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Ever wonder what happens when a city's fiery nightmare takes an impossible... and improbably delicious... turn?

Forget your average inferno. We're igniting a true historical calamity from Dublin, Ireland, in 1875, that proves human derp can be even more dangerous than fire itself, especially when the fire has a certain aroma! Get ready for the shockingly bizarre and darkly comedic tale of the Dublin Whiskey Fire!

Imagine: a raging blaze, then BOOM! A sudden, catastrophic rupture unleashes a liquid torrent that transforms cobblestone streets into a glowing, gushing, impossible river of... well, you can probably guess! But here's where the derp factor hits DEFCON 5: what bizarre, mind-boggling choices did the terrified (or perhaps, too thirsty) populac ... 

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