HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A deadly circus fire that claimed the lives of 168 people was remembered at a ceremony Saturday. The Hartford Fire Department held a remembrance ceremony at the Hartford ...

On the morning of July 6, 1944, Theresa Fulco woke up not feeling well. The heat in her apartment on Pleasant Street in Hartford was already rising and it was forecast to be a sweltering day. Her ...

More than a dozen children have been injured in a circus tent fire in the German town of Aldenhoven. According to a report by local media, 113 children were inside the tent at the time the fire broke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As soon as it was announced last year, TheaterWorks Hartford’s “Circus Fire” project became one of the most anticipated theater ...

Nine-year-old Donald Cook knew he had to react quickly as the fire engulfed the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus big top in Hartford on July 6, 1944, known as one of the most devastating ...

PORTLAND >> For one young man, a 15-mile trip 70 years ago to the big city to see The Greatest Show on Earth was a chance to travel beyond his town’s rural confines to behold an exotic array of wild ...

July 6, 1944, Hartford — a day the city will never forget.

(WFSB) - This weekend will mark 80 years since the deadly circus fire in Hartford. On July 6, 1944, 168 people died, and hundreds more were hurt after the Big Top went up in flames. The community is ...