http://spotstory.com/tags/spots/fire spotstory: stories and photos of your favorite places en-us http://spotstory.com/spots/show/56 http://spotstory.com/spots/show/56 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:50:56 +0000 42.0986 -70.654 fire <img alt="146_preview" src="http://spotstory.com/image_files/00/00/146_preview.jpg?1174528829" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" />On April 21st, 1941, a Great Fire broke out in&nbsp;Marshfield, Massachusetts. It began in the Fieldston area, at the corner of Plymouth Avenue and Ocean Street, ignited by a carelessly flicked cigarette butt that was&nbsp;fanned by an unseasonable strong wind. It scorched the Ocean Bluff area to mere ashes and then raged through the north end of Brant Rock, where it eventually&nbsp;was extinguished at Samoset Street. &nbsp;&quot;The Great Brant Rock Fire&quot; of 1941 destroyed, 446 Houses,...