According to wikipedia.com
At approximately 2:42 a.m. on November 18,1999, the 59-foot high stack, consisting of about 5000 logs, collapsed during construction. Of the 58 students and former students working on the stack, 12 were killed and 27 were injured.
According to beaumontenterprise.com
Texas A&M students and faculty gathered in the early hours Monday morning to pay tribute to those lost 20 years ago in the deadly bonfire collapse that took the lives of 12 students and recent graduates.
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