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The La Salle Hotel Fire of June 5, 1946 was one of the deadliest hotel fires in United States history, killing 61 hotel occupants. Located at La Salle and Madison Streets in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, the La Salle was 22-story luxury hotel.

On June 5, 1946 there were about 900 guests in the hotel.

The fire started at 12:15 a.m. on the ground floor in an elevator shaft near the hotel's Silver Lounge. It spread to the hotel's lobby, then to upper floors, producing dense smoke. The first alarm did not come until 12:35. The 61 deaths included Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Eugene T. Freemon.

The La Salle was repaired and operated until July 1976. It was demolished.