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points by krapp 19 hours ago | 0 comments

Also see the Dublin Whiskey Fire[0] and the London Beer Flood[1] and maybe the Kentucky Meat Shower[2] as an honorable mention.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower

[–] pseudohadamard 25 minutes ago

> While there were no human fatalities as a direct result of the fire or flood, 13 people died of alcohol poisoning after drinking from the stream of whiskey

I just can't think of something more Irish than that :-).