Bowling Green fires: Historic Virginia town survived devastating fires on same date, 55 years apart

Bowling Green fires: Historic Virginia town survived devastating fires on same date, 55 years apart

CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. Bowling Green, Virginia, a nearly 200-year-old community, has survived not one, but two devastating fires that occurred on the exact same date, 55 years apart.April 10, 1955 marks the day when fire nearly wiped this corner of Caroline County off the map. What began as a peaceful Easter Sunday quickly turned catastrophic when fire broke out in a downtown storage building and flames spread rapidly through the town."It was so s…