Philadelphia fire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12356293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 467-474 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-2659 • E-ISSN: 1469-9982 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10402659308425758 |
| OpenAlex | W4235851061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It was a stunningly brutal assault. Early in the evening of May 13, 1985, the Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the roof of a house occupied by MOVE members. The ensuing explosion ignited gasoline stored in a drum on the roof, and the flames spread rapidly to the adjacent row houses. Eventually, as fire fighters stood in abeyance, two streets were engulfed in flames. The conflagration burned out of control, finally killing eleven MOVE members—five of whom were children—and destroying sixty‐one homes, as well as damaging over a hundred others
Archaeology · Evening · Forensic engineering · Physics · Roof · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · History
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |