When the new Iroquois Theater in Chicago opened in...  ...ovember of 1903, it was advertised as "absolutely fireproof ." On December 30th, between 1700 and 2,000 people...  ...ignited nearby drapery. Attempts to stamp out the fire with a primitive retardant did nothing to halt it...  ...ain, but it snagged.It wa...

Lesson number one: don't do this. Here we have an...  ...art is a lesson in what not to do when you are on fire . Of course he wants his pants off, but the proced...  ...n gasoline. An alternate method is to smother the fire with a blanket or something. They didn't have a b...  ...ly did the only thing he could,...