The last great hydrogen airship burned to the ground in 34 seconds

On 6 May 1937, the German airship Hindenburg caught fire while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey, at the end of a transatlantic flight, and was destroyed in about half a minute. 36 of the 97 people aboard died. The most widely accepted explanation is a static-electric spark igniting leaked hydrogen, though the exact ignition source is still debated — the disaster, caught on newsreel and radio, ended the passenger-airship era almost overnight.

— Wikipedia contributors, Hindenburg disaster — 6 May 1937, Lakehurst, New Jersey