Cocoanut Grove on November 28, 1942.