The Archive · 1941

Boulogne Fires Still Raging

London. Sept. 8 Two large fires in Boulogne. started by R.AF. raids last night. raged for several hours and were still burning during darkness early today Watchers on the English coast state that bombs appeared to have started a chain of fires along the Boulogne waterfront and one which blazed more fiercely than the rest continued burning after the others had been subdued.

Shortly after midnight a second fire some distance to the east of the k burst out again with y, and the red glare of the twin beacons was clearly seen from the coast of Kent. Dense clouds of black smoke rolling over the town of Boulogne were illuminated by the glare of flames.

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