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The worst hotel disasters in history
As the decades pass, many building regulations have been put into place to ensure the safety of anyone who ventures inside a hotel, but not all buildings comply with these standards. There have been some horrible man-made disasters over the years, and a lot of people have perished while staying at hotels.
Between fires and collapses, human negligence is often found to be the sole cause of these disasters. And as for loss of life, they rank as some of the worst catastrophes in history. Click through the gallery to see which hotel disasters are considered the worst ever to happen.
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