# Red Square on Fire!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-square-on-fire/234264>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-square-on-fire/234264 "2004-03-14T19:29:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lando\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f17d59/32.png) [@Lando\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lando_Griffin)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-square-on-fire/234264/1 "2004-03-14T19:29:32Z")

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[http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040314\_561.html](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040314_561.html)

No news yet on what the cause is, but if anyone’s seen pictures of it the fire is HUGE.

Wonder if it’s just a coincidence that this happened right after Putin got re-elected?