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Diamond
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What started the fire at the Cocoanut Grove night club?
 
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Nov. 28, 1942 -
It is believed that the fire started in a corner of one of the lounges when a customer unscrewed a light bulbs to provide some privacy for himself and his date. The bartender ordered a busboy to replace the bulb, but the lounge was so dark that the busboy lit a match to find the socket. A short time later, flames appeared.

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nope. the correct answer is:
The fire that killed 491 people at the Boston night club on November 28, 1942, may have been started by a 16 year old boy named Stanley Tomaszewski who lit a match near a palm tree while trying to replace a light bulp. However, the fire commissioner could not prove that the boy had started it, and the blaze was officially declared "of unknown origin."
 
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Other than that she didn't state that it wasn't proven (which i would think "It is believed that" would cover), I'm not seeing where TIE was wrong.
 
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you win methos. Tex was correct but she just didn't have the answer i was looking for.
 
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