February 1 - Today In LatAm History
Posted: 01 February 2013 11:44 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Today in Latin American history, a fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil killed 189 and injured 293 in 1974.  At 8:50am on 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire.

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