Mizpah Hotel fire

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On October 31, 2006, a fire broke out at the Mizpah Hotel in Reno, Nevada killing twelve people. A woman was arrested for starting the fire, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The fire started at 10:00 PM, when the perpetrator put a mattress against a door, and then set it up in flames.[1] The death toll rose to nine by November 3.[2] Two more bodies were located by November 6, bringing the death toll to eleven.[3][4] The final body was recovered by November 9.[5]

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