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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M's traditional bonfire, which tragically ended 25 years ago, will not return to campus for the renewal of the Aggies' annual football rivalry with Texas, school president Mark Welsh III announced Tuesday.
A special committee had recommended bringing it back as part of a the school's celebration of the restart of the rivalry with the Longhorns next season. The recommendation had called for a bonfire designed by and built by professional engineers and contractors.
In 1999, 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction.