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Three weeks before Christmas on December 1, 1958, one of the deadliest fires in America took place at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago, claiming the lives of 92 children and three nuns. Fire Angelsis a fictional account of that fire. It's a story of arson (a troubled 10-year-old boy admits to starting the fire) , of bravery by parents, nuns, firefighters, and medics who come to the rescue; of a falsely accused janitor; of cover-up within the Catholic Church; of a judge who in having to determine the juvenile arsonist's fate is torn between loyalty to his church and justice; of a tight-knit community changed forever; and of a romance between two survivors who fall in love, and marry at Our Lady of the Angels church. Fire is a central character in this story.