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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States , in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
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1
September 11 attacks
September 11, 2001
343
40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″W / 40.713000°N 74.013500°W / 40.713000; -74.013500
[1]
2
Great Fire of 1910
August 22, 1910
78[N 1]
47°25′34″N 116°6′13″W / 47.42611°N 116.10361°W / 47.42611; -116.10361
[1] [3]
4
Texas City disaster
April 16, 1947
27
29°22′39″N 94°53′29″W / 29.37750°N 94.89139°W / 29.37750; -94.89139
[4] [2]
5
Chicago Union Stock Yards fire
December 22, 1910
21
41°49′8.31″N 87°39′40.08″W / 41.8189750°N 87.6611333°W / 41.8189750; -87.6611333
[4] [2]
6
McKee refinery fire
July 29, 1956
19
35°57′21.28″N 101°53′11.49″W / 35.9559111°N 101.8865250°W / 35.9559111; -101.8865250
[4] [2]
Yarnell Hill Fire
June 30, 2013
19
34°14′47.84″N 112°45′20.94″W / 34.2466222°N 112.7558167°W / 34.2466222; -112.7558167
[2]
8
Blackwater fire of 1937
August 21, 1937
15
44°24′43″N 109°44′30″W / 44.41194°N 109.74167°W / 44.41194; -109.74167
[5]
Rattlesnake Fire
July 9, 1953
15
39°39′19.05″N 122°38′9.67″W / 39.6552917°N 122.6360194°W / 39.6552917; -122.6360194
[4] [2]
10
South Canyon Fire
July 6, 1994
14
39°34′26.48″N 107°25′36.82″W / 39.5740222°N 107.4268944°W / 39.5740222; -107.4268944
[4] [2]
11
Strand Theatre Fire (Brockton, Massachusetts)
March 10, 1941
13
42°4′58.40″N 71°1′9.58″W / 42.0828889°N 71.0193278°W / 42.0828889; -71.0193278
[4] [2]
Mann Gulch fire
August 4, 1949
13
46°52′46.56″N 111°54′17.64″W / 46.8796000°N 111.9049000°W / 46.8796000; -111.9049000
[4] [2]
Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire
December 21, 1910
13
39°58′5.50″N 75°8′29.35″W / 39.9681944°N 75.1414861°W / 39.9681944; -75.1414861
[4]
14
Kingman explosion
July 5, 1973
12
35°12′54.10″N 114°1′48.95″W / 35.2150278°N 114.0302639°W / 35.2150278; -114.0302639
[4]
23rd Street Fire
October 17, 1966
12
40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W / 40.7409417°N 73.9888917°W / 40.7409417; -73.9888917
[4]
Loop Fire Disaster
November 1, 1966
12
34°20′05″N 118°23′47″W / 34.33472°N 118.39639°W / 34.33472; -118.39639 [N 2]
[6]
16
Inaja Fire
November 25, 1956
11
33°5′54″N 116°39′50″W / 33.09833°N 116.66389°W / 33.09833; -116.66389
[7]
17
West Fertilizer Company explosion
April 17, 2013
10
31°48′58″N 97°05′17″W / 31.816°N 97.088°W / 31.816; -97.088
[8]
18
Charleston Sofa Super Store fire
June 18, 2007
9
40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W / 40.7409417°N 73.9888917°W / 40.7409417; -73.9888917
[9]
Hotel Vendome fire
June 17, 1972
9
42°21′4.55″N 71°4′43.09″W / 42.3512639°N 71.0786361°W / 42.3512639; -71.0786361
[4] [2]
Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, New York)
February 3, 1939
9
43°3′4.79″N 76°9′12.92″W / 43.0513306°N 76.1535889°W / 43.0513306; -76.1535889
[10]
21
Great Boston Fire of 1872
November 9, 1872
8
42°21′13.75″N 71°3′30.80″W / 42.3538194°N 71.0585556°W / 42.3538194; -71.0585556
[1]
1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire
August 17, 1975
8
39°54′7″N 75°12′17″W / 39.90194°N 75.20472°W / 39.90194; -75.20472
[11]
Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, Pennsylvania)
February 17, 1882
8
39°50′46″N 75°21′24″W / 39.84611°N 75.35667°W / 39.84611; -75.35667
[12]
24
Waldbaum's supermarket fire
August 2, 1978
6
40°35′33.93″N 73°57′0.48″W / 40.5927583°N 73.9501333°W / 40.5927583; -73.9501333
[13]
Kansas City ammonium nitrate explosion
November 29, 1988
6
39°50′47.98″N 94°34′22.49″W / 39.8466611°N 94.5729139°W / 39.8466611; -94.5729139
[14]
Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire (Worcester, Massachusetts)
December 3, 1999
6
42°15′36.23″N 71°47′34.17″W / 42.2600639°N 71.7928250°W / 42.2600639; -71.7928250
[4]
Notes [ ]
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^ Another source says that there were 86 deaths, but this seems to count almost all of the civilians as well.[2]
^ Angeles National Forest . Approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) southwest of the Pacoima Dam . Page 12 & 43 of The Loop Fire Report reference has map with the location marked relative to the dam.
Citations [ ]
^ a b c "Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters" . National Fire Protection Association .
^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Worst Firefighter Tragedies: Where Deadly Ariz. Blaze Ranks" . NBC 10 Philadelphia . 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
^ Inferno "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-07-01 .{{cite web }}
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "FOX Facts: Deadliest Firefighter Disasters" . Fox News . 19 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
^ "Staff Ride to the Blackwater Fire" . Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013 .
^ Pyles, Hamilton; Spaulding, Alfred; Wilson, Carl; Moore, William; Brunton, George (n.d.). "The Loop Fire Disaster" (PDF) . Fireleadership.gov . United States Forest Service . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019 .
^ "America's Most Devastating Wildfires | American Experience | PBS" . www.pbs.org . Retrieved 2017-10-18 .
^ "Memorial held for firefighters killed in West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion" . 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013 .
^ "Remembering the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Six Years Later" . International Association of Fire Fighters . 18 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013 .
^ "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"
^ "Gulf Oil Refinery- Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Years Ago. Tragic Fire Revisited" . Firehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2014-04-02 .
^ "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"
^ Spak, Steve. " "The Waldbaum's Fire and Tragedy" " .
^ "Six Kansas City firefighters killed in 1988 explosion" . The Kansas City Star . Retrieved 18 October 2017 .
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