Fire of the Fox Reserve

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The Fox Reserve Fire (Fox vault fire) is a major fire that destroyed one of the 20th Century Fox reserves in Little Ferry on July 9, 1937 New Jersey.

This fire caused the loss of most silent films produced by Fox Film Corporation before 1932, as well as those of Educational Pictures.

Caused by the spontaneous combustion of films of nitrocellulose films stored in the insufficiently ventilated reserve. The fire also kills one person and injures two others.

This event drew attention to this type of fire in the context of fire safety and strengthened the efforts to preserve films.

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