The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky is the third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. It occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during the Memorial Day weekend. A total of 165 persons died and over 200 were injured as a result of the blaze.
It was the deadliest fire in the United States since 1942 when 491 people were killed in the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston.
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