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Our Lady Of Angels Our Lady Of Angels: A Terrible Fire The Our Lady Of Angels School Fire occurred on December 1, 1958. The fire was started in the basement of the Catholic grade school in Chicago. The school was a two story building with about 1,600 students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. The official cause of the fire has never been determined, however, all indications point to arson. A ten-year-old fifth grade boy confessed to setting the blaze in an interview 3 years later, but shortly after denounced his confession. It seemed that he was more afraid of his parents than the police. He also confessed to setting various other fires around the neighborhood in apartment buildings. It is mostly agreed that he was the start of the fire. In his confession, he knew details of the origin of the fire that had not been released to the public. He said that he left his classroom to go to the restroom and then lit three matches and threw them in the cardboard trashcan underneath the stairwell next to the janitor’s closet. Even three years later, he could recall specific details of where everything was fire, school, floor, second, children, firemen, windows, through, smoke, escape, window, safety, out, lady, died, been, angels, after, time, students, first, fence, even, doors, department, before, another, years, way, three, stairs, nuns, located, left, injuries