BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Katie Jane Nursing Home Fire DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260217T050000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260218T050000Z UID:603319280453 DESCRIPTION:The Warrenton Nursing Home fire took place at the Katie Jane M emorial Home for the Aged in Warrenton\, Missouri on February 17\, 1957 an d killed 72 people. The 2 1⁄2-story facility\, located sixty miles west of St. Louis\, housed 155 elderly people and had been converted just two y ears earlier after having previously served as the site of Central Wesleya n College.\nThe blaze began at approximately 2:40 p.m. in a first floor an nex linen closet during a Sunday afternoon religious service. On the first floor of the main building\, Lutheran minister Walter Schwane was leading a hymn\, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus\," when a scream was heard from one of the visitors who had noticed smoke near the room of her uncles. Con cerned\, she soon saw intense flames near the closet and screamed "Fire!" as she raced throughout the facility.\nWithin 30 minutes\, the annex build ing became an inferno with local residents offering help in attempting to rescue residents. Eventually\, the building's roof caved in\, with flames shooting high into the air and smoke visible from 30 miles away.\nIn the a ftermath of the tragedy\, it was determined that a number of factors serve d as potential causes\, including wood in the building that was more than 50 years old\, coupled with thermostats often kept at 85-90 degrees to kee p residents comfortable during the frigid winter months.\nDuring the subse quent investigation the Home had been operating without a license\, had in adequate fire escapes and had no sprinkler system. In addition\, there was no alarm system or evacuation plan\, while some residents were locked in their rooms\, a common practice of that period.\nThe end result of those o missions came when Missouri governor James T. Blair signed a bill in March 1957 that established minimum safety standards for nursing homes in the s tate\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrenton_Nursing_Home_Fire LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR