List of building or structure fires

This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires.

Antiquity through Middle Ages[]

• 586 BC – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.
• 480 BC – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
• 356 BC – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus.
• 330 BC – Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great.
• 64 AD – Great Fire of Rome occurred in July, 64 AD destroying two thirds of Rome.^[1]
• 70 – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus.
• Library of Alexandria destroyed by fire. Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed.
  • 48 BC – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar.
  • 272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during the occupation of Alexandria.
  • 391 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
  • 642 – later sources attribute burning to Caliph Omar during the Muslim conquest of Egypt.
• 1046 – Fire at St. Mary's Cathedral, Hildesheim, Germany.
• 1184 – Lightning causes a fire at McDermott's Castle, Ireland, with 120–140 deaths.^[2]
• 1190 – Fire at Clifford's Tower, York, England, killed at least 150 Jews.

16th century[]

• 1561 – Fire of Valladolid (September 21) destroys a tenth of the city, including 440 houses.
• 1568 – The Great Fire of Ferrol which reduced the old medieval town to rubble.
• 1577 – Fire in the Doge's Palace, Venice, destroyed major works by Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto.

17th century[]

• 1608 – First settlement in Jamestown burnt.
• 1613 – Globe Theatre in London. During the performance, cannon misfire caught the thatched roof on fire and the Theatre burned down.^[3]
• 1652 – Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down. Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed.
• 1666 – Great Fire of London destroys 75% of medieval city, including Old St Paul's Cathedral
• 1671 – Much of the monastery of the Escorial outside Madrid burned in a fire lasting 15 days, destroying large numbers of artworks, books and manuscripts.
• 1697 – The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.
• 1698 – The Tudor and Stuart Palace of Whitehall, London burned, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House. The ruins were demolished.

18th century[]

• 1727 – Fire during puppet show in barn at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, killed 78 (including 51 children).
• 1731 –  [fr], Brussels, destroyed and never rebuilt.
• 1734 – The Royal Palace of the Alcazar, Madrid, burned on Christmas Eve. Eventually replaced by the present royal palace.
• c.1750–1755 – and Lax Ksiluux, two villages of the Nisga'a people on the Tseax River were destroyed by volcanic eruption.
• 1772 – Hôtel-Dieu de Paris fire in Paris, France.
• 1794 – Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.

19th century[]

• 1808 – Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem. The fire caused the dome of the Rotunda to collapse, smashing the Edicule's exterior decoration.
• 1808 – First Royal Opera House fire in London, England.
• 1809 – St. James's Palace, London. Much of the south and east portions of the palace were destroyed and not rebuilt.
• 1811 – Richmond Theatre fire, Richmond, Virginia. 72 dead.
• 1814 – The White House and United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. burned by the British.
• 1822 – Grue Church fire, Norway, 113–117 dead.
• 1823 – Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome.

J. M. W. Turner watched the Palace of Westminster fire in 1834 and painted several canvases depicting it, including The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835)

• 1834 – Palace of Westminster, home to Parliament of the United Kingdom.
• 1836 – First U.S. Patent Office fire in Blodget's Hotel.
• 1836 - Fire at Chartres Cathedral destroyed the sweet chestnut "forest" above the vaults.
• 1837 – The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia destroyed except for The Hermitage.
• 1841 – Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, January 30.
• 1842 – Hamburg Great Fire.
• 1844 – Separate fires at St. Michael's & St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Churches during the , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1845 – Theatre fire in Canton, China. 1670 killed.
• 1849 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 7, also known as the Cathedral Fire, was the first major fire in the history of Toronto.
• 1863 – Church of the Company Fire in Santiago, Chile; killed over 2500.
• 1864 – Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam, destroyed 198 dutch old master paintings.
• 1856 – Second Royal Opera House fire in London, England.
• 1870 – Château de Saint-Cloud destroyed by fire, October 13, 1870.
• 1870 – Wickford Bank Fire, Rhode Island, destroyed 160 years of town records kept in bank vault^[4] (records for what are multiple towns today such as Narragansett, North Kingstown, etc.).
• 1871 – Fires deliberately set during the Paris Commune in May destroyed the Royal Palace of the Tuileries, the Louvre Library, the Palais de Justice, the Hôtel de Ville, the Gare de Lyon, and the Palais d'Orsay.
• 1871 – Fires occur throughout the Great Lakes region of the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire, and the Great Michigan Fire.
• 1875 – Precious Blood Church fire in Holyoke, Massachusetts, burned and killed 78.
• 1876 – Brooklyn Theater fire, Brooklyn, New York, killed 273–300.
• 1877 – .
• 1877 – Second U.S. Patent Office fire, in Washington, D.C.
• 1877 – Saint-Stephen Cathedral, Metz.
• 1878 – Eldkvarn flour mill fire in Stockholm.
• 1878 – Washburn "A" Mill flour mill explosion and fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• 1881 – Ringtheater fire, Vienna, Austria, killed at least 384.
• 1883 – Newhall House Hotel Fire, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 10, killed at least 70.
• 1884 – Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.
• 1886 – Great Vancouver Fire.
• 1887 – Paris Opéra Fire on 25 May, killed 200.
• 1887 – Theatre Royal, Exeter fire, England on September 5, killed 186.
• 1893 – World's Columbian Exposition cold storage warehouse fire in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, killed 18.
• 1893 – Merrill House fire in Beaver, Pennsylvania, on November 21, killed 7.
• 1893 – Edison, Moore & Company dry goods store fire in Detroit, Michigan, on November 23, killed 7.
• 1894 – Christmas Eve fire in Silver Lake, Oregon, on December 24, killed 43 people including 19 women and children.^[5]
• 1895 – The Rotunda, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
• 1897 – Fire at the Bazar de la Charité, Paris on 4 May, killed 126, mostly women.
• 1897 – Cold storage fire on fairgrounds in Chicago, Illinois, on July 10, killed 17 firefighters.
• 1897 – Fire in Dawson City November 25.
• 1899 – Windsor Hotel East 47th Street/5th Avenue Manhattan, New York—at least 33 and 45 people killed (estimates vary)

20th century[]

1900s[]

• 1900 – Hoboken Docks fire, New Jersey, on June 30, killed 326.
• 1903 – Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum fire, London, on January 27, killed 51.
• 1903 – Iroquois Theater fire, Chicago, on December 30, at least 600 died.
• 1904 – January fire in the Turin National University Library, Italy, resulted in serious damage to the Manuscripts Department.
• 1904 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 19 fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Canada.
• 1904 – Yazoo City, Mississippi, (USA) fire of 25 May, which destroyed the entire business district; no fatalities but US$2,000,000 in damages.^[6]
• 1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow , on November 19, killed 39.^[7]
• 1906 – Much of the commercial area of Arrowhead, British Columbia, Canada, was destroyed by fire.^[8]
• 1906 – 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
• 1906 – 1906 Dundee fire. The most destructive fire in the history of Dundee, Scotland, destroyed the area around a bonded warehouse of whisky, causing £450,000 worth of damage.^[9]
• 1907 – Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, a fire that broke out in the evening of August 25 burned for six hours, destroying an estimated 60–70% of the city, leaving 60,000+ homeless and causing at least 8,000,000 yen in property damage, including many of the city's historical buildings destroyed.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}
• 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170.^[16]
• 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10.
• 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175.
• 1909 – Flores Theater fire, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 15, killed 250.

1910s[]

• 1910 – L. Fish Furniture Company fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12 on March 25.
• 1910 – Drake-Morrison Paper Box Company building fire in Newark, New Jersey, killed six on November 26.
• 1910 – Friedlander Leather Remnants factory fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 firemen and one policeman lost their lives in two separate collapses, December 21–22.
• 1910 – Ököritófülpös, Hungary, fire in a barn during a dancing party killed 312 people.
• 1910 – Nelson-Morris & Company stockyards fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 21 firefighters on December 22.
• 1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City, killed 146 on March 25.
• 1912 – Equitable Life Assurance Building, New York City, January 9.^[17]
• 1912 – University of Maryland, College Park, majority of campus buildings destroyed on November 29.^[18]
• 1912 – St. John's Orphanage fire in San Antonio, Texas, killed eight on October 30.
• 1913 – Dewey Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed 20 on February 28.
• 1913 – Binghamton Factory fire, New York, killed 31 on July 22.
• 1914 – Hotel fire in Kelliher, Minnesota, killed five on February 4.
• 1914 – Missouri Athletic Club fire in St. Louis, Missouri, killed 30 on March 9.
• 1915 – St. Johns School fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28.
• 1916 – Great Fire of East Nashville, Tennessee, destroyed over 500 houses and left over 2,500 people homeless on March 22.
• 1916 – Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.
• 1917 – Barnaul, Russia, conflagration with 34 victims and 60 quarters destroyed.
• 1918 – Norman State Hospital fire, Norman, Oklahoma.
• 1918 – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, over 600 killed on February 26.
• 1918 – Kent County Juvenile Home fire in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killed five on July 24.
• 1919 – Mayagüez Theater fire, San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 150 on June 19.^[16]

1920s[]

• 1920 – The burning of Cork, Ireland, a fire set by the British Auxiliaries on December 11 in revenge after an ambush by the IRA, destroyed much of the old city centre of Cork.
• 1921 – Palace-Colonial Hotel fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, killed 10 on January 31.
• 1921 – Rialto Theatre fire in New Haven, Connecticut, killed nine on November 29.
• 1922 – Public Records Office fire during civil unrest at the Four Courts complex, Dublin, Ireland, destroyed much of seven centuries of official Irish public records.
• 1923 – Davies Hotel fire in Homestead, Pennsylvania, killed five on January 22.
• 1923 – Manhattan State Hospital fire in New York City, killed 25 on February 18.
• 1923 – Cleveland School fire, Camden, South Carolina, killed 77 on 17 May.
• 1923 – Petrograd Opera House fire in St. Petersburg, Russia, killed scores on 31 May.
• 1924 – Curran Hall fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine firefighters on April 18.
• 1924 – Babbs Switch Schoolhouse fire, Oklahoma, killed 36 on December 24.
• 1925 – Madame Tussauds wax museum in London.
• 1925 – Catholic mission dormitory fire at Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho, killed 6 on October 3.
• 1926 – Lafayette Hotel fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania, killed 13 on January 23.
• 1926 – Twilight Inn hotel fire in Tannersville, New York, killed 22 on July 14.
• 1926 – Dromcolliher cinema fire in County Limerick, Ireland, killed 48 on September 5.
• 1927 – Laurier Palace Theatre Fire, Montreal, killed 77 children on January 9.
• 1927 – Buckingham Hotel arson fire in St. Louis, Missouri, killed seven on December 5.
• 1928 – Teatro de Novedades theater fire killed 68 or maybe 110, in Madrid, Spain, on September 22.
• 1928 – Penitentiary fire in Junction City, Ohio, killed 17 on October 8.
• 1928 – Eagle Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed five on October 23.
• 1929 – Kirkwood Hotel fire in Des Moines, Iowa, killed five on April 6.
• 1929 – Elmhirst Hotel fire in Amarillo, Texas, killed five on 11 May.
• 1929 – Cleveland Clinic fire, Cleveland, Ohio, killed 125 on 15 May.^[19]
• 1929 – Gillingham Fair fire disaster, Kent, England, killed 15 when firefighting demonstration went wrong on July 11.
• 1929 – Glen Cinema disaster, Paisley, Scotland, killed 71 on December 31.
• 1929 – Study Club nightclub fire, Detroit, Michigan, killed 22 on September 20.

1930s[]

Firemen struggle to extinguish the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933

The Crystal Palace on fire on November 30, 1936

• 1930 – Jinhae Primary School fire, Jinhae, Gyeongsangnamdo, South Korea, killed 104 on March 10.
• 1930 – 1930 Costești wooden church fire in Argeș County, Romania, killed 118 on April 18.
• 1930 – Ohio Penitentiary fire, Columbus, Ohio, killed 322 on April 21.
• 1931 – Prison camp fire in Kenansville, North Carolina, killed 11 convicts on March 7.
• 1930 – Moxley home fire, Glen Echo, Maryland, United States, killed a mother and five children ages 3 through 15 on June 1.^[20]
• 1931 – Glaspalast, Munich, fire on July 6.
• 1931 – Fire at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed 42 and injured more than 200.^[21][22][23]
• 1932 – Shirokiya Department Store fire in Tokyo, Japan, 14 killed on December 16.
• 1933 – Ridgecliff sanitarium fire in Wickliffe, Ohio, killed nine on February 3.
• 1933 – Millard Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed eight firefighters on February 8.
• 1933 – Reichstag fire in Berlin, caused by arson, used to justify expansion of Nazi rule.
• 1934 – Federal Transient Bureau building fire in Lynchburg, Virginia, killed 22 on March 24.
• 1934 – Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing, Michigan, killed 34, including seven Michigan legislators on December 11.
• 1934 – The Great Hakodate fire killed at least 2,166 people in southern Hokkaido, Japan.
• 1935 – Club Rendezvous fire in Morton Grove, Illinois, killed six on March 24.
• 1935 – also damaged the Berlin Radio Tower.
• 1936 – The Crystal Palace housed the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; destroyed on November 30.
• 1937 – Antoung Movie Theater fire, China, killed 658 on February 13.^[16]
• 1937 – Kilingi-Nõmme school fire in Estonia, killed 18 schoolchildren on April 20.
• 1937 – 1937 Fox vault fire, Little Ferry, New Jersey, burned and destroyed almost all of studio's pre-1932 silent films on July 9
• 1937 – Witley Court in Worcestershire, England, burned down on September 7.
• 1937 – Rotunde a landmark of the 1873 Vienna World's Fair totally destroyed on September 17.
• 1937 – South Tomita Primary School fire, Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan, killed 81 on December 20.
• 1938 – College of the Sacred Heart fire in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, killed 46 on January 18.
• 1938 – Terminal Hotel Fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 35 on 16 May.
• 1938 – department store fire, Marseille, France, killed 73 on October 28.
• 1939 – Queen Hotel fire in Halifax, Nova Scotia, killed 28 on March 2.

1940s[]

• 1940 – Marlborough Hotel fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed 20 on January 4.^[24]
• 1940 – Rhythm Club fire, Natchez, Mississippi, killed 209 on April 23.
• 1940 – Mission school dormitory fire in Little, Kentucky, killed 10, including nine female students on October 8.
• 1941 – Santander city, Spain. No one killed but the city collapsed on February 16 Incendio de Santander de 1941.
• 1941 – Booth's clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England, killed 49 on October 31.^[25]
• 1942 – Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, killed 99 on December 12.
• 1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts, killed 492 on November 28.
• 1942 – Seacliff Lunatic Asylum fire, Seacliff, New Zealand, killed 37 female patients on December 8.
• 1943 – Lake Forest Park Sanitarium fire in Seattle, Washington, killed 32 on February 1.
• 1943 – Cavan Orphanage fire, Ireland, killed 36 on February 23.
• 1943 – Biblioteca Nacional in Lima, Peru. In May, a fire completely destroyed the National Library, with the loss of 100,000 volumes as well as 40,000 manuscripts.
• 1943 – Gulf Hotel fire in Houston, Texas, killed 55.
• 1943 – in Kucchan, Hokkaidō, Japan, killed 205 on March 6.
• 1944 – Union Hotel fire in Oroville, California, killed 15 on 12 May.
• 1944 – Hartford Circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 168 on July 6.
• 1945 – General Clark Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 14 on January 16.
• 1945 – Boarding home/nursery fire in Auburn, Maine, killed 17, including 16 babies on January 31.
• 1945 – On 12 April, St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria, suffered a devastating fire.^[26]
• 1945 – Old Town Hall in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In May, during the Prague uprising, a fire severely damaged the Old Town Hall, with the loss of its bell, the oldest in Bohemia, and 70,000 volumes, as well as historically priceless manuscripts.^[27]
• 1945 – B-25 Empire State Building crash. The Empire State Building in New York City is set on fire by a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crashed into the building, killing 14 on July 28.
• 1945 – Niles Street Convalescent Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 21 on December 24.
• 1946 – Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, hangar fire, killed 10 on January 28.
• 1946 – LaSalle Hotel Fire in Chicago killed 61 on June 5.
• 1946 – Hotel Canfield fire in Dubuque, Iowa, killed 19 on June 19.
• 1946 – Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 119 on December 7.
• 1947 – Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, killed 80–88 on February 8.
• 1947 – Le Select Cinema fire in Rueil-Malmaison, France, killed 87 on August 30.
• 1947 – Ballantyne's department store fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 41 on November 18.
• 1947 – Hotel fire in Orange, Texas, killed seven on December 26.
• 1948 – Fire at Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, killed nine, including Zelda Fitzgerald.
• 1948 –  [zh], Hong Kong, 176 killed and 69 injured.^[28][29]
• 1949 – Grand View Hotel fire in Ripon, Wisconsin, killed six on February 1.
• 1949 – St. Anthony's Hospital fire in Effingham, Illinois, killed 70 on April 5.

1950s[]

• 1950 – Mercy Hospital fire, Davenport, Iowa, killed 41 on January 7.
• 1950 – Montana Hotel fire in Eureka, Montana, killed five on February 5.
• 1950 – Jail fire in Spray, North Carolina, killed six.
• 1950 – Sandia Base stockade fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killed 14 on March 18.
• 1950 – Kinkaku-ji fire by arsonist in Kyoto, Japan, on July 2.
• 1950 – Convalescent home fire in Amarillo, Texas, killed 10 on December 22.
• 1951 – Convalescent home fire in Hoquiam, Washington, killed 21 on January 30.
• 1951 – al-Duniya Theater fire in Kano, present day of Nigeria on 13 May, killing 100.
• 1951 – Ohara Movie Theater fire in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, 40 persons were fatalities on May 19.^{[page needed]}
• 1952 – 3 Story Tenement fire in Minneapolis, MN killed seven on Jan 29
• 1952 – St. George Hotel fire in Los Angeles, California, killed six on March 25.
• 1952 – Coleshill House in Berkshire, England, totally destroyed on September 23.
• 1952 – Nursing home fire in Hillsboro, Missouri, killed 20 on October 31.
• 1953 – Ticonderoga Inn fire in Ticonderoga, New York, killed five on March 18.
• 1953 – Chestnut Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed seven on March 20.
• 1953 – in Largo, Florida, killed 32 on March 29.
• 1953 – Haber Screw Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 32 on April 17.
• 1953 – Hotel fire in Texarkana, Texas, killed seven on August 3.
• 1953 – Reliance Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed seven, including six firefighters on December 17.
• 1953 – Shek Kip Mei fire, over 53,000 people left homeless.
• 1954 – Shimer Convalescent Home fire near Watervliet, Michigan, killed eight on February 19.
• 1954 – Northwood Hotel fire in Crookston, Minnesota, killed eight on March 27.
• 1954 – Cleveland Hill School fire in Cheektowaga, New York, killed 15 on March 31.
• 1954 – Larkin Warehouse Fire in Buffalo, New York. Only fire in Buffalo to go to a General Alarm (entire department responds).
• 1954 – Charles Berg Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Storage tank explosion and ensuing release of toxic fumes kills ten fireman. October 28.
• 1955 – Barton Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 29 on February 12.
• 1955 – Elderly home for Catholic church fire in Yokohama, Japan, killed 100 on February 16.
• 1955 – Johnson Hotel fire in Laramie, Wyoming, killed seven on March 15.
• 1955 – Green Mill Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12 on April 28.
• 1955 – Comfort Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine on 6 May.
• 1955 – Cinema fire in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland, killed 58 and injured 20 on 11 May.
• 1956 – Arundel Park Auditorium fire in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, killed 10 on January 29.
• 1956 – McKee refinery fire killed 19 firefighters on July 29.
• 1956 – Reagan Nursing Home fire in Puxico, Missouri, killed 12 on July 31.
• 1956 – Doctor's Memorial (Eitel) Hospital fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed eight on December 23.
• 1957 – Browns Lane plant fire, Coventry on February 12.^[30][31]
• 1957 – Nursing home fire in Council Bluffs, Iowa, killed 16 on February 13.
• 1957 – Warrenton Nursing Home fire in Warrenton, Missouri, killed 72 on February 17.
• 1957 – Moonglow Hotel fire in Niagara Falls, New York, killed 18 on November 16.
• 1958 – Olympia Hotel fire in Des Moines, Iowa, killed five on January 27.
• 1958 – Monarch Underwear Company fire in New York City, killed 24 on March 19.
• 1958 – Our Lady of the Angels School fire, Chicago, killed 95 on December 1.
• 1958 – , killed 83 and injured 200 in Bogotá, Colombia on December 16.^[32]
• 1959 – Syracuse University dormitory barracks fire in Syracuse, New York, killed seven student airmen on January 6.
• 1959 – Nursing home fire in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, killed nine on January 30.
• 1959 – Arkansas Negro Boys' Industrial School fire in Wrightsville, Arkansas, killed 21 on March 5.
• 1959 – Hotel Gary fire in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, killed six on March 5.
• 1959 – Stalheim Hotel fire, Norway, killed 34 on June 23.

1960s[]

• 1960 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant 2 fire at Busan, South Korea, killed 68, injured 44, on March 2.
• 1960 – Cheapside Street whisky bond fire, Glasgow, Scotland, killed 19 firefighters on March 28.
• 1960 – Guatemala Mental Hospital Fire, killed 225 on July 14.
• 1960 – Syrian Movie Theater Fire in Amuda (Syria), killed 152 schoolchildren on November 13.
• 1961 – Thomas Hotel fire in San Francisco, California, killed 20 on January 6.
• 1961 – Hilker & Bletsch Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine firefighters on January 28.
• 1961 – The Penthouse Club, formerly the Top Storey nightclub fire in Bolton, England killed 19 on 1 May.
• 1961 – Bukit Ho Swee fire in Singapore killed four and destroyed a record S$2 million worth of property on 25 May.
• 1961 – Elbarusovo school fire ( [ru]), Soviet Union, 5 November 109 killed.
• 1961 – Hartford Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16 on December 8.
• 1961 – Niterói circus fire in Niterói (Brazil) killed 323 on December 17.
• 1962 –  [zh], (New Kowloon, Hong Kong, 44 dead, 21 injured).
• 1962 – Golden Hotel fire in Reno, Nevada, killed 6 on April 3.
• 1963 – Fretz Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twelve-alarm fire was the largest in city history. 50 homes and multiple businesses destroyed along with original fire building on January 1.
• 1963 – Central Hotel fire in Wallingford, Connecticut, killed five on January 6.
• 1963 – Children's home fire in Rockville, Indiana, killed six on 3 May.
• 1963 – Le Monde Theater fire at Diourbel, Kaolack, Senegal on 4 May, killing 64.
• 1963 – Paradise Pines nursing home fire in Riggins, Idaho, killed six on September 17.
• 1963 – Fairgrounds Coliseum explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana killed 74 on October 31.
• 1963 – Surfside Hotel Fire in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 18, killing 25.
• 1963 – Golden Age Nursing Home fire in Fitchville, Ohio killed 63 on November 23.
• 1963 – Hotel Roosevelt fire in Jacksonville, Florida on December 29, killing 22.
• 1964 – All Hallows Church parish hall fire in San Francisco, California, killed 17 on 23 May.
• 1964 – McGraw Nursing Home fire in Fountaintown, Indiana, killed 20 on December 18.
• 1965 – Seeley Club fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 13 on December 11. Robert Lee Lassiter was found guilty of murder for setting the fire.
• 1965 – Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire in Yonkers, New York, killed 12 on December 21.
• 1966 – Paramount Hotel fire in Boston, Massachusetts, killed 11 on January 28.
• 1966 – Astor Hotel fire in Green Bay, Wisconsin, killed eight on February 4.
• 1966 – William Booth Memorial Home fire in Australia, killed 30 on August 13.^[33]
• 1967 – Dale's Penthouse restaurant fire in Montgomery, Alabama, killed 25 on February 7.^[34]
• 1967 – Grand Hotel fire in Joliet, Illinois, killed six on February 11.
• 1967 – L'Innovation Department Store fire, in Brussels killed 322 on 22 May.
• 1967 – Florida State Prison Fire, in Jay, Florida killed 37 on July 16.
• 1967 – Store fire "Regalux" in Formosa, Argentina killing 20 and injuring 70 on December 24.
• 1968 – Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion and building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine on February 7.
• 1968 – Shelton Hospital fire, Shrewsbury, killing 21 and injures 14 on February 26.^[35]
• 1968 – Jackson Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed six on March 26.
• 1968 –  [ja] at Arima Spa, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, killing 30 and injuring 44 on November 2.
• 1968 – Stern's upholstery factory fire in Glasgow, Scotland, killed 24 on November 18.
• 1969 – Bandai Atami International Sightseeing Hotel fire, in Koriyama, Japan, killed 31 on February 5.
• 1969 – Rose and Crown Hotel fire in Saffron Walden, England, killed 11 on December 27.^[36]

1970s[]

• 1970 – Nursing home fire in Marietta, Ohio, killed 32 on January 9.
• 1970 – Ozark Hotel arson fire in Seattle, Washington, killed 21 on March 20.
• 1970 – Britannia Bridge fire in Menai Strait in Wales on May 23; no casualties, but destroyed the link between island of Anglesey and the Wales mainland.
• 1970 – Fenglei ship fire in Shanghai, China, August 31, killed 15 and severely injured 60.
• 1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, killed 146 on November 1.
• 1970 – Pioneer Hotel fire, Tucson, Arizona, killed 29 on December 20.
• 1971 – Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home for Senior Citizens fire in Louisville, Kentucky, killed 10 on January 14.
• 1971 – , Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland June 26–27, 37 killed, 105 injured.
• 1971 – Lil-Haven nursing home fire in Salt Lake City, Utah, killed six on September 15.
• 1971 – Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire, Eindhoven, Netherlands September 28, nine killed, 16 severely injured.
• 1971 – Geiger Nursing Home fire in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, killed 15 on October 19.
• 1971 – Under construction  [zh] in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killed up to 34 workers on October 30.^[37][38][39]
• 1971 – Taeyunkak Hotel Fire in Seoul, South Korea on December 25 killed 158 people.^[40]
• 1972 – Green Nursing Home fire in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, killed 10 on January 26.
• 1972 – Andraus Building Fire killed 16 in São Paulo on February 24.
• 1972 – Fair Hills boarding home fire in Rosecrans, Wisconsin, killed 10 on April 4.
• 1972 – Carver Convalescent Center fire in Springfield, Illinois, killed 10 on 5 May.
• 1972 – Sennichi Department Store Building fire in Osaka, Japan, killed 118 on 13 May.^[41][42]
• 1972 – Hotel Vendome fire in Boston, nine firefighters killed on June 17.
• 1972 – Coldharbour Hospital fire in Sherborne, England, killed 30 on July 5.
• 1972 – Blue Bird Café fire in Montreal, firebombed, resulting in 37 deaths on September 2.
• 1972 – Robinson Department Store fire, killed twelve and destroyed the 114-year-old landmark building in Singapore on November 21.
• 1972 – On December 2, Seoul Citizen Hall (present day of Sejong Center) caught fire in Jongno-gu, Seoul, 51 persons were death, 76 persons were hurt.^{[citation needed]}
• 1973 – Street's Rest Home fire in Pleasantville, New Jersey, killed 10 on January 29. Resident Harry Kemp was arrested for setting the fire.
• 1973 – Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane, Queensland was firebombed on March 18, resulting in 15 deaths.
• 1973 – National Archives Fire in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1973 – UpStairs Lounge in the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar, in New Orleans, Louisiana killed 32 on June 24.
• 1973 – Summerland disaster in Douglas, Isle of Man killed 51 on August 2.
• 1973 – Hotel Hafnia fire, Copenhagen, Denmark, 35 killed on September 1.
• 1973 – 1973 Taiyo Department Store fire in Kumamoto, Kyūshū, Japan, killed 104 on November 29.
• 1973 – Caley Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center fire in Wayne, Pennsylvania, killed 15 on December 4.
• 1974 – Sacred Heart School fire in Heusden, Belgium, killed 23 on January 23.
• 1974 – Joelma Fire killed 188 in São Paulo on February 1.
• 1974 – Gulliver's nightclub fire killed 24 in Port Chester, New York on June 30 as a result of arson at an adjacent business to cover up a minor burglary.
• 1974 – Moore's Rest Home fire in Brookhaven, Mississippi, killed 6 on August 16.
• 1974 – Daewan Corner complex building fire, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 88 persons were human fatalities, 35 persons were wounded on November 3.^{[citation needed]}
• 1974 – Worsley Hotel fire, Maida Vale, London, case of arson, resulting in attendance of over 25 appliances and killed seven people on December 12.
• 1975 – in Marikina, Philippines, killed 42 and injured 79 on January 22.^[43]
• 1975 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center fire, New York City The North Tower caught fire on the 11th floor, February 13.
• 1975 – Seminole County jail fire in Sanford, Florida, killed 11 on June 9.
• 1975 – Philadelphia Refinery Fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eight firemen lost their lives in the inferno, August 17.
• 1975 – Breezy Point Inn resort fire in Gnesen Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, killed six on December 28.
• 1976 – Pathfinder Hotel fire in Fremont, Nebraska, killed 23 on January 10.
• 1976 – Wincrest Nursing Home fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 23 on January 30.
• 1976 – Cermak House Nursing Home fire in Cicero, Illinois, killed eight on February 4.
• 1976 – Four alarm Barson's Overbrook restaurant fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four firemen perished when the floor collapsed, sending them into the flaming basement. 16 May.
• 1976 – Retirement Home Fire, Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador. 22 people killed on December 26.

The Hotel Polen on fire on May 9, 1977.

• 1977 – Rossiya Hotel fire in Moscow, Russia, 42–45 killed and 50 injured on February 25.
• 1977 – Central Hotel fire in Galveston, Texas, killed 8 on 19 April.
• 1977 – Hotel Polen fire in Amsterdam, Netherlands, killed 33 on 9 May.
• 1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire killed 165 and injured more than 200 in Southgate, Kentucky; third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history*.
• 1977 – Xinyang cinema fire in Xinjiang, China, killed 694 people*.^[16][44][45]
• 1977 – A fire at the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City, Michigan killed ten on 10 December 1977.^[46]
• 1977 – A fire in the Aquinas Hall dormitory at Providence College in Rhode Island killed 10 students on 13 December*.
• 1978 – The Cinema Rex Fire (arson) killed 438 in Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran*.^[16]
• 1978 – A prison fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killed 61 and injured 85*.
• 1978 – A fire spread at the head office of the daily newspaper Le Mauricien on 11 June 1978 in Port Louis, Mauritius and became the focus of the political scandal and enquiry.^[47]
• 1978 – Waldbaum's supermarket fire, Brooklyn, New York. Six New York City firefighters died in the line of duty on August 2 when the roof collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames.
• 1978 – The Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa on 5 November, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed and rebuilt a year after the fire.
• 1979 – Old People's Nurse Home fire at Virrat, Pirkanmaa, Finland, killed at least 26 on January 23.
• 1979 – Nursing home fire in Farmington, Missouri, killed 26 on April 2.
• 1979 – Woolworth store fire in Manchester, England, killed 11 on May 8.
• 1979 – Luna Park Ghost Train fire, at Luna Park Sydney, in Australia, killed six children and one adult on June 9.
• 1979 – Hotel Corona de Aragón fire in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, killed at least 80 on July 12.
• 1979 – Lakshimki Talkies cinema fire, in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, killed 73 on July 29.
• 1979 – Hotel Am Augarten fire in Vienna, Austria, on 28 September; killed 25.
• 1979 – Pioneer, Ohio nursing home fire, killed 14 on November 11.
• 1979 – Bar fire in Rosario, Argentina, 15 killed and 11 injured on December 5.
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1980s[]

• 1980 – Opémiska Community Hall fire, Chapais, Quebec, Canada, killed 48 on January 1.
• 1980 – A fire in the Eventide Home for the Aged in Kingston, Jamaica killed 157 on May 20.^[48]
• 1980 – A fire on the third floor of the Extendicare Ltd. nursing home in Mississauga, Ontario, killed 21 residents on July 14.^[49]
• 1980 – Boarding home fire in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, killed 24 on July 26.^[50]
• 1980 – Denmark Place fire fire by arson killed 37 in Soho, London, on August 16.^[51]
• 1980 – , in Górna Grupa, Poland, during the night of October 31 – November 1; 55 patients killed and 26 wounded.
• 1980 – MGM Grand Hotel and Casino fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, killed 87 on November 21.
• 1980 – Prince Hotel of Kawaji Fire in Kinugawa, Japan, killed 45.
• 1980 – Stouffer's Inn of Westchester in Harrison, NY, 26 killed on December 4.
• 1981 – Nilkanth Mahadev temple fire, Asarwa, Gujarat, India, 49 killed on December 6.
• 1981 – Boarding home fire in Keansburg, New Jersey, killed 30 on January 9.
• 1981 – New Cross Fire, London, killed 13 on January 18.
• 1981 – Bangalore circus fire in Bangalore, India, killed 66 on February 8.
• 1981 – Stardust Disaster, discotheque fire in Dublin killed 48 on February 14.
• 1981 – Edifício Grande Avenida fire in São Paulo, Brazil, killed 17 on February 14.
• 1981 – The Santa María Tower fire in Santiago de Chile, killed 11 on March 21.
• 1982 – Hotel New Japan fire in downtown Tokyo, Japan, killed 33 on February 8.
• 1982 – Westchase Hilton hotel fire in Houston, Texas, killed 12 on March 6.
• 1982 – The Notre Dame de Lourdes Church fire in Fall River, Massachusetts destroyed historic church and much of two adjacent city blocks on 11 May.
• 1982 – Dorothy Mae Apartments arson fire in Los Angeles killed 25 people, the highest structure-fire death toll in the city's history.^[52]
• 1982 – Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys the Northwestern National Bank building and former Donaldson's flagship store.
• 1982 – Connecticut Street Armory Fire in Buffalo, New York, severely damaged historic armory.
• 1983 – Kensington Theater Explosion in Buffalo, New York, five alarm explosion and fire destroys historic Kensington Theater.
• 1983 – Cinema Statuto fire in Turin, Italy, killed 64 on February 13.
• 1983 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire in Madrid, Spain, killed 83 on December 17.
• 1984 – Haunted Castle attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Eight teenagers lost their lives in a fast-moving fire on May 11. Their corpses were mistaken for mannequins by emergency personnel. None of them or the Six Flags administrators realized these fatalities until later.
• 1984 – York Minster fire. On 9 July, a fire destroyed part of the Minster's roof in York, England.
• 1984 – Union Oil refinery in Romeoville, IL had two explosions and a fire on July 23, 1984 killing at least 14 and injuring 23 people.^[53]
• 1985 – Valley Parade Ground Stadium fire in Bradford, England, 56 die on May 11.
• 1985 – Saavedra Psychiatric Hospital fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killed 79 and injured 247.
• 1985 – The Tholsel, the town hall of Kilkenny, Ireland, is gutted by fire on September 20.
• 1986 –  [ja] in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 24 people fatalities on February 11.
• 1986 – Hampton Court Palace fire near London, England, on March 31, was determined to have been accidentally set by its only victim, the 86-year-old widow of General Richard Gale.
• 1986 – Chernobyl disaster an explostion and fire in the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on Saturday 26 April 1986, leads to a meltdown resulting in the worst nuclear accident in history to date.
• 1986 – Fire and chemical spill at Sandoz in the Schweizerhalle industrial area near Basel, Switzerland, caused heavy pollution problems in the river Rhine in November 1986.
• 1986 – Dupont Plaza Hotel fire, set by disgruntled employees, killed 97 in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 31.
• 1987 – The Kerr Mill fire destroyed three mills in Fall River, Massachusetts on January 12.
• 1987 – A fuel tanker truck ran into an ice cream parlour and exploded in Herborn, Germany; 12 houses set on fire and six killed on July 7.
• 1987 – King's Cross tube station fire in London killed 31 and injured 100 on November 18
• 1988 – Chung King Mansions fire, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, one killed and nine injured on February 21.^[29][54][55]
• 1988 – A fire at the Hotel International in Oerlikon, Zürich, Switzerland, killed six on February 14.
• 1988 – First Interstate Tower fire in Los Angeles, California. Fire breaks out on 4 May, killing one.
• 1988 – A fire at a Ford dealership in Hackensack, New Jersey, killed five firefighters from the Hackensack Fire Department on July 1.
• 1988 – Several houses caught fire and were destroyed in Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom after a terrorist bomb caused Pan Am Flight 103 to break up during flight, on December 21.
• 1989 – Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, caused by faulty iron cord, killed five people on January 27.
• 1989 – Premier Studio of Mysore fire, Mysore, Karnataka, India, 62 killed on February 8.
• 1989 – Downunder Hostel fire, Australia, set by an arsonist on September 17 in a backpackers hostel in Sydney, killed six.
• 1989 – Girls' school fire in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killed 27 girls on September 21.
• 1989 – Hillhaven Rehabilitation and Convalescent Home fire in Norfolk, Virginia, killed 12 on October 5.
• 1989 – House fire in Rotterdam, N.Y. on November 22. Grandmother tries to rescue two grandsons aged 7, 8, and all three die.
• 1989 – Sevier Center renovated hotel senior residence in Johnson City, Tennessee on December 24; 14 killed by smoke inhalation.

1990s[]

• 1990 – Flying discothèque fire at Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 43 killed on January 14.
• 1990 – Happy Land fire, arson fire in the Bronx, New York City, killed 87 on March 25, the deadliest crime committed by a single person in the history of New York City.
• 1991 – Fire caused by oil-soaked rags at One Meridian Plaza, Philadelphia, United States, killed three firefighters on February 23–24
• 1991 – Bright Sparklers Fireworks fire, killed 26 and injured over 100 on 7 May.^[56]
• 1991 – Hamlet chicken processing plant fire killed 25 people on September 3.
• 1991 – Funhouse at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England, destroyed by fire on December 17.
• 1992 – Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire, Hong Kong, 24 killed and 126 injured.^[37]

The Executive Council Building in flames during the Siege of Sarajevo in May 1992.

• 1992 – Executive Council Building fire in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1992 – Pension de Vogel homeless hostel fire, The Hague, Netherlands, 11 killed and 15 injured on September 16.
• 1992 – An apartment building is destroyed by fire in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after a Boeing 747 crashes into it; 43 people were killed and 26 injured on October 4.
• 1992 – Windsor Castle fire, England, on November 20.
• 1992 – A part of the roof and the upper floor of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, burned down on November 26.
• 1993 – Fire in a 10-story building in the Hsinhua section of Taipei, Taiwan, killed 34 on January 18.
• 1993 – Linxi department store fire, Tangshan, Hebei, China, 79 killed and 51 injured on February 14.
• 1993 – World Trade Center bombing, New York City, New York, six killed and 1042 injured on February 26.
• 1993 – Paxton Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, killed 19 on March 16.
• 1993 – Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas, about 80 killed.
• 1993 – Kader Toy Factory fire, Bangkok, Thailand, 189 killed on 10 May.
• 1993 – Madimak Hotel fire, Sivas, Turkey, killed 35 on July 2.
• 1993 – St. Mary's Church (built 1887), Fort Wayne, Indiana, no deaths or injuries on September 2.^[57]
• 1993 – Zhili Toy Factory fire, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 81 killed on November 20.^[58]
• 1993 – Gaofu Textile Factory fire, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 61 killed on December 13.
• 1993 – Kheyvis nightclub fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17 killed and 25 injured on December 20.
• 1994 – The Parlement of Brittany, set alight by fishermen on strike, is destroyed by fire, February 4–5.
• 1994 –  [zh], Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, 12 killed in firebomb attack on January 10.^{[37][28][29][59][60]}
• 1994 – Fuxin Discothèque fire at Fuxin, Liaoning, China, 234 killed on November 27.^[44]
• 1994 – 1994 Karamay fire, Karamay, Xinjiang, China, 324 killed (288 pupils and 36 teachers) on December 10.^[16][44][45]
• 1994 – Switel Hotel fire, Antwerp, Belgium, 15 killed and 164 severely injured on December 31.
• 1995 – Weierkang Club fire, Taichung, Taiwan, killed 64.
• 1995 – Anshan hotel fire, Anshan, Liaoning, China, killed 30 on March 14.^[44]
• 1995 – Ürümqi fire, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, killed 51 on April 24.^[44]
• 1995 – Hotel St. George fire, Brooklyn, New York, United States. August 26.
• 1995 – Gyeonni Women Technical School fire, Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea, killed 38.
• 1995 – Dabwali fire accident, Haryana, India, 540 killed on December 23.
• 1995 – Hotel Olympik, Prague, Czech Republic, killed eight.
• 1996 – Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
• 1996 – Ozone Disco fire, Quezon City, Philippines, 162 killed and 95 injured on March 18.
• 1996 – Kebon Kembang shopping mall fire, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia, 78 killed on March 28.
• 1996 – Düsseldorf Airport fire, killed 17 on April 11.
• 1996 – Heaven Hill distillery fire in Kentucky on November 7.
• 1996 – The Garley Building fire, Hong Kong, 40 killed on November 20.^[37][29][60]
• 1996 – Residential building fire caused by arson attack, Shanghai, China, 36 killed on November 27.^[44]
• 1997 –  [zh] caused by arson attack, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, 17 killed on January 25.^[37][29][61]
• 1997 – 1997 Aisin fire, Kariya, Aichi, Japan, on February 1.
• 1997 – temple fire started by a visitor's firecracker, at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, 60 killed and 200 injured on June 8.
• 1997 – Uphaar Cinema fire, Green Park, New Delhi, India, 59 killed on June 13.
• 1997 – , in , none killed but burned for four days, July 9–12.
• 1997 – Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire, in Thailand, killed 88 on July 11.
• 1997 – Arson attack by an employee at a shoe factory, Jinjiang City, Fujian, China, 32 killed on September 21.^[44]
• 1998 – Dormitory fire at Bombolulu Girls High School, Mombasa, Kenya, 24 killed on March 25.
• 1998 – Gothenburg nightclub fire in Gothenburg, Sweden, killed 63 on October 30.
• 1998 – Orphanage fire in Manila, Philippines, killed 28 on December 3.
• 1999 – Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire killed six firefighters.
• 1999 – Sealand Youth Training Center Fire. The one-storey Sealand Youth Training Center fire at Hwaseong killed 23 and injured five on June 30.
• 1999 – Two-story buildings with cinema complex fire at Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killed 75 on September 24.
• 1999 – Four-story complex buildings with Sun-Hun Choe karaoke room fire at Incheon, South Korea, killed 54 and injured 70 on October 30.
• 1999 – Jilin hotel fire, Changchun, Jilin, China, killed 20 on December 26.^[44]

21st century[]

2000s[]

The World Trade Center burning in the background during the September 11 attacks in 2001.

• 2000 – Immigration Tower fire, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, two killed and 48 injured on August 2.^[60]
• 2000 – Tiantang cinema fire in Jiaozuo, Henan, China, killed 74 on March 29.^[44]
• 2000 – Xiamen, Fuji electric factory, killed eight females.^[62]
• 2000 – Qingzhou chicken processing plant fire, Qingzhou, Shandong, China, 38 workers killed on April 22.^[44]
• 2000 – Enschede fireworks disaster, Enschede, Netherlands, 22 killed (including four firemen) on 13 May.
• 2000 – Fireworks factory fire, Guangdong, China, 36 killed on June 30.^[44]
• 2000 – Fire on Ostankino Tower, Moscow.
• 2000 – Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire in Childers, Queensland, 15 killed in arson attack on June 23.^[63]
• 2000 – Hôtelissimo Les Relais Bleus Hotel, Gonesse, France. On July 25, 2000 the hotel was destroyed after Air France Flight 4590 crashed into it shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France. All 109 people on board the plane were killed, along with four people in the hotel. There were no non-fatal injuries.
• 2000 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire in Luoyang, Henan, China, killed 309 on December 25.^[45]
• 2001 – Volendam New Years fire during a New Year's party in De Hemel cafè in Volendam, Netherlands killed 14 and injured 200.
• 2001 – Kyanguli Secondary school fire, Machakos, Eastern Province, Kenya, 68 killed on March 26.
• 2001 – Erwadi fire incident, Tamil Nadu, India, 25 killed on August 6.
• 2001 – Phantasialand a fire destroyed two roller coasters, a theatre and parts of the Westernstadt. It was the result of a cable fire in the Grand-Canyon-Bahn caused by faulty wiring. The blaze covered about 38 million Deutsche Mark (17 million USD) in damage[5] and 54 people were injured.
• 2001 – Manor Hotel fire, Quezon City, Philippines, 75 killed on August 17.
• 2001 – Myojo 56 building fire, Tokyo, Japan, 44 killed by arson on September 1.
• 2001 – September 11 attacks – Two airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City, sparked fires on multiple floors. 2,606 victims died as a result of the fires and the subsequent collapse of the towers. A third building, World Trade Center Building 7, which was not hit by a plane, but heavily damaged due to the collapse of the towers, also caught fire and subsequently collapsed. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and its impact and subsequent fire killed 125 victims in the building.
• 2001 – Several houses caught fire after American Airlines flight 587 crashed into a Queens neighborhood, all 265 on the plane and five people on the ground died.
• 2001 – Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City catches fire on December 21.
• 2001 – Mesa Redonda fire, Lima, Peru, 291 killed on December 29.
• 2002 – Shree Lee International footwear factory fire, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 42 killed on June 26.
• 2002 – Heppi Karaoke bar fire, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 42 killed on July 9.
• 2002 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, Vietnam, over 60 killed, over 100 missing and 500 injured in a luxury department store fire and collapse.
• 2002 – Sidi Moussa prison fire, El Jadida, Morocco, killing 50, on November 2.
• 2002 – La Coajira nightclub fire at Caracas, Venezuela, 47 killed on December 1.
• 2003 – The Station nightclub fire 96 died at the scene on February 20 in West Warwick, Rhode Island; four others later died from injuries at local hospitals.
• 2003 – Greenwood Nursing Home fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16 on February 26.
• 2003 – Daegu subway fire in Daegu, South Korea, 192 killed by arson on February 18.
• 2003 – Cook County Administration Building fire, 6 killed October 17; tied for largest litigated payout: $100 million dollars.
• 2003 – Nursing home fire in Nashville, Tennessee, killed 14 on September 25.
• 2003 – Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fire, Moscow, Russia, 36 killed on November 24.
• 2003 – Château de Lunéville gutted by fire, January 2–3, 2003.
• 2004 – fire, Jilin, northeastern China, killed 53 on February 16.
• 2004 – San Pedro Sula prison fire, Honduras, killed 103 on 17 May.
• 2004 – Momart warehouse fire, numerous significant contemporary work of arts destroyed by fire, 24 May, Leyton, East London.
• 2004 – 2004 Kumbakonam School fire, Kumbakonam, Tamil-Nadu, India, killed 94 on July 16.
• 2004 – Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire. Supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, killed 370, injured 500 on August 1.
• 2004 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire in Buenos Aires killed 194, injured 714 on December 30.^[64]
• 2005 – The Windsor Tower Building Fire (Spain), February 14–15.^[65][66]
• 2005 – Beni Suef Cultural Palace fire in Egypt and killed 46 on September 5.^[67]
• 2005 – Aardman Animations storage depot fire, October 10.
• 2005 – 11 die in a fire at the detention center of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on October 27.
• 2005 – Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire, a major explosion at Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire injured 43 on December 11.
• 2005 – Liaoyang City Central Hospital fire, Liaoyang, Jilin, China, 39 killed on December 12.
• 2006 – KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh, 65 killed, 100 injured on February 24.
• 2006 – "Edificio Diego Portales" (Now Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral) fire, at Santiago, Chile, caused a partial collapse on March 5.
• 2006 – Trinity Cathedral fire in Saint Petersburg, Russia on August, 24.
• 2006 – Kolkata leather factory fire killed at least nine people in India on November 22.
• 2006 – killed 46 December 9.
• 2006 – Fire at a store in Ormoc City, Philippines killed 24.^[68]
• 2007 – Nursing home fire at , Krasnodar, southern Russia, killed 63 on March 19.
• 2007 – Penhallow Hotel fire at Newquay, Cornwall.
• 2007 – Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire in Charleston, South Carolina; nine firefighters were killed on June 18.
• 2007 – Warwickshire warehouse fire in Atherstone-on-Stour, Warwickshire when four firefighters were killed.
• 2007 – Warehouse fire in Mexico City, Mexico, killed five people.
• 2008 – Fire at Korea 2000 refrigerated warehouse while under construction, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 40 killed on January 7.
• 2008 – Namdaemun fire with collapse at Seoul, South Korea on February 10.
• 2008 – Historic Quebec City Armoury roof and interior destroyed by fire, Quebec, Canada, on April 4.
• 2008 – Four-story Rosamor Furniture factory fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco, killed 55 on April 25.

Fire at Alma College in May 2008. Only a brick shell remained and was subsequently demolished.

• 2008 – Historic Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada burnt down by arsonists on 28 May.
• 2008 – Universal studios fire in Universal City, California, on June 1, destroyed the master tapes of as many as a half million songs recorded during the 20th and 21st centuries.
• 2008 – Texas Governor's Mansion heavily damaged during an extensive renovation; thought to be arson.
• 2008 – Cornwall Court Fire in Hong Kong on August 10, killed four people including two firefighters.
• 2008 – Toronto propane explosion in North York on August 10, killed two people including one firefighter.
• 2008 – Wuwang Club fire in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, on September 20, killing 43.^[45][69]
• 2008 – Video Parlour Cats fire by arsonist in Nanba, Osaka, Japan, killed 15 and injured 10 on October 1.
• 2008 – Garrick's Villa near London, England, roof destroyed by fire on October 20.
• 2009 – Santika Club fire, Bangkok, Thailand, killed 66 on January 1.
• 2009 – Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, killed 29 on January 28.
• 2009 – Beijing Television Cultural Center fire caused by fire works, one death.
• 2009 – Bashundhara City mall fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed seven people on March 13.
• 2009 – Homeless hostel fire in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, killed 23 on April 13.
• 2009 – ABC daycare center fire killed 47 in Hermosillo, Mexico, on June 5.
• 2009 – Lakanal House tower block fire killed six in Camberwell, London on July 3.
• 2009 – Three alarm fire at a delicatessen in Buffalo, New York, killed two firefighters on August 24.^[70]
• 2009 – Taldykorgan Regional Drug Rehabilitation Hospital fire in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, killed 38 on September 13.^[71]
• 2009 – Perm Lame Horse Night club fire in Perm, Russia, killed 153 people and injured over 140 on December 4.^[72][73]
• 2009 – in Medan of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killed 20 on December 4.^[74]

2010s[]

• 2010 – in Pulau Tioman, Malaysia; no deaths but 12 injured.
• 2010 – in Thailand, burned BEC TV3, CentralWorld and many buildings.
• 2010 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes on September 10.
• 2010 – 2010 Shanghai fire,^[75] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53.
• 2010 – 2010 Santiago prison fire. A fire in a prison in Santiago, Chile killed at least 81 inmates in the country's deadliest ever prison incident.
• 2010 – A fire in Provo, Utah destroyed the historic Provo Tabernacle^[76] in a 4-alarm fire on December 17.
• 2010 – Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, killed at least 42.^[77]
• 2010 – A fire at a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh owned by Ha-meem Group killed 25 and injured 100 in December.^[78]
• 2011 – March 17, Listowel, Ontario, Canada, fire at dollar store kills two volunteer firefighters and spurs changes to fire code.
• 2011 – Fire caused by electrical short circuit at a eunuch festival, Delhi, India, 15 killed and at least 36 injured on November 21.^[79]
• 2011 – A fire at AMRI hospital Kolkata, West Bengal killed at least 90, mostly caused by toxic fumes spreading through ducts of the central air conditioning system, December 9.^[80]
• 2012 – Propane tanks at a dentist office in Laredo, Texas, caused an explosion heard several miles away. No deaths, but millions of dollars in reported damage within a 3,000 m (1.9 mi) radius.^[81]
• 2012 – Comayagua prison fire. A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, killed more than 361 inmates on February 14.^[82]
• 2012 – A massive fire swept through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls and injuring 11 people.^[83]
• 2012 – A fire in a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers.^[84]
• 2012 – Explosions and a fire at Bangkok Synthetics Plant petrochemical plant for synthetic rubber, in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong Province, Thailand, killed 12 people and injured more than 100.^[85]
• 2012 – 2012 Venezuela Refinery Explosion. An explosion and fire at the Paraguaná Refinery Complex killed 48 and injured 151.
• 2012 – 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Karachi garment factory killed at least 312 workers.^[86][87]
• 2012 – 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Lahore shoe factory in Pakistan killed 25 workers.^[88]
• 2012 – An arson at the Beinan Branch of Xinyang Hospital, Taiwan, resulted in the deaths of 13 patients. The perpetrator, in the final phase of cancer and upset by his illness, received the death penalty, dying during detention in April 2014.^[89]
• 2012 – 2012 Dhaka fire. A fire in a Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 124.^[90]
• 2012 - Fire at Shola Shopping Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• 2013 – Kiss nightclub fire. A fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, after performers were said to have set off fireworks, killed at least 233 people.^[91][92]
• 2013 – A fire in Surya Sen Market, Kolkata killed 18 people.^[93]
• 2013 – West Fertilizer Company explosion. West, Texas explosion, when probable arson started a fire that detonated hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate at a fertilizer plant, killing 15 and injuring over 160. Nearby apartment buildings were destroyed and windows seven miles (eleven kilometres) away were broken.
• 2013 – 2013 Moscow psychiatric hospital fire killed 38.^[94]
• 2013 – Southwest Inn fire. A fire at the Southwest Inn motel killed four firefighters in Houston, Texas.^[95]
• 2013 – Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire. This fire killed 119 persons in  [zh], Jilin, China.^[96]
• 2013 – A fire at a psychiatric hospital in , Russia, killed 37.^{[citation needed]}
• 2013 – Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. July 6, an unattended freight train carrying crude oil rolled into Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, and derailed. The resulting explosion and fire destroyed more than 30 buildings in the town's centre. Forty-two people were confirmed dead, with five more missing and presumed dead.
• 2013 – A fire at Hải Dương Province Trade Centre, Vietnam, with the total value of the contract at 500 billion Vietnamese đồng (25,000,000 USD).^[97]
• 2013 – A fire at Diana Vietnam diaper factory in Bắc Ninh Province with a loss of 20,000,000 USD.^[98]
• 2014 – A fire in Valparaiso, Chile left over 2,500 houses destroyed, 11,000 people homeless and a death toll of 15 people. Authorities stated that it was the worst fire in the history of Valparaiso.
• 2014 – A fire at a bakery shop in Yuanlin, Changhua, Taiwan, caused five deaths.^[99]
• 2014 – A fire at a hospital in Jangseong County in South Korea killed 21 patients and a nurse, and injured several more people.^[100]
• 2014 – A fire in Lowell, Massachusetts in a triple-decker apartment killed four adults and three children.^[101]
• 2014 – 2014 air traffic control facility fire. Arson at an air traffic control edifice in Aurora, Illinois, United States (also known as the "Chicago Center") caused close to 2000 airline flights to undertake emergency landings.^[102]
• 2014 – 2014 Lahore shopping centre fire. Lahore supermarket fire in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan, killed at least 13 people.^[103]
• 2015 – Clandon Park House in Surrey, England burned. Treasures and historic items were destroyed.^[104]
• 2015 – 2015 Valenzuela fire. An industrial fire in Valenzuela, Philippines killed 72 people.^[105]
• 2015 – 2015 Baku residence building fire. A fire in a residence building in Baku, Azerbaijan killed 14 people.
• 2015 – October 3, a fire broke out at a disused dock warehouse in Gloucester, UK as a result of arson. While no injuries or fatalities occurred, the warehouse was deemed structurally unstable with part of the warehouse collapsing. Over £2,000,000 in damages were caused as a result of the fire.
• 2015 – Colectiv nightclub fire. A fire at Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania killed 64 people.
• 2016 – A massive fire at a factory in Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia killed 12 people.^{[citation needed]}
• 2016 – A hospital fire at in Baghdad, Iraq killed 11 newborn babies and injured 29 women. The fire was set deliberately by eight men in order to cover up their theft of 100 million Iraqi dinars. They were later arrested.^[106] The Minister of Health of Iraq later resigned due to the incident.^[107]
• 2016 – A fire at a tire warehouse in Lockport, New York raged for multiple days, forced the evacuation of several city blocks, and was determined to have been deliberately set by its only victim, a 14-year-old boy. The boy's friend was later prosecuted for assisting the setting of the fire.^[108]
• 2016 – A fire at the Kaliti Prison during a suspected attempted jailbreak led to the deaths of at least 23 people during the 2016 Ethiopian protests.
• 2016 – A fire erupted at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam, killing 13 people.^[109]
• 2016 – A fire almost completely destroyed the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter, England.^[110]
• 2016 – 2016 Bethlehem Steel fire A fire at the old cooling house of a former Bethlehem Steel complex in Lackawanna, New York Wednesday, November 9, 2016 mobilized Erie County, New York mutual aid from the City of Buffalo as well as suburban volunteer fire companies to assist the Lackawanna Fire Department. A large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles and was picked up by the local NEXRAD weather radar. Only a minor injury to a Buffalo Firefighter occurred.
• 2016 – 2016 Oakland warehouse fire. A fire at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California killed at least 36 people.^[111]
• 2017 – Grenfell Tower fire. A fire at Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey, 220-foot (67 m) high tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, London, England. The fire started in the early hours of Wednesday June 14. The London Fire Brigade were first called at 00:54 BST (UTC+1). It caused 72 deaths including a stillborn baby.^[112]
• 2017 – Marco Polo condo fire. The fire in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed four people and injured 13.
• 2017 – A fire occurred at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah School in Kuala Lumpur on the morning of September 14. At least 24 students and teachers were killed.^[113]
• 2017 – 2017 Davao City mall fire, Philippines. On December 23, a fire erupted in a shopping mall in Davao City, which led to the deaths of 38 people; 37 worked for Survey Sampling International, and one of the mall's employees who was also a part of the mall's emergency response team.^[114]
• 2017 – 2017 Jecheon fire. On December 21, a gym fire in Jecheon, South Korea killed 29 and 36 others were injured.^[115]
• 2017 – 2017 Bronx apartment fire On December 27, 13 people were killed and 14 were hurt when a fire swept through a Bronx apartment complex. It was New York City's worst accidental fire in 25 years.
• 2018 – On January 20, four people were killed and others were injured when a fire broke out at the Eurostars David Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic.^[116]
• 2018 – 2018 Sejong Hospital fire. On January 26, a hospital fire in Miryang, South Korea killed at least 37 people and injured more than 131 others in the country's worst fire in over a decade.^[117][118]
• 2018 – 2018 Baku fire. On March 2, a fire killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.^[119]
• 2018 – On March 23, a fire erupted in a large condominium complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 13 people were killed and 28 others were injured.^[120]
• 2018 – 2018 Kemerovo fire. On March 25, a fire killed 60 people, mostly children, at a mall in Kemerovo, Russia. Six other persons were reported missing.^[121]
• 2018 – 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire. On March 28, rioting and a fire at a police station in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo State, left 68 people dead.^[122]
• 2018 – On April 23, eighteen people were killed and five others were injured in a suspected arson attack at a karaoke lounge in southern China.^[123]
• 2018 – Europa-Park, Germany. On 26 May, a blaze broke out at this theme park in a backstage area and quickly spread to the adjoining Pirates in Batavia attraction. Seven firefighters sustained minor injuries due to smoke inhalation.
• 2018 – 2018 Harbin hotel fire. On August 25, a fire at a hotel in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, killed 19 and injured 23.
• 2018 – On August 28, A 300-year-old building in Belfast (Bank Buildings) caught fire and is at risk of collapse.^[124]

Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire

• 2018 – National Museum of Brazil fire. On September 2, the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro caught fire. It was the oldest museum in the country at 200 years old, and used to be the home of the royal family during imperial times. It had the biggest ethnological and anthropological collection in Latin America.^[125]
• 2019 – On 5 February, ten people died in a fire at a building in Paris, France. A woman started the fire after a discussion with the neighbors and was later arrested by police.^[126]
• 2019 – Ninho do Urubu fire. On 8 February, fire engulfed a dormitory at a soccer youth team training centre of Flamengo, killing 10 teenage players.^[127]
• 2019 – On 12 February, at least 17 people died in a fire that broke out at a hotel in Delhi, India.^[128]

Notre-Dame de Paris fire

• 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris fire. On 15 April, the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, suffered a devastating fire.
• 2019 – On 15 April, a guard station well outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, caught fire as smoke emerged from the Marwani Prayer Room.^[129]
• 2019 – On 17 April, a man has set his flat on fire and then stabbed building residents as they tried to flee, killing 5 people and wounding 13 others in Jinju, South Korea.^[130]
• 2019 – Kyoto Animation arson attack. On 18 July, a man poured gasoline around the studios of Kyoto Animation and, repeatedly shouting "Die!", ignited it, killing 35.^[131]
• 2019 – On 12 September a fire started in an electric generator behind the intensive care unit of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing 14 patients due to asphyxiation from smoke or life support equipment shutdown.^[132]
• 2019 – On 18 September, at least 27 people died in a fire in a boarding school near Monrovia, Liberia.^[133]
• 2019 – Star City fire. A fire at the Star City amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, occurred at midnight on October 2, 2019.^[134]
• 2019 – New Zealand International Convention Centre fire – Auckland, New Zealand, 22 October. A fire in the roof of this under-construction building led to disruption in Auckland's central business district for three days.^[135] The fire was left to burn itself out. Four people were injured.^[136]
• 2019 – On 31 October 2019 fire at the Shuri Castle, total seven facilities, 4800 square meters (1.19 acres) were lost in Naha Japan.Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.^{[page needed]}
• 2019 – On 22 November, a fire broke out in the basement of the Claremont Hotel in Eastbourne, England. 130 guests were staying in the hotel at the time.^[137]
• 2019 – Alpine Motel Apartments fire, downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, December 21, 2019. The deadliest fire to occur within city limits, killing six residents.^[138]

2020s[]

• 2020  – Nantes Cathedral organ and windows destroyed.^{[citation needed]}
• 2020  – 14 November: Piatra Neamț hospital fire in Piatra Neamț, Romania, causing 10 deaths.^[139]
• 2020  – 25 December: Socola hospital fire in Iași, Romania, resulting in one death.^[139]
• 2021  – 21 January: 2021 Kharkiv fire in a nursing home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing 15, and injuring 11.^[140]
• 2021  – 29 January: Matei Balș hospital fire in Romania in the Matei Balș hospital at Bucharest,^[139] ending in 15 deaths.^[141]
• 2021  – 11 March: 2021 Cairo clothing factory fire killing 20 people, and injuring 24.^[142]
• 2021  – 26 March: 2021 Mumbai hospital fire killing 10 people.^[143]
• 2021  – 24 April: Baghdad hospital fire at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital of Baghdad, Iraq leaves at least 82 people dead.^[144]
• 2021  – 28 April: Riga hostel fire killed 8 people, and injured 9 others.^[145]
• 2021  – 7 June: June 2021 Pune fire
• 2021  – 25 June: Zhecheng school fire
• 2021  – 9 July: Rupganj factory fire occurred at a food and drink factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, injuring 20 and leaving 52 dead.
• 2021  – 8 September: Tangerang prison fire

See also[]

• List of fires
• List of town and city fires
• List of fires at major places of worship

References[]