Early on November 23 , 1963 , a fire killed 63 people in the Golden Age Nursing Home , one mile north of Fitchville due to overloaded electrical wiring . National media attention was diverted from the incident by the assassination of President Kennedy , which had taken place 15 hours earlier . The tragedy led to improvements in fire safety building codes
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Fitchville, Ohio