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Howard Johnson Motel Fire Remembered 30 Years Later in Bowling Green - WNKY News 40 Television

The 1996 arson fire at the Howard Johnson motel killed four and injured over a dozen, with two men sentenced to life and a third suspect fleeing, officials said.

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – 30 years after flames tore through the Howard Johnson motel on the 31-W Bypass, killing four people, firefighters in Bowling Green say the night of Jan. 6, 1996, still feels close enough to touch. The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. on a bitterly cold, snowy night, with temperatures in the 20s. At the time, 75 guests were staying inside the motel, which featured an open atrium design that investigators said helped the fire …

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WNKY broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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