Fire at London hostel kills nine
- Title
- Fire at London hostel kills nine
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Mar 1980
- Year of production
- 1980
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- Duration
- 00:01:07
- Description
- Unidentified male speaker (poss. Cardinal Basil Hume) on a fire at a Catholic-run hostel in north London which killed nine and injured three women (18/03/80). The hostel is run by the Missionaries of Charity and serves homeless and destitute women. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Basil Hume?
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Fires; Women; Charities; Homeless; Hostels; Missionaries of Charity
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LBC/IRN, "Fire at London hostel kills nine". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007000380021 (Accessed 27 Jul 2025)