Arcadia Hotel fire

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Arcadia Hotel fire

Bedroom after the Arcadia Hotel fire
Date	December 3, 1913
Time	Around 2:00 a.m.
Location	1202-1206 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42°20′35″N 71°03′59″W / 42.34306°N 71.06639°W / 42.34306; -71.06639
Cause	Ignition of garbage in closet above boiler
Deaths	28
Non-fatal injuries	50
Charges	None

The Arcadia Hotel fire occurred on December 3, 1913 in a flophouse on the corner of Washington and Laconia Streets in Boston's South End. The fire killed 28 persons, making it the deadliest in Boston at that time, passing the Great Boston Fire of 1872.^[1]