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1975 New York Telephone exchange fire — Wikipedia (en)

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  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_New_York_Telephone_exchange_fire},
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Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_New_York_Telephone_exchange_fire. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

On February 27, 1975, a fire broke out at the New York Telephone Company switching center at 204 Second Avenue and Thirteenth Street in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. At this time, the building contained central offices for connecting local customer telephone lines, as well as toll switching systems. The fire disrupted service for 175,000 customers, connected within the building through 105,000 service loops. It was the worst single service disaster suffered by any single Bell operating company in the 20th century. The events relating to the fire make it notable for reasons including the extent of the disruption and the large scale and speed of the recovery efforts, which were completed in 23 days. Studies of the fire influenced the adoption of new fire safety rules for installation of low-voltage wiring inside buildings, especially in areas that can spread fire or toxic fumes. Decades later, the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) combustion products produced by the fire were identified as a reason for elevated rates of cancer in the firefighters at the scene.

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Wikidata Q21188096: «1975 fire in New York City» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21188096
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