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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents. Purposeful disasters, such as terrorist attacks, are omitted; those events can be found at List of battles and other violent events by death toll.
Amusement parks
Deaths | Date | Attraction | Amusement park | Location |
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28 | 14 February 2004 | Transvaal Park (entire facility affected); the roof of the indoor water park collapsed | Transvaal Park | Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia[1] |
15 | 27 June 2015 | Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injured | Formosa Fun Coast | Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan[2] |
8 | 1984-5-11 | Haunted Castle; a fire caused by a cigarette lighter igniting the flammable foam-rubber walls of the facility | Six Flags Great Adventure | Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States[3] |
7 | 1979-6-9 | Ghost Train; a fire at the parks ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage | Luna Park Sydney | Sydney, Australia[4] |
7 | 1981-8-14 | Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured | Hamburger Dom | Hamburg, (Germany)[5][6] |
6 | 13 August 1944 | Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured | Palisades Amusement Park | Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States[7] |
6 | 2010-6-29 | Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured | Overseas Chinese Town East | Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China[8] |
5 | 1972-5-30 | Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured | Battersea Park | Battersea, London, England[9] |
5 | 2017-6-23 | Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool | Kuzuluk Aquapark | Akyazi, Turkey[10] |
4 | 1930-7-24 | Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured | Krug Park | Omaha, Nebraska, United States[11][12] |
4 | 2016-10-25 | Thunder River Rapids Ride; one of the rafts at the ride flipped upside down and became wedged under a conveyor belt | Dreamworld | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia[13] |
3 | 1986-6-14 | Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar | Galaxyland | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[14] |
3 | 1978-7-26 | Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground | Six Flags St. Louis | Eureka, Missouri, United States[15] |
Aviation
Deaths | Date | Incident | Location |
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583 | 27 March 1977 | Pan Am Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805 |
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
520 | 12 August 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | Ueno, Japan |
349 | 12 November 1996 | Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 |
Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India |
346 | 3 March 1974 | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 | Fontaine-Chaalis, France |
301 | 19 August 1980 | Saudia Flight 163 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
275 | 19 February 2003 | 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash | Kerman, Iran |
273 | 25 May 1979 | American Airlines Flight 191 | Des Plaines, Illinois, United States |
265 | 12 November 2001 | American Airlines Flight 587 | Queens, New York, United States |
264 | 26 April 1994 | China Airlines Flight 140 | Komaki, Japan |
261 | 11 July 1991 | Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Cable transport
Deaths | Date | Incident | Location |
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155 | 11 November 2000 | Kaprun disaster[16] | Kaprun, Austria |
43 | 9 March 1976 | 1976 Cavalese cable car disaster[17] | Cavalese, Italy |
20 | 1 June 1990 | Tbilisi cable car disaster[18] | Tbilisi, Georgia |
20 | 3 February 1998 | 1998 Cavalese cable car disaster[19] | Cavalese, Italy |
20 | 1 July 1999 | Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car disaster[20] | Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France |
13 | 12 July 1972 | Bettmeralp cable car disaster[21][22] | Bettmeralp, Switzerland |
12 | 29 June 2017 | Charra Pani cable car disaster[23] | Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan |
11 | 13 February 1983 | Champoluc cable car disaster[24] | Champoluc, Italy |
9 | 26 October 1972 | Les Deux Alpes cable car disaster[21] | Les Deux Alpes, Isère, France |
9 | 5 September 2005 | Sölden cable car disaster[25] | Sölden, Austria |
8 | 13 January 1989 | Vaujany cable car disaster[26] | Vaujany, France |
7 | 25 December 1965 | Le Mont-Dore cable car disaster[20] | Le Mont-Dore, France |
7 | 29 January 1983 | Singapore Cable Car disaster[27] | Singapore |
7 | 19 January 2003 | 2003 Pavagadh cable car disaster[28] | Pavagadh, India |
7 | 25 June 2017 | Gulmarg cable car disaster[29] | Gulmarg, India |
6 | 29 August 1961 | Aiguille du Midi cable car accident[20] | Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France |
6 | 1 March 1987 | Luz-Ardiden cable car accident[20] | Luz-Ardiden, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
5 | 8 December 1970 | Merano cable car accident[24] | Merano, Italy |
4 | 1 August 1971 | Alagna Valsesia cable car accident[20] | Alagna Valsesia, Italy |
4 | 9 July 1974 | Ulriken cable car accident[20] | Ulriken, Norway |
4 | 26 March 1976 | Vail cable car accident[30] | Vail, Colorado, USA |
4 | 15 April 1978 | Squaw Valley cable car accident[20] | Olympic Valley, California, USA |
4 | 29 January 1992 | Nassfeld cable car accident[20] | Nassfeld, Austria |
4 | 19 October 2003 | Darjeeling cable car accident[20][29] | Darjeeling, India |
4 | 24 April 2016 | 2016 Pavagadh cable car accident[31] | Pavagadh, India |
3 | 26 July 1978 | Skyway cable car accident[15] | Eureka, Missouri, USA |
3 | 2 April 2004 | Yerevan funicular accident[20] | Yerevan, Armenia |
2 | 15 August 1960 | Monte Faito cable car accident[20] | Monte Faito, Italy |
2 | 5 September 1965 | Lincoln cable car accident[20] | Lincoln, Nebraska, USA |
2 | 9 July 1966 | Aiguille du Midi cable car accident[20] | Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France |
2 | 14 December 1985 | Keystone cable car accident[32] | Keystone, Colorado, USA |
2 | 24 November 1991 | Pico Espejo cable car accident[20] | Pico Espejo, Mérida, Venezuela |
2 | 23 December 1995 | Whistler Blackcomb cable car accident[33] | Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada |
2 | 3 August 2013 | Gross Aubrig cable car accident[34] | Gross Aubrig, Switzerland |
1 | 1 September 1943 | 1943 Angels Flight funicular accident[35] | Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, USA |
1 | 9 April 1947 | Monte Serrate funicular accident[20] | Monte Serrate, São Paulo, Brazil |
1 | 26 July 1956 | Mount Rowe cable car accident[20] | Mount Rowe, New Hampshire, USA |
1 | 10 August 1957 | Cogne cable car accident[20] | Cogne, Val d'Aosta, Italy |
1 | 15 June 1968 | Raton Pass cable car accident[20] | Raton Pass, New Mexico, USA |
1 | 22 October 1979 | Texas State Fair cable car accident[36] | Dallas, Texas, USA |
1 | 4 February 1984 | Big Powderhorn Mountain cable car accident[20] | Big Powderhorn Mountain, Michigan, USA |
1 | 23 December 1989 | Maple Mountain cable car accident[20] | Maple Mountain, Michigan, USA |
1 | 4 April 1993 | Sierra-at-Tahoe cable car accident[20] | Sierra-at-Tahoe, Twin Bridges, California, USA |
1 | 28 August 1993 | Monte Solaro cable car accident[20] | Monte Solaro, Anacapri, Italy |
1 | 12 October 1996 | Quebec funicular accident[37] | Old Quebec Funicular, Quebec, Canada |
1 | 8 December 1996 | Snow Valley cable car accident[20] | Snow Valley, Ontario, Canada |
1 | 14 December 1996 | Riederalp cable car accident[18] | Riederalp, Switzerland |
1 | 26 December 1999 | Crans Montana cable car accident[20] | Crans Montana, Switzerland |
1 | 3 January 2001 | Table Mountain cable car accident[38] | Cape Town, South Africa |
1 | 4 January 2001 | Powder Ridge cable car accident[20] | Powder Ridge, Kimball, Minnesota, USA |
1 | 1 February 2001 | 2001 Angels Flight funicular accident[39] | Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, USA |
1 | 27 July 2004 | Abisko National Park cable car accident[20] | Abisko National Park, Sweden |
1 | 24 May 2007 | Zillertal cable car accident[20] | Zillertal, Mayrhofen, Austria |
1 | 28 November 2007 | 2007 Heavenly cable car accident[20] | Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, USA |
1 | 3 January 2008 | Grindelwald cable car accident[20] | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
1 | 2 March 2008 | Chamonix cable car accident[20] | Chamonix, France |
1 | 1 September 2009 | 2009 Heavenly cable car accident[20] | Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, USA |
1 | 2 June 2010 | Glenwood Canyon cable car accident[40] | Glenwood Canyon Resort, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA |
1 | 12 April 2014 | Jinggangshan cable car accident[41] | Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, China |
Explosions
Deaths | Date | Incident |
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20,000 | 30 May 1626 | Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. |
3,000 | 18 August 1769 | A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia (Italy), destroying one-sixth of the city[42][43] |
3,000? | 1 November 1948 | Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948.[44][disputed – discuss] Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.[45] |
1,950 | 6 December 1917 | Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada[46] |
1,500 | 8 June 1941 | Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia |
1,300+ | 7 August 1956 | Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia |
1,200 | 16 October 1926 | Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China[47] |
1,121 | 8 June 1943 | Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion, ship sank on 9 June |
1,100 | 27 January 2002 | Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic |
1,082 | 18 October 1998 | Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria |
1,007 | 18 November 1918 | Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium |
1,000+ | 31 August 1794 | Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France |
843 | 9 July 1917 | Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard |
800 | 14 April 1944 | Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
738 | 26 November 1914 | British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark destroyed due to a magazine explosion |
700 | 17 August 1989 | Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq |
621 | 27 February 1925 | Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil[48] |
600+ | 28 March 1943 | Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured |
590 | 3 November 1893 | Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, at the port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, with over 2000 injured[49] |
581 | 16 April 1947 | Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured |
575 | 4 June 1989 | Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union |
565 | 21 September 1921 | Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed |
542 | 9 April 1945 | SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured |
500+ | 19 November 1984 | San Juanico Disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico |
372 | 11 December 1944 | Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371 |
339 | 11 September 1905 | Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port |
322 | 17 July 1944 | Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States |
300 (estimate) | 25 September 1911 | An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté |
296+ | 18 March 1937 | New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States |
246+ | 4 March 2012 | Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo |
234 | 23 December 2003 | PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China |
233 | 20 October 1916 | Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion |
230+ | 2 July 2010 | South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
220 | 11 December 1944 | Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.[50] |
219 | 25 June 2017 | Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. |
217 | 11 July 1978 | Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain |
207 | 28 July 1948 | 1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured[51] |
206 | 22 April 1992 | Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
200+ | 18 July 1806 | Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta |
200+ | 6 June 1991 | Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
200+ | 4 June 2015 | Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana |
200 | 2 December 1984 | Gas explosion in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic |
200 | 1 May 1900 | Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, United States, caused by a dust explosion |
200 | 27 February 1908 | Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico |
189 | 29 April 1942 | Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo Chemie ammonium nitrate explosion, Belgium |
181 | 12 August 2015 | Series of explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, China |
180 | 26 August 1990 | Tuzla, Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia |
171 | 15 February 1991 | A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand |
166 | 28 November 2004 | Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China |
163 | 21 May 1944 | West Loch Disaster, where the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch, Hawaii, United States while handling ammunition |
160 | 20 April 1944 | Vågen explosion in Norway |
159 | 26 September 2000 | Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China |
154 | 22 April 2004 | Ryongchon disaster in North Korea |
153 | 1 January 1982 | Tacoa Disaster (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela) |
151 | 1 January 1807 | Gunpowdership disaster in Leiden, the Netherlands |
151 | 9 July 1930 | Hausdorf, Germany (currently Jugów, Poland) |
150 | 2 November 1773 | Gunpowder explosion in Abbeville, France |
150 | 18 August 1947 | Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain |
150 | 28 March 2011 | Jaʿār munitions factory explosion in Abyan Governorate, Yemen[52] |
147 | 12 November 1945 | Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.[53] |
146 | 2 August 2014 | 2014 Kunshan explosion, a dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China |
140 | 31 January 2009 | Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion in Kenya |
139 | 10 April 1917 | Munitions plant in Pennsylvania, United States |
134 | 1 July 1918 | Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, England |
130 | 20 October 1944 | Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion in Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
126 | 11 March 1597 | Dublin Gunpowder Disaster in Dublin, Ireland |
125+ | 10 August 1945 | Accidental explosion at disposal of ammunition, just at the time of Japanese soldiers and civilians withdrawal from Manchuria at that time, Mishan, Heilongjiang, China.[54] |
121 | 12 July 2012 | Road tanker explosion in Okobie, Nigeria |
118 | 12 March 1907 | Explosion on the French battleship Iéna |
117 | 22 March 2007 | 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique.[citation needed] |
117 | 3 June 2010 | Electrical transformer explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
116 | 2 April 1916 | Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England |
115 | 23 April 1945 | Explosion on a gunpowdership Tamaemaru that induced the warehouse, Sakai, Tottori, Japan. |
112 | 26 May 1942 | A large naval mine of unknown origin drifted ashore and exploded when local residents tried to dispose of it, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.[55] |
110 | 12 March 1995 | A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
107 | 21 September 1940 | US military ammunition transport ship exploded docking in Iejima, Okinawa, Japan.[56] |
106+ | 10 April 2016 | Kollam temple accident at Puttingal temple in Kollam |
106 | 21 September 1940 | Pinar de Antequera ammunition dump explosion in Valladolid, Spain |
105 | 24 November 1980 | 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey |
103 | 26 May 1954 | USS Bennington, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Catapult_Explosion |
103 | 28 April 1995 | Gas explosions by subway construction in Daegu, South Korea |
102 | 13 June 1935 | Munitions factory explosion in Reinsdorf, Germany |
102 | 30 November 1942 | Explosion of German tanker Altmark at Yokohama-bay, Japan killed Kriegsmarine soldiers, Chinese labors and Japanese.[57] |
100+ | 23 June 1958 | Fireworks stand explosion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
100 | 12 October 1654 | Delft Explosion in the Netherlands |
100 | 12 February 1693 | Gunpowder explosion in Limerick, Ireland |
100 | 21 June 1749 | Gunpowder explosion in Wrocław, Poland |
100 | 18 May 1918 | Chemical plant in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, United States |
100 | 4 October 1918 | T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion in Sayreville, New Jersey, United States.[58] |
100 | 10 June 1930 | Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China[59] |
100 | 10 April 1988 | Pakistani Army ammunition dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan |
100 | 15 May 2008 | NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria |
98 | 28 March 2007 | A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria |
94 | 1 March 1939 | Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan |
94 | 27 December 1924 | Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan |
92 | 24 October 1960 | Nedelin catastrophe, at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan |
90 | 31 January 1996 | Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China |
90 | 24 June 2004 | A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran |
79 | 8 April 1970 | Gas explosions by subway construction in Osaka, Japan |
78 | 17 September 1862 | Allegheny Arsenal exploded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War |
78 | 12 October 1978 | Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore |
75 | 27 November 1944 | Underground ammunition store explosion at Fauld, Staffordshire, England |
74 | 31 October 1963 | Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, United States |
73 | 19 January 1917 | Silvertown explosion in London, England |
73 | 4 June 1988 | Arzamas train disaster, where a railroad station exploded in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia |
70 | 18 August 1946 | Vergarolla explosion at Pula, Italy |
70 | 6 August 1993 | Shenzhen factory explosions in Shenzhen, China. A chain reaction of explosions rippled through factory district originating from an army-owned factory.[60] |
70 | 26 September 1999 | Fireworks explosion in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico |
68 | 11 December 1988 | Explosion caused by children playing with fireworks destroys market area in Mexico City, Mexico |
63[a] | 25 September 1990 | A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand |
63 | 31 August 1987 | St. Helena Gold Mine explosion by methane gas in Welkom, Free State, South Africa |
63 | 30 March 1949 | An unknown originated big naval mine drifted ashore exploded out at the time the local residents trying to dispose it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.[61] |
61 | 22 August 1891 | Park Place Building explosion in New York City, United States |
60+ | 20 January 1909 | Water intake tunnel explosion under Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, United States |
60+ | 14 December 1939 | Chlorine tank explosion at a cellulose plant in Zarnesti, Romania |
60 | 1 January 1936 | Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia) |
60 | 9 September 2000 | Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China |
60 | 11 November 1994 | Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria |
58 | 20 March 1905 | Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States |
57 | 15 January 1895 | Kenyon-Connell and Butte Hardware Company warehouses explosion in Butte, Montana, United States |
57 | 11 November 1977 | Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea |
51 | 12 September 1940 | 297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.[62] |
50 | 15 October 1907 | DuPont Powder Mill explosion in Fontanet, Indiana, United States |
50 | 2 July 1918 | Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, New York, United States |
50 | 8 January 1979 | Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland |
50 | 28 July 1987 | Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al Jazira, northern Syria |
49 | 15 February 1979 | Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, Warsaw Poland |
49 | 23 October 1980 | Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain |
48 | 1 January 1980 | Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Soviet Union) |
48 | 25 August 2012 | Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion (es), Falcón State, Venezuela |
47 | 26 October 2017 | An explosion in a fireworks plant kills at least 47 and injures 35 at Jakarta, Indonesia |
47 | 19 April 1989 | USS Iowa turret explosion |
47 | 6 July 2013 | Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, freight train derailment, explosion and fire in Quebec, Canada. |
45 | 24 August 1964 | Fireworks ignite storage tanks in Atlatlahuaca, Mexico |
45 | 11 June 1996 | Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall in Osasco, Brazil. Another 482 were injured |
43 | 27 September 1915 | Explosion of rail car that was leaking casinghead gas in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.[63] |
43 | 22 May 1919 | Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States |
42+ | 3 May 2017 | An explosion at a coal mine in Iran |
42 | 3 January 1924 | Corn Products Starch factory explosion in Pekin, Illinois, United States |
41 | 29 September 1883 | Hercules Powder Company plant explosion in Hercules, California, United States |
41 | 23 September 1928 | Fuerte de Cabrerizas ammunition dump explosion in Melilla, Spain |
41 | 6 April 1968 | Richmond, Indiana explosion; more than 150 were injured, United States |
41 | 7 January 1993 | Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea |
40 | 12 July 1646 | Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands |
40 | 13 April 1976 | Lapua ammo factory explosion in Finland |
39 | 29 April 1993 | Hekimbaşı garbage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey |
37 | 8 November 1895 | Detroit Journal building explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States |
37 | 13 April 1928 | Dance Hall explosion in West Plains, Missouri, United States |
36 | 22 December 1977 | Grain dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company elevator in Westwego, Louisiana, United States |
36 | 16 August 1984 | Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil |
35 | 1 January 1916 | Ammunition factory near Leeds, England |
35 | 17 April 1953 | Haber Corporation factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
35 | 19 September 1999 | A potassium chlorate explosion in a dried-longan factory, San Pa Tong, Chiang Mai, Thailand[64] |
33+ | 30 April 1931 | Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil[65] |
33 | 26 May 1985 | Explosion of the Petragen One at a refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain |
33 | 21 November 1996 | Humberto Vidal explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
32 | 1 November 2017 | 2017 NTPC power plant explosion, India |
32 | 29 June 2009 | 2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion in Italy |
32 | 31 July 2014 | 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
30 | 25 November 1901 | Penberthy Injector Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States |
29 | 12 May 1902 | Naptha explosion at Sheridan Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
29 | 26 November 1901 | Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant explosion in Delray, Detroit, Michigan, United States |
29 | 3 February 1971 | Thiokol-Woodbine explosion in Brunswick, Georgia, United States |
29 | 21 September 2001 | AZF chemical factory explosion in Toulouse, France |
29 | 1 January 2008 | Blast in ammunition depot in Albania |
28 | 14 November 1927 | Pittsburgh gasometer explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
28 | 1 June 1974 | Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England |
28 | 11 August 1871 | Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England |
27 | 1 August 1928 | Indian Refining Company plant explosion in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States |
27 | 19 January 2004 | LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria |
26+ | 18 March 1912 | Locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, United States |
26 | 7 May 2013 | 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico |
25 | 7 August 1945 | Dust explosion in grain elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada |
25 | 5 September 2012 | 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey |
25 | 16 July 1992 | Tarata bombing, Lima, Peru |
24 | 6 September 1947 | Cerro Zulema ammunition dump explosion in Alcalá de Henares, Spain |
24 | 30 July 2004 | Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium |
23 | 3 October 1962 | Explosion in a New York Telephone Company building in New York City, United States |
23 | 10 January 1976 | Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, United States |
23 | 23 October 1989 | Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas, United States |
23 | 13 May 2000 | Fireworks factory (Enschede, the Netherlands), Enschede fireworks disaster |
22 | 12 September 1634 | Gunpowder factory explosion, Valletta, Malta |
22 | 2 May 1878 | "Great Mill Disaster", flour dust explosion at the Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
22 | 18 August 1895 | Gumry Hotel boiler explosion in Denver, Colorado, United States |
22 | 20 March 1926 | Woodward Iron Company furnace explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
22 | 10 August 1959 | Gateway Restaurant/Isaly's Ice Cream Parlor explosion, Andover, Ohio, United States |
22 | 22 June 1991 | Fireworks store, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
22 | 17 April 1995 | Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk, Poland) |
22 | 1 January 1995 | Gas explosion in pipeline, (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) |
22 | 18 February 1889 | Park Central Hotel explosion in Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
22 | 29 July 1903 | United States Cartridge Company explosion in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States |
22 | 11 December 1971 | Lake Huron tunnel construction explosion near Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States |
22 | 11 August 2016 | 2016 Dangyang explosion in Dangyang, Hubei, China |
21+ | 23 April 1927 | Briggs Automobile Manufacturing plant explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States |
21 | 15 January 1919 | Boston Molasses Disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
21 | 14 December 1949 | Swift and Company plant explosion in Sioux City, Iowa, United States |
21 | 24 November 1965 | National Guard armory explosion in Keokuk, Iowa, United States |
21 | 25 June 1985 | Fireworks explosion in Hallet, Oklahoma, United States |
21 | 1 January 1926 | Arsenal dump in New Jersey, United States |
21 | 22 August 2003 | Brazilian rocket explosion |
20+ | 20 November 1908 | Gas main explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States |
20+ | 24 June 1913 | Husted Milling Company explosion in Buffalo, New York, United States |
20+ | 16 August 1917 | Curtis & Harvey ammunition plant explosion in Dramon, Quebec, Canada |
20+ | 6 March 1928 | Fireworks factory explosion in Samarang, Java |
20 | 1 March 1924 | 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster in Nixon, New Jersey, United States |
19 | 13 July 2018 | An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, leaves 19 people dead and 12 others injured.[66] |
19 | 9 May 1930 | Armour meat processing plant explosion in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States |
19 | 29 July 1956 | McKee refinery fire in Sunray, Texas, United States |
19 | 29 October 1951 | Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, United States – Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless |
19 | 28 March 1960 | Whisky warehouse explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
19 | 15 December 1972 | Weirton Steel Company explosion near Weirton, West Virginia, United States |
18 | 9 February 1898 | Chautauqua Lake Ice Company ice house explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
18 | 4 January 1966 | Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France |
18 | 27 December 1977 | Grain elevator explosion in Galveston, Texas, United States |
18 | 24 May 2004 | Mihăileşti explosion in Romania |
17 | 21 June 1901 | Fireworks explosion in downtown shop/tenement house in Paterson, New Jersey, United States |
17 | 6 April 1927 | Parco refinery explosion in Sinclair, Wyoming, United States |
17 | 2 January 1963 | Home Packing Company plant explosion in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States |
17 | 5 July 1990 | Arco Chemical Company plant explosion in Channelview, Texas, United States |
16 | 3 September 1891 | F.A. Reynolds & Company dynamite factory explosion in White Pigeon, Michigan, United States |
16 | 13 August 1956 | Lariat Cafe explosion in Monticello, Utah, United States |
16 | 24 February 1978 | Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion, United States |
16 | 23 May 1984 | Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England |
15 | 4 November 1904 | Fireworks explosion at Madison Square in New York City, United States |
15 | 13 September 1905 | Climax Fuse Works explosion in Avon, Connecticut, United States |
15 | 14 June 1926 | Illinois Steel Company coke oven explosion in Gary, Indiana, United States |
15 | 8 November 1928 | Preble Box Toe shoe factory in East Lynn, Massachusetts, United States |
15 | 9 March 1932 | Public Service Electric and Gas Company plant explosion in Camden, New Jersey, United States |
15 | 8 May 1943 | Triumph Explosives Company plant explosion in Elkton, Maryland, United States |
15 | 23 March 2005 | Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, United States |
15 | 16 August 1980 | Gas explosions from an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka, Japan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka#Post-war Shizuoka |
15 | 17 April 2013 | West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, United States |
15 | 4 October 1960 | Eastman Chemical Company explosion, in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States |
15 | 27 June 2015 | Formosa Fun Coast explosion in Taiwan was caused by corn starch powder. |
14 | 21 May 1895 | Hercules Powder Company explosion in Pinole, California, United States |
14 | 9 January 1907 | Jones and Laughlin Company blast furnace explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
14 | 17 May 1910 | American Sheet & Tin Plate Company explosion in Canton, Ohio, United States |
14 | 25 November 1912 | U.S. Corn Products plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois, United States |
14 | 15 May 1916 | Repauno Chemical Company explosion in Gibbstown, New Jersey, United States |
14 | 7 August 1959 | Truck filled with dynamite explodes in downtown Roseburg, Oregon, United States |
14 | 7 February 2008 | 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States) |
14 | 2 February 1973 | Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, United States |
13 | 29 November 1902 | Swift & Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
13 | 14 August 1945 | Export Box and Sealer Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States |
13 | 30 July 1947 | Beauty parlor explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States |
13 | 17 September 1951 | Shell Oil refinery explosion in Wood River, Illinois, United States |
13 | 4 February 1966 | Brush factory explosion in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
13 | 13 June 1971 | Fireworks explosion destroys school in Puebla, Mexico |
13 | 5 July 1973 | Doxol Propane Company tank explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States |
13 | 11 July 2011 | Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (Mari, Cyprus) |
12+ | 12 October 1923 | Sporting goods store explosion in Moscow, Russia |
12 | 7 April 1894 | C. N. Romaine & Brothers fireworks factory explosion in Petersburg, Virginia, United States |
12 | 13 June 1917 | American Sugar Refining Company plant explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States |
12 | 10 July 1923 | Western Cartridge Company plant explosion in East Alton, Illinois, United States |
12 | 21 November 1923 | Vida Sugar refinery explosion in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States |
12 | 25 May 1945 | Edgewood Arsenal explosion in Edgewood, Maryland, United States |
12 | 12 February 1953 | Hercules Powder factory explosion in Hercules, California, United States |
12 | 12 December 1957 | Gas explosion in Villa Rica, Georgia, United States |
12 | 25 August 1965 | DuPont chemical plant explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
12 | 29 October 2009 | Jaipur oil depot fire (IOC), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
11+ | 20 August 1916 | Harlan-Morris Manufacturing Company plant explosion in Jackson, Tennessee, United States |
11 | 7 October 1935 | Nubian Paint & Varnish Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois. United States |
11 | 6 November 1942 | Rochester Fireworks Company explosion in Perinton, New York, United States |
11 | 24 March 1943 | Ordnance plant explosion in Ravenna, Ohio, United States |
11 | 21 June 1946 | Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas, Texas, United States |
11 | 23 September 1953 | Novadel-Agene Corporation plant explosion in Tonawanda, New York, United States |
11 | 16 July 1954 | Kent Manufacturing Company explosion in Chestertown, Maryland, United States |
11 | 15 February 1967 | Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Texarkana, Texas, United States |
11 | 21 February 1967 | Combustible dust explosion at the Morningstar Paisley complex in Hawthorne, New Jersey, United States |
11 | 27 May 1983 | Benton fireworks disaster at illegal fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee, United States |
11 | 5 March 1990 | Koryo restaurant explosion in Frankfurt, Germany |
11 | 20 April 2010 | Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta |
10+ | 9 October 1927 | Kimberly Clark mill explosion in Kimberly, Wisconsin, United States |
10 | 20 August 1902 | Jessup & Moore Paper Company explosion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
10 | 27 June 1934 | J. A. Denn Powder Company explosion in Olympia, Washington, United States |
10 | 10 June 1933 | American Pyroloxion Waste Company plant explosion in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States |
10 | 20 July 1938 | WPA tunnel project explosion in Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
10 | 3 June 1942 | Stockton Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School explosion in Stockton, California, United States |
10 | 3 April 1947 | Fireworks factory explosion in Clinton, Missouri, United States |
10 | 17 May 1948 | Koppers Company tar and chemical plant explosion in Kearny, New Jersey, United States |
10 | 27 January 1953 | Downtown natural gas explosion in Aiken, South Carolina, United States |
10 | 25 October 1960 | Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
10 | 10 May 1962 | Maumee Chemical Company plant explosion in Toledo, Ohio, United States |
10 | 19 August 2000 | El Paso Pipeline explosion, two families camping 20 miles (32 km) north of Carslbad, New Mexico, United States, off the Pecos River.[67] |
9 | 16 February 1916 | Opera house explosion in Mexia, Texas, United States |
9 | 18 April 1924 | Box factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
9 | 3 April 1930 | Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States |
9 | 26 May 1945 | Cornhusker Ordnance plant explosion in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States |
9 | 18 July 1946 | Explosion at Buzzards Bay tourist area in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States |
9 | 29 May 1968 | Hapeville Day Nursery explosion in Atlanta, Georgia |
9 | 27 May 1983 | Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Benton, Tennessee, United States |
9 | 20 May 1985 | Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States |
9 | 3 July 1996 | Fireworks stand explosion in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States |
9 | 11 May 2004 | Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
9 | 17 December 1976 | SS Sansinena ship explosion in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California, United States |
8 | 5 October 1906 | Market Street subway explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
8 | 1 August 1932 | Ritz Tower Hotel explosion in New York City, United States |
8 | 1 May 1942 | Central Railways Signal Company explosion in Versailles, Pennsylvania, United States |
8 | 16 February 1950 | Dow Chemical Company plant explosion in Midland, Michigan, United States |
8 | 15 October 1952 | Du Pont Munitions plant explosion in Barksdale, Wisconsin, United States |
8 | 19 July 1960 | J.C. Penney store explosion in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States |
8 | 7 February 1968 | Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
8 | 7 December 1983 | Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland |
8 | 4 February 1986 | Explosion at Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States |
8 | 2 May 1991 | IMC fertilizer plant explosion in Sterlington, Louisiana, United States |
8 | 22 December 1996 | Wyman Gordon Forging Company plant explosion in Cypress, Texas, United States |
8 | 20 November 2002 | Ammunitions factory explosion in Riobamba, Ecuador[68] |
8 | 9 September 2010 | 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States |
7 | 21 July 1897 | Winchester Repeating Arms shop explosion in New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
7 | 4 July 1930 | Hickson and Parsons Chemical factory explosion in Castleford, England |
7 | 12 July 1951 | General Motors plant explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
7 | 28 January 1957 | Gieseke Hardware Store explosion in Roselle, Illinois, United States |
7 | 13 December 1958 | Mountainville Inn explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States |
7 | 31 October 1963 | Atherton's Drug Store explosion in Marietta, Georgia, United States |
7 | 12 January 1964 | Thompson Chemical plant explosion in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States |
7 | 27 December 1983 | North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, New York, United States |
7 | 7 September 1984 | Illegal fireworks that were being disposed by the Maltese patrol boat C23 exploded killing seven and injuring another |
7 | 11 December 1998 | Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, United States |
6 | 1 July 1937 | Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States |
6 | 6 January 1943 | Southside Beverly Recreation Hall explosion and fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
6 | 19 November 1946 | Ideal Laundry and Cleaners explosion in Greenville, South Carolina, United States |
6 | 16 November 1947 | Forbidden Palace restaurant explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States |
6 | 10 April 1949 | Bottled fuel gas explosion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Dakota, United States |
6 | 11 February 1958 | Reynolds Metals Company plant explosion in McCook, Illinois, United States |
6 | 29 May 1967 | Shooter's Paradise gun shop explosion in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, United States |
6 | 25 May 1972 | Ingram Industries munitions plant explosion in Kiln, Mississippi, United States |
6 | 30 October 1972 | Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City, Minnesota, United States |
6 | 22 February 1976 | Goodpasture grain elevator explosion in Galena Park, Texas, United States |
6 | 9 August 1976 | Natural gas pipeline explosion at mobile home park in Calhoun, Louisiana, United States |
6 | 21 October 1980 | Amoco chemical plant explosion in New Castle, Delaware, United States |
6 | 13 October 1981 | Dow Chemical plant explosion in Freeport, Texas, United States |
6 | 19 January 1982 | Explosion at the Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, United States |
6 | 6 December 1985 | River Restaurant explosion in Derby, Connecticut, United States |
6 | 17 June 1991 | Albright & Wilson Americas Inc. plant explosion near Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
5 | 3 December 1929 | Post office explosion in Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States |
5 | 28 February 1954 | Luncheonette explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
5 | 6 March 1955 | Wieboldt's Bakery explosion in River Forest, Illinois, United States |
5 | 12 November 1970 | Fuelgas Corporation plant explosion in Hudson, Ohio, United States |
5 | 10 October 1971 | Faulty boiler explosion in the Sunday school wing of First Baptist Church in Marietta, Ohio, United States |
5 | 3 October 1980 | Gate City Day Care Center explosion in Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
5 | 31 July 1981 | Mining Services International Inc. explosives manufacturing plant explosion in Grantsville, Utah, United States |
5 | 10 June 1998 | DeBruce grain elevator explosion in Haysville, Kansas, United States |
5 | 29 March 1999 | Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, the second fatal explosion at this factory in three months, United States |
5 | 11 November 1999 | Clara Barton Terrace Convalescent Center explosion in Flint, Michigan, United States |
4 | 6 May 1971 | DuPont Powder Line Explosion in Louviers, Colorado, United States |
2 | 4 May 1988 | PEPCON rocket fuel chemical plant explosion in Henderson, Nevada, United States |
1 | 7 January 1983 | 1983 Newark explosion in Newark, New Jersey claims 1 life and injures 22–24. The explosion is notable because it was felt 100–130 miles away from the epicenter. |
Industrial disasters
Deaths | Date | Incident |
---|---|---|
3,787–19,000+ | 2–3 December 1984 | Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide (now Dow Chemicals) factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
1,549 | 26 April 1942 | Benxihu Colliery explosion, China |
1,134 | 24 April 2013 | Collapse of the Rana Plaza, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh[69] |
1,099 | 10 March 1906 | Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France |
687 | 15 December 1914 | Mitsubishi Hōjō, Kyūshū, Japan |
682 | 9 May 1960 | Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China |
581 | 16 April 1947 | Texas City Disaster, Texas City, Texas, U.S. |
512 | 28 August 1899 | Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan |
500+ | 19 November 1984 | San Juanico Disaster, Mexico City, Mexico[70] |
476–1,000 | 1931 | Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States |
458 | 9 November 1963 | Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan[71] |
439 | 14 October 1913 | Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Senghenydd, Wales |
437 | 21 January 1960 | Coalbrook mining disaster, Coalbrook, South Africa |
426 | 6 June 1972 | Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe |
422 | 28 November 1914 | New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan |
405 | 20 February 1946 | Bergkamen mining disaster, West Germany |
388 | 12 December 1866 | Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, England |
376 | 21 December 1917 | Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan |
375 | 28 May 1965 | Mine explosion caused by Methane gas near Dhanbad, Bihar, India[72] |
372 | 27 December 1975 | Chasnala mining disaster, Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India |
365 | 20 July 1907 | Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan |
362 | 6 December 1907 | Monongah Mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, U.S. |
344 | 21 December 1910 | Pretoria Pit Disaster, Westhoughton, England |
319 | 31 May 1892 | Marie ore mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic |
301 | 13 May 2014 | Soma mine disaster, Manisa, Turkey |
300+ | 11 September 2012 | 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan |
300+ | 9 May 1993 | Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador |
299[73] | 7 February 1962 | Luisenthal Mining Disaster, Saarland, West Germany |
277 | 8 September 2008 | 2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill in Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China[74] |
268 | 11 September 1878 | Abercarn colliery disaster Abercarn, Wales |
266 | 22 September 1934 | Gresford Disaster Gresford, Wales |
263 | 22 October 1913 | Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. (first disaster) |
263 | 3 March 1992 | Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey |
262 | 8 August 1956 | Marcinelle, Belgium |
259 | 13 November 1909 | 1909 Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry, Illinois, U.S. |
254 | 11 November 1937 | Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan |
243 | 5 August 1909 | Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan |
243 | 25 December 2003 | PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China[75] |
239 | 19 December 1907 | Darr Mine Disaster, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
236 | 1 June 1965 | Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan |
235 | 14 June 1894 | Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka), Karviná, Czech Republic |
220 | 28 March 1965 | El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile |
216 | 19 May 1902 | Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S. |
214 | 15 February 2005 | 2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster, Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China |
210 | 15 June 1899 | Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan |
204 | 16 January 1862 | Hartley Colliery Disaster, New Hartley, Northumberland, England |
202 | 25 May 1917 | Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic |
200+ | 25 February 1984 | Vila Socó oil spill fire, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil |
200+ | 1 May 1900 | Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S. |
200+ | 27 February 1908 | Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico |
189 | 19 June 1914 | Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada |
183 | 3 February 1942 | Chosei, Ube, Japan |
181 | 17 August 2007 | Mine disaster with flooding, Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China |
180 | 26 August 1990 | Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
177 | 16 September 1986 | Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa[76] |
177 | March 1941 | Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan |
169 | 3 June 1903 | Hanna Mine Disaster, Hanna, Wyoming, U.S. |
168 | 8 June 1917 | Speculator Mine disaster, Butte, Montana, U.S. |
167 | 6 July 1988 | Piper Alpha oil rig disaster North Sea |
166 | 28 November 2004 | Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China |
160+ | 19 December 1982 | Tacoa powerplant fire , Vargas State, Venezuela[citation needed] |
159 | 26 September 2000 | Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China |
155 | 12 January 1918 | Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK |
153 | 31 March 1969 | Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico |
151 | 9 July 1930 | Hausdorf, Germany, currently Jugów, Poland |
150 | 3 May 1887 | Nanaimo mine explosion, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada |
148 | 20 October 2004 | Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China |
147 | 21 April 1991 | Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China |
146 | 25 March 1911 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City |
146 | 2 August 2014 | 2014 Kunshan explosion, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China[77] |
144 | 21 October 1966 | Aberfan landslide disaster, Wales |
142 | 3 January 1934 | Nelson, Osek, Czech Republic |
134 | 27 March 1927 | Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan |
134 | 27 November 2005 | Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China |
125 | 26 February 1972 | Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, West Virginia, U.S. |
125 | 21 February 1891 | Springhill mining disaster, Canada |
125 | 15 July 1977 | Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia |
124 | 20 June 2002 | Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China |
123 | 8 February 1923 | Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. (second disaster) |
123 | 27 March 1980 | Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway |
123 | 6 August 2005 | Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China |
121 | 27 April 1917 | Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, near Ludlow, Colorado, U.S. |
119 | 25 December 1951 | Orient No. 2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S. |
111 | 25 March 1947 | 1947 Centralia mine disaster, Centralia, Illinois, U.S. |
110 | 6 September 1869 | Avondale Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
109 | 30 April 1927 | Everettville, West Virginia, U.S. |
108 | 19 March 2007 | Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Region, Siberia, Russia |
108 | 7 July 1961 | Dukla, Dolná Súča, Slovakia |
108 | 5 March 1885 | Jan, Karviná, Czech Republic |
105 | 11 May 1995 | Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa |
105 | 5 December 2007 | Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China |
104 | 15 August 1947 | William pit disaster, Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom |
101 | 18 November 2007 | Methane explosion Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine |
100 | 8 March 1983 | Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey |
94 | 5 December 1984 | Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan |
93 | 16 October 1981 | Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan |
92 | 20 May 1919 | Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czech Republic |
92 | 18 November 1989 | Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia |
92 | 22 July 2001 | Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China |
92 | 5 June 1919 | Baltimore Colliery explosion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
91 | 27 November 1996 | Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China |
91 | 10 January 1940 | Bartley, West Virginia, U.S. |
91 | 2 May 1972 | Hard rock mine fire Sunshine mine, Kellogg, Idaho, U.S. |
89 | 11 March 1997 | Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China |
86 | 13 May 2003 | Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China |
84 | 15 February 1982 | Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada |
84 | 9 December 1911 | Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, U.S. |
83 | 18 January 1984 | Mitsui Miike coal mine, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan |
83 | 13 July 2005 | Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang, China |
82 | 11 March 2000 | Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine |
82 | 5 November 1930 | Millfield Mine disaster, Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, U.S. |
78 | 20 November 1968 | Farmington Mine disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, U.S. |
76 | 12 October 1978 | Spyros disaster, Singapore |
74 | 23 October 1958 | Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada |
74 | 27 February 1943 | Smith Mine disaster, Bearcreek, Montana, U.S. |
73 | 17 June 2010 | San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia[citation needed] |
72 | 16 March 1940 | Willow Grove No. 10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S.[78] |
72 | 7 April 1911 | Price-Pancoast Colliery fire, Throop, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
71 | 9 March 1961 | Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan |
71 | 16 February 1882 | Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England[79] |
68 | 2 March 1960 | Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea |
68 | 2 December 1997 | Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia |
66 | 16 October 1889 | Mossfield, Longton, Staffordshire, U.K. |
65 | 24 February 2006 | KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh |
65 | 26 March 1896 | Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand |
65 | 19 February 2006 | Pasta de Conchos mine disaster, Coahuila, México |
65 | 4 September 1981 | Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic,[80] Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa[clarify] |
64 | 2 April 1979 | Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia |
63 | 28 April 1904 | La Reunión Mine explosion, Villanueva del Río y Minas, Sevilla, Spain |
63 | 31 August 1987 | St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa |
63 | 4 April 1998 | Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine |
63 | 15 July 1940 | Sonman Mine explosion, Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
62 | 29 July 1867 | Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
61 | 3 January 1981 | Trojice, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
60 | 22 November 2004 | Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China |
60 | 28 May 1997 | Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China |
59 | 20 March 2005 | Xishui mine, Shanxi, China |
59 | 26 March 1885 | Bettina, Orlová, Czech Republic |
58 | 28 June 1896 | Twin Shaft Disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
56 | 7 May 1991 | Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia |
55 | 25 April 2008 | Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco |
54 | 22 May 1960 | Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
54 | 1860 | Františka, Záluží, Czech Republic |
54 | 24 December 1932 | 1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, U.S. |
53 | 17 March 1898 | Santa Isabel Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain |
53 | 13 May 1993 | Middelbult Colliery explosion, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
52 | 19 August 2001 | Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine |
48 | 5 June 1942 | Joliet Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Elwood, Illinois, United States |
47 | 18 September 1959 | Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
45 | 21 March 2011 | Surran range, Quetta, Balochistan Pakistan |
45 | 28 June 1960 | Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales |
43 | 30 December 1976 | Staříč, Czech Republic |
43 | 24 February 2003 | Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China |
40 | 13 April 1976 | Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, Finland |
39 | 1 November 1956 | Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada |
38 | 30 December 1970 | Hurricane Creek mine disaster, Hyden, Kentucky, U.S. |
37 | 26–27 June 1971 | Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Poland |
36 | 4 October 1950 | Michálka, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
36 | 19 July 2004 | Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine |
36 | 26 January 1924 | Lancashire Mine, Shanktown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
35 | 15 October 1970 | West Gate Bridge collapse (during construction), Melbourne, Australia |
34 | 1 December 1907 | Naomi Mine explosion, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
34 | 10 April 1944 | Clara de l'Espà Mine explosion, Saldes, Barcelona, Spain |
34 | 9 June 1970 | Dukla, Šardice, Czech Republic |
33 | 1890 | Anna, Souš, Czech Republic |
31 | 16 August 1968 | Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain[citation needed] |
31 | 22 March 1977 | ČSA, Karviná, Czech Republic |
30 | 3 November 1975 | La Consolación Mine explosion, Fígols, Barcelona, Spain |
30 | 7 September 1985 | Osceola Mine fire, copper mine fire in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, U.S.[81] |
30 | 2 July 1937 | Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK |
30 | 18 October 1990 | Barbora, Karviná, Czech Republic |
30 | 11 January 2008 | Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan |
29 | 1 April 1868 | Santa Elisa Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain |
29 | 21 September 2001 | AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France |
29 | 19 November 2010 | Pike River Mine disaster, Greymouth, New Zealand |
29 | 5 April 2010 | Upper Big Branch mine explosion, Montcoal, West Virginia, U.S. |
29 | 31 October 1941 | Nordegg, Alberta, Canada |
28 | 1 June 1974 | Flixborough disaster, England |
26 | 4 April 1970 | Paskov, Paskov, Czech Republic |
26 | 9 May 1992 | Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada |
25 | 7 May 1985 | Doubrava, Czech Republic |
25 | 7 February 1881 | Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, England |
24 | 13 November 2003 | Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi, China |
24 | 12 February 1949 | Doubrava, Czech Republic |
23 | 23 October 1989 | Phillips Disaster, Pasadena, Texas, U.S. |
23 | 21 November 2006 | Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, Poland |
22 | 14 September 1997 | Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
21 | 15 January 1919 | Boston Molasses Disaster, Massachusetts, U.S. |
21 | 5 November 1962 | Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway[82] |
21 | 7 January 1963 | Santa Eulalia Mine explosion, Langreo, Asturias, Spain |
20 | 10 August 2009 | 2009 Handlová mine blast, Handlová, Slovakia |
19 | 10 January 1990 | Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska Poland |
19 | 19 January 1967 | Gas explosion in Strongman Mine, Greymouth, New Zealand |
17 | 20 February 1947 | O’Connor Electro-Plating Company explosion in Los Angeles, California |
17 | 24 December 2008 | Gas leak, Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., Hebei, China |
17 | 22 February 1994 | Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, Virginia, Free State, South Africa |
17 | 8 June 1925 | Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, U.S. |
16 | 4 March 1942 | Ordnance plant explosion in Burlington, Iowa, United States |
16 | 16 October 2008 | Ningxia, China |
15 | 17 April 2013 | West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, U.S. |
15 | 23 March 2005 | BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion, Texas City, Texas, U.S. |
11 | 4 October 1960 | Kingsport, TN Chemical Plant Explosion |
11 | 23 May 1975 | Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion, Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
11 | 27 May 1983 | Benton fireworks disaster, illegal fireworks operation in Benton, Tennessee, U.S.[83] |
11 | 20 April 2010 | BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, Gulf of Mexico |
7 | 2 April 2010 | Tesoro Refinery, Anacortes, Washington, U.S. |
6 | 9 December 1948 | Tecumseh power plant of the Kansas Power & Light Company explosion in Topeka, Kansas |
5 | 2 October 2007 | Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire, Georgetown, Colorado, U.S. |
Maritime
Deaths | Incident |
---|---|
1,565–4,400 | MV Doña Paz (Tablas Strait, Philippines, 20 December 1987). Casualty estimates vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers |
2,750–3,920 | SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, December 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board |
1,863 | MV Le Joola (Senegal, 26 September 2002) |
1,800 | Sultana (Mississippi River, 27 April 1865) |
1,600 | Tek Sing (Near the Belvidere Shoals in the South China Sea, 6 February 1822) |
1,573 | MV Spice Islander I (Zanzibar Channel, 10 September 2011) |
1,514 | RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 15 April 1912) |
1,500 | Taiping, (East China Sea, 27 January 1949) |
1,198 | RMS Lusitania (Old Head of Kinsale, 7 May 1915) |
1,159 | Tōya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 26 September 1954) |
1,024 | RMS Empress of Ireland (Saint Lawrence River, 29 May 1914) |
1,021 | PS General Slocum (New York, USA, 15 June 1904) |
1,012 | MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, (Red Sea, 3 February 2006) |
1,000 | SS Kiche Maru (off Honshu, Japan, 22 September 1912) |
1,000 | SS Hsin-Yu (Zhoushan, 22 April 1916) |
~1,000 | SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 3/4 March 1921) |
900 | Wusung (Kuril Islands, Russia, 16 September 1927) |
900 | HMS Victory (60 miles off Plymouth England near Black Rock 4–5 October 1744) |
894 | MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 21 May 1996) |
852 | MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 28 September 1994) |
844 | SS Eastland (Chicago, 24 July 1915) |
832 | MV Princess of the Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, 21 June 2008 |
829 | HMS Ramillies (Devon, England, 15 February 1760) |
826 | Lefort (Gulf of Finland, 22 September 1857) |
800+ | HMS Royal George (Portsmouth, England, 29 August 1782) |
746 | SS Vaitarna (lost in cyclonic storm of coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, 8 November 1888)[84] |
741 | SS Indigirka (Sarufutsu, Japan, 12 December 1939) |
737 | SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 6 May 1902) |
736 | HMS Bulwark (1899) (Sheerness-on-Sea, England, 26 November 1914) |
731 | HMS St George (Ringkøbing, Denmark, 24 December 1811) |
702 | Slave trade ship Leusden (Marowijne Suriname, 18 January 1738) |
673 | HMS Queen Charlotte (Cabrera, 17 March 1800) |
~640 | SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 3 September 1878) |
627 | SS Norge (Rockall, 28 June 1904) |
625 | 1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster SS Ramdas (Bombay, 17 July 1947) |
608 | Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 29 October 1955) |
600 | HMS Glorieux (Newfoundland, Canada, 16–17 September 1782) |
600 | Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, 25 May 1986) |
600+ | HMS Coronation (West of Penlee Point, Rame, United Kingdom, 3 September 1691) |
583 | HMS Defence (Jutland. Denmark, 24 December 1811) |
580 | Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, 27 January 1981) |
575 | SS Afrique (Bay of Biscay, 9 January 1920) |
570 | HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands, 22 December 1810) |
565 | SS La Bourgogne (Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 4 July 1898) |
564 | SS Utopia (Bay of Gibraltar, 17 March 1891) |
558 | SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 5 March 1916) |
550 | Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 29 June 2000) |
546 | RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1 April 1873) |
533 | Ertuğrul (Kushimoto, Japan, 18 September 1890) |
528 | MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, 8 July 2003) |
520 | HMS Namur, (Tamil Nadu, India, 14 April 1749) |
500 | HMS Ardent (Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, April 1794) |
500–700 | Ferry Neptune (16 February 1993) |
500–600 | Shamia (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 25 May 1986) |
500 | Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 29 January 1986) |
498 | HMS Sussex, (Gibraltar, 1 March 1694) |
497 | Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946) |
496 | Saint-Philibert (off Île de Noirmoutier, France, 14 June 1931) |
491 | HMS York (Cruden Bay, Scotland, January 1804) |
488 | SS Valbanera (Key West, Florida, September 1919) |
481 | Cahaya Bahari (29 June 2000) |
480 | SS City of Glasgow (Atlantic Ocean, January 1854) |
480 | HMS Captain (Atlantic Ocean , 7 September 1870) |
473 | SS Austria (Atlantic Ocean, 1 September 1858) |
469 | Cospatrick (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, 17 November 1874) |
464 | MV Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 17 December 1991) |
461 | MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 30 December 2006) |
459 | Royal Charter (Dulas Bay, Wales, 26 October 1859) |
450 | MV Salahuddin-2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 3 May 2002) |
445 | Principe de Asturias (Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, 5 March 1916) |
442 | MV Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized on the (Yangtze River, China, 1 June 2015) |
438 | Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988) |
432 | Rival (Connemara, Ireland, 4 December 1832) |
429 | SS Central America, (The Carolinas, United States, 9 September 1857) |
423 | SS Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 31 August 1986) |
420 | Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, 11 March 1895) |
400 | HMS Centaur (Newfoundland, Canada, September 1782) |
400 | PS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 8 September 1860) |
400 | Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 4 August 1845) |
400+ | HMS Invincible (Norfolk, England, 16 March 1801) |
397 | Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945) |
387 | HMS Restoration (Goodwin Sands, England, 27 November 1703) |
387+ | Chagas (Faial Island, Portugal, 13 June 1594) |
392 | SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, 19 January 1947) |
389 | Pomona (Ballyconigar, Ireland, 24 April 1859) |
389 | Filipino ferry MV Doña Marilyn capsized during Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, 24 October 1988 |
380–400 | Elizabeth (East Indiaman) (Dunkirk, England, 28 December 1810) |
380 | RMS Tayleur (Lambay Island, Ireland, 21 January 1854) |
376 | HMS Eurydice (Isle of Wight, England, 24 March 1878) |
372 | Arniston (Cape Aghulas, South Africa, 30 May 1815) |
364 | Sea Horse (East of Ireland, 30 January 1816) |
361 | KM Bimas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 20 October 1999) |
360 | Lampedusa migrant shipwreck (off Lampedusa, Italy, 3 October 2013) |
350 | SS Arctic (Cape Race, Newfoundland. Canada, 27 September 1854) |
358 | Drummond Castle, (off Ouessant, France, 16 June 1896) |
358 | HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 22 June 1893) |
357 | 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 25 May 1983) |
355 | SS Schiller (Isles of Sicily, Italy, 7 May 1875) |
353 | SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 19 October 2001) |
350 | Annie James (off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, 28 September 1853) |
347 | HMS Athenienne (Strait of Sicily, Italy, 20 October 1806) |
343 | SS Princess Sophia (Vanderbilt Reef, Alaska, 23 October 1918) |
340 | Salahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 3 May 2002) |
340 | USS Insurgent (West Indies, September 1800) |
338 | Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, 19 January 1996) |
334 | SS Elbe (North Sea, 30 January 1895) |
325 | Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 6 February 1999) |
319 | Yoshino (Yellow Sea, 15 May 1904) |
314 | Principessa Mafalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 25 October 1927) |
314 | Dashun (Yantai, China, 24 November 1999) |
313 | Harta Rimba (7 February 1999) |
308 | Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 15 December 1970) |
307–400 | Cazador (Constitución, Chile, 30 January 1856) |
304 | Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy conditions (off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, 9 December 1945.) |
304 | MV Sewol-Ho capsized off South-Korea (16 April 2014) |
300+ | White Ship (Barfleur, France, 25 November 1120) |
300–400 | Steamer SS Hsin Wah sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China (15 January 1929)[85] |
300 | Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized (Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, 19 September 1981) |
300 | HMS Amphion (Plymouth, England, 22 September 1796) |
300 | The London (Thames Estuary, England, 7 March 1665 |
300 | French battleship Liberté (Toulon, France, 25 September 1911) |
300 | Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, 11 October 1968 |
299 | Kapunda (Coast of Brazil, 20 January 1887) |
293–500+ | SS Sirio (Cape Palos, Spain, 4 August 1906) |
293 | Northfleet (Dungeness, England, 22 January 1873) |
292 | A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county 10 October 1993[86] |
289 | A boat of clandestine immigrants F174 sank near Portopalo, Italy, 25 December 1996 |
284 | New Era, (Deal Beach, New Jersey, United States, 13 November 1854) |
283 | Evening Star (Tybee Island, Georgia, 6 October 1866) |
281 | HMS Juno (Atlantic Ocean, February 1880) |
280 | Unebi (South China Sea, December 1886) |
280 | Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, 24 November 1999 |
280 | Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998 |
280 | Myanmar passenger ferry U Hla Myist sunk by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973 |
279 | Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, 2 July 1993 |
276 | Hollandia (Sicily, Italy, 13 July 1743) |
275–300 | SS Hermann (Kwatzu, Japan, 13 February 1869) |
274 | USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 15 February 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism |
273 | SS Pacific (Cape Flattery, Washington, 4 November 1875) |
272 | Turkish ferry SS Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, 1 March 1958 |
272 | Kenyan ferry MV Likoni Ferry sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 29 April 1994 |
269–276 | SMS Grosser Kurfurst (English Channel, 31 May 1878) |
269 | HMS Lutine (Vlieland, Netherlands, 9 October 1799) |
260 | Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 5 February 1805) |
260 | Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 6 September 1622) |
259 | Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, 8 July 1961 |
256 | "Vliegend Hert" (1735) |
254 | Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 22 November 1978 |
251+ | Cleopatra (Malabar Coast, India, 14 April 1847) |
250 | Pennsylvania (Memphis, Tennessee, 13 June 1858) |
250 | Powhattan sunk off New Jersey, 16 April 1854[87] |
250 | Russian liner Ogoza sank in the Black Sea, 1928[88] |
250 | Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, 20 August 1994 |
250 | RMS Royal Adelaide (Margate, England, 30 March 1850) |
250 | Chinese steamer Lee Cheong sank in a storm off Swabue (21 December 1929)[89] |
249 | Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 5 January 1953) |
247 | Doddington (Algoa Bay, South Africa, 17 July 1755) |
242 | HMS Avenger (Sorelle Rocks, Malta, 20 December 1847) |
241 | SS G. P. Griffith burned and sank in Lake Erie, 17 June 1850. The number of lives lost may have been as high as 289. |
240+ | MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, 11 January 2009) |
238 | Negotie (Texel, Netherlands, 1790) |
238 | MV Dara (Persian Gulf, 8 April 1961) |
237 | Anglo Saxon (Cape Race, Newfoundland, 27 April 1863) |
233 | MV Christena (Leeward Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, 1 August 1970) |
232 | HMS Tribune (Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, 24 November 1797) |
230 | Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized (Amazon River, Pará, Brazil, 6 January 1981) |
230 | Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980 |
226 | Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 22 November 1873) |
225–400 | Sovnarkom (Ob River, Russia, 10 May 1921) |
225 | Brother Jonathan (Crescent City, California, 30 July 1865) |
224 | Neva sunk off (King Island, (Tasmania, Australia, 13 May 1835) |
220 | HMS Northumberland (Goodwin Sands, England, 27 November 1703) |
220 | SS London (Bay of Biscay, 11 January 1866) |
220 | Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, 24 January 1996 |
217 | SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 8 December 1966) Official death toll; exact fatality count unknown |
215 | Myanmar double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 7 April 1990 |
212 | Aquidabã (Ilha Grande, Brazil, 21 January 1906) |
211 | SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, 27 July 1909 |
210 | Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003 |
209 | Naval transport ship Angamos sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, 6 July 1928[90][91] |
209 | Seven Japanese fishing boats sunk by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 7 October 1965) |
206 | Matsushima (Pescadores Islands, Taiwan, 30 April 1908) |
206 | Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May 1963 |
206 | HMS Stirling Castle (Goodwin Sands, England, 27 November 1703) |
205 | HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1 January 1919) |
205 | SS Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada 19 February 1860 |
200 | Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer Pa Shi, 1931[92] |
200 | Victoria (London, Ontario, Canada, 24 May 1881) |
200 | Aagtekerke (Indian Ocean, 1726) |
200+ | Prince of Patuakhali (Patuakhali, Bangladesh, 14 May 2005) |
200 | Lightning Sun (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 23 May 2004) |
200 | Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, 7 July 2005 |
200 | Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, 27 December 1988 |
200 | SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong (4 February 1947[93]) |
193 | Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 6 March 1987) |
192 | Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007 |
192 | Portland (Atlantic Ocean near Massachusetts, 26 November 1898) |
191 | SS City of Boston (North Atlantic Ocean, January 1870) |
190–250 | Phoenix (Lake Michigan, 21 November 1847) |
190 | Boadicea (Courtmacsherry, Ireland, 30 January 1816) |
189 | MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 19 February 2005) |
189 | Waterloo (Table Bay, South Africa, 28 August 1842) |
189 | HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 7 February 1863) |
189 | Nathalie (Newfoundland, Canada, May 1826) |
186 | Pacific (Atlantic Ocean, 1856) |
185 | Batavia (off Australia, 4 June 1629) includes both drowned and murdered |
182 | Victoria (Thames River, Ontario, Canada, 24 May 1881) |
182 | Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 27 November 2003 |
180 | Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 31 March 1998 |
178 | Ocean Monarch, (Liverpool, England, 24 August 1848) |
177 | Russian cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, 5 June 1983 |
177 | Russalka (Gulf of Finland, 7 September 1893) |
176 | MV Don Juan (Maestre de Campo Island, Philippines, 22 April 1980) |
176 | USS Hobson, (Atlantic Ocean, 26 April 1952) |
175–223 | Golden Gate (Manzanillo, Mexico, 27 July 1862) |
173 | Southern Cross (Cape Pine, Newfoundland, March–April 1914) |
173 | HMS Serpent (Cape VIlan, Spain, 10 November 1890) |
173 | USS Wasp, (October 1814) |
171 | Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 20 August 1985 |
170–265 | Lady of the Lake (Newfoundland, Canada, 11 May 1833) |
170 | Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 30 December 1853) |
168 | Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 11 May 1955) |
167 | Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 26 January 1958 |
167 | Dona Cassandra sunk by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 21 November 1983) |
166 | Halsewell (Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. England, 6 January 1786) |
165 | Tamil refugee boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, 20 February 1997 |
163 | Dieu Merci (Lake Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 25 November 2003) |
161 | Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sunk by collision with Bulgarian barge Peter Karaminchev at Danube River, Galaţi, Romania, 10 September 1989 |
160 | Madagascar (1853) |
159 | Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 7 April 1990) |
158 | Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, 3 August 2007 |
150–250 | American paddle steamer Atlantic sunk after a collision on Lake Erie, 20 August 1852 |
150–200 | Larchmont (Block Island, Rhode Island, 12 February 1907) |
150 | Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, 7 May 1991 |
150 | MV Princess of the Orient (Fortune Island, Philippines, 18 September 1998) |
150 | Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso Island, Sierra Leone, 25 March 1999 |
150 | SS Tempest (Atlantic Ocean, February 1857) |
150 | A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, 23 May 1965 |
150 | MV Skagit (Chumbe Island, Tanzania, 18 July 2012) |
150 | SS Koombana (Port Hedland, Australia, 20 March 1912) |
150 | Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3 September 1961 |
148 | French frigate Méduse (off Senegal, 2 July 1816) |
147 | Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on 2 March 1983 |
147 | HMS Sappho (Southeast coast of Australia, February 1858) |
147 | Mayakovsky, (Riga, Latvia, 13 August 1950) |
146–165 | MV Rabaul Queen (Solomon Sea, 2 February 2012) |
144 | HMS Prince (Balaklava, Crimea, 14 November 1854) |
144 | Whydah Gally (Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 26 April 1717) |
143 | HMS Doterel (Punta Arenas, Chile, 26 April 1881) |
140 | Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 10 April 1991 |
140 | SS Wairarapa (Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, 29 October 1894) |
140 | Two African immigrants boats sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 8 December 2007 |
140 | Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, 2 December 1994 |
139 | Lexington (Atlantic Ocean, 13 January 1840) |
137 | SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 8 September 1934) |
136 | SS President (Atlantic Ocean, 11 March 1841) |
136 | SS Valencia (off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 22 January 1906) |
136 | Finnish steamer SS Kuru capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, 7 September 1929 |
134 | Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, 6 March 1990 |
134 | RMS Quetta struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890 |
133 | Amphitrite, (Boulogne, France, 25 August 1833) |
132 | Pamir (Azores Islands, Portugal, 21 September 1957) |
131 | Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000 |
131 | Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 29 April 1881) |
130 | SS Hankow fire (Hong Kong, 14 October 1906)[94][95] |
130 | SS Volturno (Burned and sank in the North Atlantic, 9 October 1913) |
130 | MV Princess Victoria (Scotland, 31 January 1953) |
130 | Hoop (Pacific Ocean, September 1600) |
130–172 | HMS Ontario (Lake Ontario, 31 October 1780) |
130 | Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1 September 1997 |
130 | Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, 9 March 1992 |
129 | USS Reprisal (Newfoundland, Canada, 14 September 1777) |
129 | USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 10 April 1963) |
128 | SS City of Rio de Janeiro (San Francisco Bay, 22 February 1901) |
128 | Ferry SS Berlin struck the pier near Hook of Holland (the Netherlands), 21 February 1907 |
128 | HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908) |
128 | Greek cruise ship TSMS Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, 22 December 1963 |
125 | HMS Orestes (Indian Ocean, 5 November 1799) |
125 | SS Bokhara (Formosa, 10 October 1892) |
125 | SS Hilda (North of France, 18 November 1905) |
125 | USS Oneida (Yokohama, Japan, 24 January 1870) |
124 | SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 23 March 1911) |
124 | Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, 6 April 2006 |
124–195 | SS Daphne (Glasgow, Scotland, 3 July 1883) |
123 | SS Asia (Georgian Bay, Canada, 14 September 1882) |
123 | RMS Rhone (Salt Island, British Virgin Islands, 29 October 1865) |
122+ | Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, 10 July 2011 |
121 | Pulau Kidjang (Rejang River, Malaysia, 26 December 1973) |
121 | Dunbar (Sydney Harbour, Australia, 20 August 1857) |
120 | HMS Vipere (Shannon Estuary, Ireland, 1797) |
120 | Ghanaian motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, 7 April 2006 |
120 | French battleship Iéna (Toulon, France, 12 March 1907) |
120 | São João (Port Edward, South Africa, 8 June 1552) |
118–139 (est) | SS Noronic caught fire while docked in Toronto, Ontario, 17 September 1949 |
118 | Kursk (Barents Sea, 12 August 2000) |
118 | Vergulde Draeck (Ledge Point, Western Australia, 28 April 1656) |
117–181 | SS Valencia (Vancouver Island, Canada, 22 January 1906) |
117 | Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946) |
116+ | MV Shariatpur 1 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 12 March 2012) |
116 | SuperFerry 14 (Manila Bay, Philippines, 27 February 2004) |
114 | Auguste (Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, 15 November 1761) |
113 | Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, 12 April 1957 |
111 | Samson (Madagascar, 7 March 2004) |
111 | SS Vestris (North Atlantic, 12 November 1928) |
110 | Star of Bengal, (Coronation Island, Alaska, 20 September 1908) |
108 | Orazio (Toulon, France, 21 January 1940) |
107 | SMS Amazone (Coast of Netherlands, 14 November 1861) |
106 | SS Mohegan (Lizard Peninsula, England, 14 October 1898) |
105 | Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 14 March 1970 |
105 | Stella (Channel Islands, France, 30 March 1899) |
104 | Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, 9 September 1952 |
103 | USS Bennington (Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, 26 May 1954) |
102 | Pelican (River Mersey, England, 20 March 1793) |
102 | SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875) |
100–125 | SS Pewabic (Lake Huron, 9 August 1865) |
100 | SS City of Columbus (Gay Head Cliffs, Massachusetts, 18 January 1884) |
100 | Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1 January 1989 |
99 | USS Scorpion (near Azores, 21 May 1968) |
99 | Meikle Ferry capsize, Dornoch Firth, Scotland, 16 August 1809 |
92 | Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sunk by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, 1 October 1933 |
90 | SS Yarmouth Castle (Bahamas, 13 November 1965) |
89 | SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, 6 August 1859 |
86 | Princess Amelia (Mumbles, Wales, 27 September 1647) |
85 | Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003 |
84 | Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810 |
82 | STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972) |
81 | MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000) |
81 | Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, 4 April 1953 |
80 | Pamir (1957) |
80 | Hong Kong ferry Fatshan sunk by Typhoon Rose, 17 August 1971 |
78 | Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, 12 October 1978 |
78 | MV George Prince ferry sank after colliding with the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta on the Mississippi River, 20 October 1976 |
74 | MV Princess Ashika sunk while on a regular ferry service in Tonga due to the combined effects of the boats age and lack of maintenance leading to its unseaworthiness, 5 August 2009. |
70 | Ming 361 (2003) |
61 | Turkish fishing boat carrying illegal migrants sank after hitting rocks (2012) |
58 | Bahrain wooden pleasure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006 |
57 | Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, 8 July 1959 |
54 | MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993) |
53 | Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925 |
51 | TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968) |
51 | SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956) |
51 | Marchioness (River Thames, London 1989). 131 people on board leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger Bowbelle |
48 | Danish passenger ship Kjøbenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, 11 June 1948 |
48 | Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, 4 May 2008 |
46 | PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette (Baengnyeong-do island, South Korea, 26 March 2010) |
45 | SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902) |
44 | British bulk carrier MV Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, 9 September 1980 |
42 | Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on 4 November 2008.[96][97] |
39 | Lamma IV, collision by Sea Smooth (Hong Kong, 1 October 2012) |
36 | FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974) |
36 | Ellan Vannin (Liverpool, United Kingdom en route from the Isle of Man), December 1909 |
35 | HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791) |
33 | Costa Concordia (cruise ship capsized off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, 13 January 2012) |
32 | Sanchi oil tanker collision (East China Sea, 2018) |
32 | River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster (Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1876) |
31 | SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869) |
29 | SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975) |
28 | Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972) |
23 | Pajtás passenger boat (Hungary, Lake Balaton, 30 May 1954, capsized by design flaws, when all passengers gathered on one side of the ship to watch a sailing competition to start)[98] |
22 | Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire (Hong Kong, 3 February 1992)[93] |
20 | Ethan Allen (Lake George, 2 October 2005) |
18 | Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece (2012) |
17 | 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979) |
16 | MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999) |
14 | Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, 15 January 1944 |
13 | Essex (South Pacific, 1819) |
13 | MS Norman Atlantic (Strait of Otranto, 2014) The ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea off Corfu, Greece and was burnt out. 13 of the 478 people on board were killed, 2 during salvage. |
8 | AHTS Bourbon Dolphin (Offshore of Shetland, 2007) The ship capsized and sank three days later. |
6 | Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Bass Strait, 1998) |
Nuclear and radiation accidents
Deaths | Date | Incident | Location |
---|---|---|---|
200 to 6,000 | 29 September 1957 | Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion. 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.[99] | Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union |
95 to 4,000+[100][101] | 26 April 1986 | Chernobyl disaster. The official report is 31 immediate deaths, 64 recorded cancer deaths by 2008, and potentially up to, but no more than 4,000 total cancer deaths.[102] Far higher death toll estimates have been made, but are disputed. | Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
33 | 10 October 1957 | Windscale fire | Windscale, Seascale, Cumbria (now Sellafield) |
17 | August 2000 – March 2001 | Instituto Oncologico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.[103][104] | Panama City, Panama |
13 | 1996 | 1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.[105] | San José, Costa Rica |
11 | December 1990 | 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, (27 patients were injured)[106] | Zaragoza, Spain |
10 | 10 August 1985 | Soviet submarine K-431 accident, (49 people suffered radiation injuries)[107] | near Vladivostok, Russia |
10 | 1974–1976 | Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuries[104][108] | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
9 | 24 May 1968 | Soviet submarine K-27 accident. (83 people were injured)[104] | |
8 | 4 July 1961 | Soviet submarine K-19 accident. More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation.[109] | |
8 | March 1984 | 1984 Moroccan radiation accident[110] | Morocco |
7 | 1980 | Houston radiotherapy accident[104][108] | Houston, Texas, United States |
5 | 9 August 2004 | Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe[111] | Mihama, Fukui, Japan |
5 | 5 October 1982 | Lost radiation source, 13 injuries[104] | Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union |
4 | September 1987 | Goiânia accident, (249 people received serious radiation contamination)[112] | Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil |
4 | 1962 | 1962 Mexico City radiation accident | Mexico City, Mexico |
3 | 1961 | SL-1 reactor explosion and melt-down (US Army) | National Reactor Testing Station (now Idaho National Laboratory), Idaho Falls, Idaho |
3 | 1985–1987 | Software and engineering errors in the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine result in patients receiving massive overdoses of radiation.[113]: 425 and three people dying as a result of the overdose.[114] | |
3 | February 2000 | Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled.[115] | Samut Prakan Province, Thailand |
2 | 30 September 1999 | Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan)[111] | Tōkai, Ibaraki, Japan |
Rail accidents and disasters
Deaths | Incident |
---|---|
1,700+ | Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck (Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004) |
800–1,000 | Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 12 December 1917) |
600–1,000 | Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 14 January 1917) |
500–800 | Bihar train derailment (Bihar, India, 6 June 1981)[116] |
600–700 | Vereshchyovka train disaster (Soviet Union, 24 January 1944) |
600+ | Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 22 January 1915)[117] |
575 | Ufa train disaster (Soviet Union, 4 June 1989) |
521–600+ | Balvano train disaster (Italy, 3 March 1944) |
200–500+ | Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 3 January 1944) |
428 | Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 13 January 1985) |
383 | Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 20 February 2002) |
360 | 1981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash, (Ganluo County, China, 9 July 1981) |
358 | Firozabad rail disaster (Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 20 August 1995) |
338 | Rongjiawan trains disaster (Rongjiawan, Hunan, China, 29 April 1997) |
320 | Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 18 February 2004) |
307 | Sukkur rail disaster (Sangi, Sindh, Pakistan, 4 January 1990) |
300 | Changsha rail disaster (Changsha, China, January 1918) |
300~ | Montemorelos, (Mexico, 1915)[118] |
300 | Tolunda (Angola, 1994)[119] |
300 | Gambar train crash, (Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan, 29 September 1957)[120] |
289 | Baku Metro fire (Baku, Azerbaijan, 28 October 1995) |
285 | Gaisal train disaster (Gaisal, West Bengal, India, 2 August 1999) |
281 | Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 24 June 2002) |
278 | Genthin rail disaster (Genthin, Germany, 22 December 1939) |
248 | El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)[121] |
230 | Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 23 December 1933) |
226 | Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 22 May 1915) |
212 | Khanna rail disaster (Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 1998) |
208 | Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 4 October 1972) |
207 | BASF tank car explosion, (Ludwigshafen, Germany, 28 July 1948) |
200 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster (Poland, 1949). Not confirmed by any official source, cf. Katastrofy kolejowe w Polsce (Polish) |
192 | Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 25 May 2002) |
189 | Nishinari train fire, (Osaka, Japan, 29 January 1940)[122] |
185 | Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, 20 March 1946) |
184 | Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947) |
162 | Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 3 May 1962) |
161 | Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 9 November 1963) |
156 | Bintaro train crash (Indonesia, 19 October 1987) |
155 | Kaprun disaster (Austria, 11 November 2000) |
154 | Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 22 April 2004) |
154 | Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956) |
153 | Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, then Yugoslavia, 30 August 1974) |
151 | Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 24 December 1953) |
150 | 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965) |
150 | Pukhrayan train derailment, (Pukhrayan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 20 November 2016) |
148 | Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, 28 May 2010) |
142–236 | Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)[123] |
100–140 | Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy, 1944 |
139 | Yasanti River train crash, (India, 28 September 1954) |
135 | Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989) |
132 | Ghotki rail crash (Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan, 13 July 2005) |
131 | Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 27 January 1982) |
130 | Rafiganj train disaster (Rafiganj, Bihar, India, 10 September 2002) |
130 | Barwałd Średni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944) |
128 | Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997) |
128 | Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 May 1958) |
125 | Railway bridge collapse, (India, 2 September 1956) |
120 | Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997) |
120 | Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 14 February 1998) |
119 | Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 4 March 1952) |
118 | Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 14 November 1960) |
118 | Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, (Portugal, 11 September 1985) |
114 | Veligonda train disaster (Veligonda, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India, 29 October 2005) |
114 | Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993) |
112 | Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 8 October 1952) |
112 | San Rafael River train disaster (Mexico, 10 August 1989) |
112 | Nebukawa, derailment caused by the Great Kantō earthquake, (Japan, 1 September 1923)[124] |
110 | Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943) |
108 | Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950) |
107 | Patna train derailed (Bihar, India, 1937) |
107 | Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972) |
107 | Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 25 April 2005) |
107 | Peruman railway accident (Kerala, India, 8 July 1988) |
106 | Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 24 April 1951) |
106 | Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 7 August 1987) |
106 | Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978) |
105 | Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945) |
103 | Šakvice train disaster, (Czechoslovakia, 24 December 1953) |
93–102 | Malbone Street Wreck, (Brooklyn, NY, 1 November 1918) |
102 | Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, 16 July 1945) |
102 | Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994) |
101 | Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, 22 December 1939) |
101 | Eschede train disaster (Germany, 3 June 1998) |
101 | The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 9 July 1918) |
100 | Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, (East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953) |
100 | Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1 August 2007) |
99 | St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 29 June 1864) |
97 | Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 7 August 1904) |
96 | Great Wellington train disaster, (Sky Valley Washington, United States, 1 March 1910) |
94 | Langenweddingen level crossing disaster, (Magdeburg, Germany, 6 July 1967) |
93 | Harmelen train disaster, (Netherlands, 8 January 1962) |
92 | Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, (Ashtabula, Ohio, 29 December 1876) |
91 | Lewisham rail crash, (Lewisham, London, England, 4 December 1957) |
91 | Arzamas train disaster, (Arzamas, Russia, 4 June 1988) |
90 | Hunan rail disaster, (Hunan, China, 30 May 1946) |
84 | Granville rail disaster (Granville, Australia, 18 January 1977) |
60 | Magude train disaster (Portuguese Mozambique, 27 March 1974) |
Road
Smog
Deaths | Date | Incident |
---|---|---|
12,000 | 5–9 December 1952 | The Great Smog of London (London, 5–9 December 1952) |
2,200 | 1880 | Coal smog (London, 1880)[138] |
300–405 | January–February 1963 | 1963 New York City smog |
220–240 | November 1953 | 1953 New York City smog |
168 | 23–25 November 1966 | 1966 New York City smog |
160 | 12–15 December 1991 | Smog (London, 12–15 December 1991)[139] |
60 | 1930 | Meuse Valley smog (Belgium, 1930)[138] |
50 | 27–31 October 1948 | The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, 27–31 October 1948)[138] |
20 | 2–14 November 2017 | The 2017 Punjab Smog (Punjab, Pakistan, 2–14 November 2017)[138] |
Space exploration
Deaths | Date | Incident |
---|---|---|
7 | 28 January 1986 | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, over Florida, U.S. |
7 | 1 February 2003 | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, over Texas/Louisiana, U.S. |
3 | 27 January 1967 | Apollo 1, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. – occurred on ground before launch |
3 | 30 June 1971 | Soyuz 11, space |
1 | 24 April 1967 | Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia |
1 | 15 November 1967 | X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S. |
1 | 31 October 2014 | VSS Enterprise, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S. |
Sporting events
Deaths | Date | Incident |
---|---|---|
1,112 | 140 | Collapse upper tier of the Circus Maximus, (Rome, 140AD) |
614 | 26 February 1918 | Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, 26 February 1918) |
328 | 24 May 1964 | 1964 Lima football riot tragedy, (Lima, Peru, 24 May 1964)[140] |
~200 | 20 January 1980 | Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980[141] |
96 | 15 April 1989 | Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 15 April 1989) |
93 | 12 March 1988 | Hailstorm & Stadium crush (Kathmandu, Nepal, 12 March 1988)[142] |
84 | 11 June 1955 | 1955 Le Mans disaster (motor racing accident) (Le Mans, France, 11 June 1955) |
79 | 1 February 2012 | Port Said Stadium disaster (Port Said, Egypt, 1 February 2012) |
71 | 23 June 1968 | Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)[143] |
66 | 2 January 1971 | Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 2 January 1971) |
66 | 20 October 1982 | Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR (20 October 1982)[144] |
56 | 11 May 1985 | Bradford City stadium fire (Bradford, England, 11 May 1985) |
43 | 11 April 2001 | Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001) |
44 | 17 September 1967 | Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 17 September 1967) |
39 | 29 May 1985 | Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 29 May 1985) |
32 | 3 October 2014 | 2014 Patna stampede (Patna, Bihar, India, 3 October 2014) |
33 | 9 March 1946 | Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 9 March 1946) |
28 | 9 September 1928 | Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928) |
26 | 5 April 1902 | First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 5 April 1902) |
24 | 15 November 2014 | Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 18 November 1982[145] |
22 | 29 November 1900 | Spectators on roof of glass factory observing 1900 Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse, causing deaths from falls and burns (San Francisco, 1900)[146] |
21 | 8 February 1981 | Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece, 8 February 1981)[147] |
18 | 5 May 1992 | Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, (Bastia, Corsica, France, 5 May 1992).[148] |
17 | 1979 | 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979) |
15 | 10 September 1961 | 1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 10 September 1961) |
13 | 12 May 1957 | Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and nine spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators.(Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, 12 May 1957). Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia and Florence)[149][150] |
13 | 18 January 1953 | 1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 January 1953 |
13 | 14 September 2008 | 2008 Congo football riots: Democratic Republic of Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 September 2008 |
13 | 31 August 1952 | Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; 31 August 1952 |
12 | 1969 | Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, 1969) |
12 | 8 August 1903 | Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, 8 August 1903 |
11 | 1911 | Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, 1911) |
11 | 16 September 2011 | 2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands (Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada; 16 September 2011) |
9 | 18 July 1909 | The Racetrack Disaster of Berlin 9 killed, 52 injured in a cycling event when a motorcycle pacemaker crashed into spectators at a newly built velodrome (Berlin Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany; 18 July 1909)[151][152] |
9 | 1992 | 1992 Le Mans Moto accidents, 9 dead and 50 injured in a chain of road accidents involving motorcyclists in the surrounding area during the running of the race (Le Mans, France, 1992)[153] |
8 | 11 January 1999 | Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, 11 January 1999[154] |
8 | 1903 | 1903 Paris–Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.[155][156] |
8 | 15 August 2010 | 2010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off-road truck rolled into the gallery[157][158] |
6 | 1998 | 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after being caught in a large storm |
6 | 24 April 1977 | Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.[159] |
6 | 8 September 1912 | Vailsburg Motordrome, two riders including Eddie Hasha and four spectators died and 17 injured through a chain of events that began when Hasha collided into a rail (Vailsburg, Newark; 8 September 1912).[160] |
Stampedes
Deaths | Incident |
---|---|
6,000 | Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. A multitude of civilians fleeing from an advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river passing over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed. (Portugal, 1809) |
4,000 | Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941) |
2,268 | 2015 Mina stampede in a Mina street en route to the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2015) |
1,426 | 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990) |
1,389 | Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896) |
953 | Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq) |
800 | 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1954) |
357 | Phnom Penh stampede (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2010) |
354 | Galleria delle Grazie (Genoa, Italy, 1942) |
362 | Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 12 January 2006) |
328 | Estadio Nacional disaster, (Lima, Peru, 24 May 1964) |
270 | Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994) |
258 | Mandher Devi temple stampede (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 25 January 2005) |
251 | Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004) |
245 | Bridge stampede, (Lyon, France, 11 October 1711) |
224 | 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple (Rajasthan, India, 30 September 2008) |
200 | Stampede in the central place of Nagpur (Maharashtra, India, 1992) |
183 | Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush (Sunderland, 1883) |
173 | Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943) |
162 | Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster (Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 3 August 2008) |
130 | 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building (Nagpur, Maharastra, India, 23 November 1994) |
124 | New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine (Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, 1 January 1956) |
123 | Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko football match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001) |
118 | Pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998) |
115 | Shiloh Baptist Church stampede, (Birmingham, Alabama, 19 September 1902) |
115 | 2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede, (Ratangarh, India, 13 October 2013) |
110 | Carnival tragedy of 1823 (Valletta, Malta, 1823) |
105 | Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (10 October 1991) |
102 | 2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage (Sabarimala, Kerala, India, 14 January 2011) |
100 | The Station nightclub fire, fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 20 February 2003) |
96 | Hillsborough disaster crush (Sheffield, England, 1989) |
93 | Kathmandu stadium disaster, (Kathmandu, Nepal, 13 March 1988) |
84 | Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush (Guatemala City, 16 October 1996) |
78 | PhilSports Arena stampede, (Manila, Philippines, 4 February 2006)[161] |
77 | Stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station (Japan, 8 January 1934) |
73 | Italian Hall disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)[162] |
72 | River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968) |
71 | Ram Janki Temple stampede, (Kunda, India, 4 March 2010) |
70 | Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema, (Paisley, Scotland, 31 December 1929) |
67 | 1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster: Typhoon Billie forced the evacuation of thousands of people through tight corridors of a stadium (Busan, South Korea, 17 July 1959) |
66 | Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971) |
66 | Luzhniki disaster, football match crush (Moscow, USSR. 20 October 1982)[144] |
61 | Abidjan stampede disaster, (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1 January 2013) |
60 | Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, (Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6 December 1988) |
60 | A tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade (Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on 3 March 1989) |
53 | Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, 31 May 1999) |
53 | 1999 Sabarimala stampede, (Sabarimala, India, 15 January 1999) |
53 | 1952 Santa Teresa church stampede, (Caracas, Venezuela, 9 April 1952)[163] |
52 | Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China (14 February 1994) |
51 | Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster (Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, 13 September 2006) |
50 | Mahamaham stampede disaster (Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on 18 February 1992)[164] |
45 | Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure (Delhi, India, 4 December 1981) |
44 | Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 17 September 1968) |
42 | Ellis Park Stadium Disaster (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001) |
39 | Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, 29 May 1985) |
37 | Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster (Miyun, Beijing, China, 5 February 2004) |
36 | Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster (Bamako, Mali on 21 February 2011),[165] |
36 | 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
36 | 2014 Shanghai stampede (The Bund, Shanghai, China) |
33 | Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster (Nasik, Maharashtra, India, 26 August 2003) |
29 | Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006)[166] |
28 | Chengguan Primary School stampede (Shanyang County, Shaanxi, China, 26 December 1987)[167][168] |
26 | Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster (Timbuktu, Mali, February 2010)[citation needed] |
25 | A stampede by building collapse, during Shiva ratri festival (Patna, Bihar, India, 6 March 1989) |
24 | Covento Franciscano de la Villa partial building collapse during a heavy hail storm with 1,300 people inside caused panic and rush down the stairs to the exit. (Granadilla, Tenerife Island, Spain, 3 February 1963)[169] |
24 | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster (Cali, Colombia, 18 November 1982) |
23 | al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony (Omdurman, Sudan, 13 July 2008) |
22 | At least 22 people are killed and over 30 are seriously injured in a rush hour stampede on a footbridge between the Parel and Prabhadevi railway stations.(Mumbai, India, 29 September 2017) |
21 | Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster (Hong Kong, 1 January 1993)[170] |
21 | Love Parade stampede (Duisburg, Germany, 24 July 2010) |
21 | 2003 E2 nightclub stampede (Chicago, IL, USA, 17 February 2003) |
20 | Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster (Maseru, Lesotho, 29 August 1980) |
20 | Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 31 January 1965) |
19 | Synagogue stampede during the fast of Yom Kippur (Ostrowo, Germany, 10 October 1872) |
19 | Stampede disaster after Christina Nilsson's appearance at a window of Grand Hôtel (Stockholm, Sweden, 23 September 1885) |
21 | At least 21 people are killed in a stampede at a nightclub in Caracas, Venezuela. The stampede was reportedly triggered when a tear-gas canister was set off during a brawl. Eight people were arrested. (Caracas, Venezuela, 16 June 2018) |
13 | News Divine nightclub stampede disaster (Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, 20 June 2008) |
13 | Throb Nightclub stampede disaster (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 24 March 2000) |
12 | Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York City, 30 May 1883)[171] |
11 | Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 3 December 1979) |
11 | Eleven killed and 247 injured in a pedestrian crush after a fireworks festival (Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 21 July 2001)[172] |
11 | Alexandria Stadium football match stampede disaster (Northern Egypt, January 1999) |
10 | All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster (Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, 10 February 2008) |
9 | Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival (Denmark, 30 June 2000) |
Structural collapses
Deaths | Incident |
---|---|
171,000 | failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin (Zhumadian, southern Henan, China, 8 August 1975)[173] |
20,000+ | Amphitheater collapse, (Fidenae, Italy, in the year 27 AD) |
5,000–10,000 | 1979 Machchhu dam failure, (Morbi, India, 11 August 1979) |
2,209 | Johnstown Flood, (Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 31 May 1889) |
1,910 | 1963 Vajont Dam Collapse, (Erto e Casso, Italy, 9 October 1963) |
1,129 | Collapse of the Rana Plaza (Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, 24 April 2013) |
1,000+ | Tigra Dam failure, (Gwalior, India, 4 August 1917) |
1,000 | Panshet Dam failure, (Pune, India, 12 July 1961) |
941 | Iruka Lake Dam failure, (Inuyama, Japan, 13 May 1868) |
608 | Puentes dam collapsed flooding Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 30 April 1802 |
502 | Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, 29 June 1995) |
500–1500 | Eitai Bridge collapse, (Tokyo, Japan, 20 September 1807) |
423 | Malpasset Dam failure, (Fréjus, France, 2 December 1959) |
400–600+ | St. Francis Dam failure, (Los Angeles County, California, 12 March 1928) |
356 | Gleno Dam failure, (Bergamo, Italy, 1 December 1923) |
268 | Val di Stava dam collapse, (Tesero, Italy, 19 July 1985) |
250–434 | Koshi Barrage failure, (Koshi River, Nepal, 18 August 2008) |
244 | Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure, (Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, 11 March 1864) |
238 | Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood, (Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, 10 June 1972) |
226 | Angers Bridge collapse, (Angers, France, 16 April 1850) |
200+ | Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse, North Korea, 31 October 2017 |
~200 | Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980[141] |
169 | Manila Film Center collapsed, Pasay, Philippines, 17 November 1981 |
~160 | Uyo church collapse, Uyo, Nigeria, 10 December 2016 |
145 | Pemberton Mill collapse, (Lawrence, Massachusetts, 10 January 1860) |
144 | Vega de Tera dam collapsed flooding Ribadelago, Zamora, Spain, 9 January 1959 |
140 | Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on 19 November 1974 |
139 | Mill River dam failure, (Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States, 1874) |
139 | a six-story apartment collapsed at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on 13 September 1976 |
135 | Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 13 August 1993) |
128 | Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse near Bogota, Colombia, 28 July 1983 |
125 | Buffalo Creek flood, (Logan County, West Virginia, United States, 26 February 1972) |
125 | a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, 8 November 1984 |
120 | a nuns' school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on 1 February 1963 |
120–180 | Kantale Dam failure, (Kantale, Sri Lanka, 20 April 1986) |
117 | Heiwa Lake Dam failure, (Kameoka, Japan, 1951) |
115 | Synagogue Church Building collapsed at Lagos State, Nigeria on 12 September 2014 |
114 | Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981) |
112 | Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on 20 August 1963.[citation needed] |
111 | Mecca crane collapse, at Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 11 September 2015. |
111 | Dam failure, (Molare, Italy, 1935) |
108 | Taisho Lake Dam failure, (Ide, Kyoto, Japan, 1951) |
107–500 | Dam failure, (Vratsa, Bulgaria, 1966) |
100 | Walnut Grove Dam failure, (Wickenburg, Arizona, United States, 21 February 1890) |
100 | Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 16 June 1990 |
98 | Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.) weight of snow causes building collapse, Washington, D.C., 28 January 1922 |
98+ | Situ Gintung Dam failure, (Cirendeu, Indonesia, 27 March 2009) |
94 | Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on 2 February 2004 |
94 | Pétionville school collapse, (Pétion-Ville, Haiti, 7 November 2008) |
89 | 1971 Certej dam failure, (Certeju de Sus, Romania, 30 October 1971) |
84 | Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on 27 December 1938 |
82 | Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on 27 December 1627 |
81 | Bilberry reservoir dam failure, (Holme Valley, England, 5 February 1852) |
79 | Yarmouth Bridge collapse, (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, 2 May 1845) |
78 | Austin Dam failure, (Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States, 30 September 1911) |
75 | Quebec Bridge, Quebec, Canada, 29 August 1907 |
74 | Cinema theatre roof collapse, Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938 |
74 | Fengcheng power station collapse, Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China, 24 November 2016 |
73 | Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on 16 April 1955 |
71 | Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 October 1985 |
70 | A three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 4 May 1992 |
70 | Shaikdor Dam failure, Pasni, Pakistan, 10 February 2005 |
69 | Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 4 February 1971) |
67 | Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999 |
65 | Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse in Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006 |
64 | Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, 27 October 1996 |
62 | Desná Dam failure, (Desná, Czech Republic, 1916) |
61 | 2013 Mumbai building collapse, (Mumbai, India, 27 September 2013) |
61 | Apartment building under construction collapsed at Moulivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 28 June 2014 |
60 | Horonai Dam failure, (Ōmu, Hokkaido, Japan, 1941) |
60 | Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on 26 September 2007 |
60 | Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006 |
60 | Under-construction Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on 13 August 2007 |
59 | 116-year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on 4 March 2001 |
58 | Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on 15 September 1959[174] |
56 | Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, 21 February 2006) |
56 | Los Ángeles de San Rafael restaurant building collapse (near Segovia, Castile-León, Spain, 15 June 1969) |
55 | Point Ellice Bridge disaster, (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 26 May 1896) |
54 | 2013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse (Riga, Latvia, 21 November 2013) |
52–59 | Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge, (Cần Thơ, Vietnam, 26 September 2007) |
51 | Willow Island disaster (Willow Island, West Virginia, USA, 27 April 1978) |
51 | Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, 6 September 2008 |
50+ | Black Forest Hotel collapse in Nagold, (Germany), 5 April 1906 |
50 | Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, 17 January 1982 |
50+ | Jiantuo River bridge collapse, (Hunan, China, 2007) |
49 | Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May 1963 |
48 | Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 December 1993 |
48 | Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 November 1971) |
47 | Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938) |
46 | Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967) |
45 | Under-construction Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India, on December 2009.[citation needed] |
43 | Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976) |
42 | Grandstand collapse at Boy Scout review in Bucharest, Romania, 8 June 1936 |
42 | Interstate 880 (Oakland, California, Collapsed due to earthquake, 17 October 1989.) |
39 | Kelly Barnes Dam collapse at Toccoa, Georgia, 1977 |
39 | Ponte Morandi highway bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy (14 August 2018) |
35 | West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970) |
35 | Illegally built seven-story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, 24 December 2007 |
34 | Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Apulia, Taranto, Italy, 7 February 1985 |
33 | Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March 1986 |
32 | Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, 31 July 1988 |
32 | Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October 1994 |
29 | Under-construction Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on 20 December 1996 |
28 | Offshore defense radar facility, Texas Tower 4 collapsed in Atlantic Ocean, southeast of New York City, United States, 15 January 1961 |
28 | L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, 23 April 1987 |
28 | Transvaal Park roof collapsed, Moscow, Russia, 14 February 2004 |
27 | The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 17 June 1958 |
26 | Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, 26 July 1985) |
24 | Ritz Cafe collapse in Phenix City, Alabama, United States, 21 April 1938 |
24 | Unlicensed construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, 3 May 1984 |
23 | City Hall auditorium collapse in London, Ontario, Canada, 3 January 1898 |
23 | Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding, 24 May 2001 |
22 | Ford's Theatre floor collapse in Washington, D. C., United States, 9 June 1893 |
20 | Cavalese cable car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft |
20 | Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996 |
20 | Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, 25 December 2007. Another 15 missing |
19 | a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on 1 July 2008 |
17+ | At least 17 people are killed in a building collapse in Mumbai, India, 26 July 2017 |
17 | Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 17 January 1982 |
15 | Wonderland Theatre collapse in Detroit, Michigan, 5 November 1898 |
14 | La Tienda Amigo clothing outlet collapse in Brownsville, Texas, 7 July 1988 |
14 | Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995 |
14 | I-40 bridge disaster collapse, (Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, 2002) |
13 | John G. Myers Company store collapse in Albany, New York, on 8 August 1905 |
13 | Apartment balcony collapse in Chicago, Illinois, 2003 |
13 | I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007) |
12 | Schlitz Brewing Company warehouse collapse in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1942 |
12 | Bridge ramp collapse near East Chicago, Indiana, 1982 |
11 | Harbor Cay Condominium collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1981 |
11 | Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001) |
10+ | Amsden Building collapse in South Framingham, Massachusetts, 1906 |
10 | Erie Tunnel collapse near Brooklyn, New York City, 1910 |
10 | Consumers Power Company building wall collapse in Jackson, Michigan, 1956 |
10 | Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse in Florida, New York, 1987 |
9 | Crystal Restaurant collapse in Akron, Ohio, 1916 |
9 | Dance pavilion collapse at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1924 |
9 | Stone arch collapse in Texcoco, Mexico, 1951 |
9 | Heron Road Bridge collapse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1966 |
8 | Hatchie River Bridge collapse near Covington, Tennessee, 1989 |
8 | Torre Annunziata building collapse, 7 July 2017 |
7 | Johanns Steamship Provisions Company building collapse in New York City, 1917 |
7 | Television transmitting tower collapse in Shoreview, Minnesota, 1971 |
7 | Lake Keowee dam collapse at Seneca, South Carolina, 1978 |
7 | Edifício Enseada de Serrambí collapse at Olinda, Pernambuco (27 December 1999)[175][176][177] |
6 | Foothill Freeway bridge collapse near Pasadena, California, 1972 |
6 | Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse near Sweetwater, Florida, 2018 |
5 | Interstate highway bridge collapse near Rapid City, South Dakota, 1962 |
5 | Reservoir roof collapse in Hillsboro, Oregon, 1962 |
5 | Rosemont Horizon (later called Allstate Arena) roof collapse in Rosemont, Illinois, 1979 |
5 | Bridge collapse near Port Isabel, Texas, 2001 |
3 | Drugstore collapse in Flora, Illinois, 1954 |
3 | Baseball stadium wall collapse in Augusta, Georgia, 1955 |
3 | Illinois State Fair grandstand roof collapse in Springfield, Illinois, 1966 |
3 | Turia disco lights collapse (Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan; 5 January 1988)[178] |
Structural fires
Deaths | Date | Incident | Location |
---|---|---|---|
2,000+ | 8 December 1863 | Church of the Company Fire | Santiago, Chile |
1,995 | 2 August 1893 | Theater fire[179] | Kamli, Canton, China |
1,670 | 25 May 1845 | Theater fire | Canton, China |
900 | June 1871 | Theater fire | Shanghai, China |
800 | 1836 | Lehman Theater fire | St. Petersburg, Russia |
667 | 1977 | Cinema fire | Xinjiang, China |
658 | 13 February 1937 | Antoung Movie Theater fire | Nantong, China |
614 | 27 February 1918 | Happy Valley Racecourse fire | Hong Kong |
602 | 30 December 1903 | Iroquois Theater Fire | Chicago, Illinois |
600 | 20 May 1872 | Theater fire | Tientsin, China |
538 | 23 December 1995 | Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire | Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India |
530 | 17 March 2000 | Kanungu church fire | Kanungu, Uganda |
500 | 17 December 1961 | Gran Circus Norte-Americano – Niterói circus fire | Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
492 | 28 November 1942 | Cocoanut Grove fire | Boston, Massachusetts |
448 | 8 December 1881 | Ringtheater Fire | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
430 | 13 January 1883 | Circus Ferroni fire | Berdichev, Russia |
400 | 17 December 1778 | Coliseo theater fire | Zaragoza, Spain |
396 | 1 August 2004 | Paraguay supermarket fire | Asunción, Paraguay |
360 | 14 February 2012 | Comayagua prison fire | Comayagua, Honduras |
326+ | 30 June 1900 | 1900 Hoboken Docks fire | Hoboken, New Jersey, United States |
324 | 10 December 1994 | 1994 Karamay fire | Karamay, China |
322 | 21 April 1930 | Ohio Penitentiary fire | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
322 | 22 May 1967 | L'Innovation Department Store Fire | Brussels, Belgium |
312 | 1910 | Barn fire | Ököritófülpös, Hungary |
309 | 25 December 2000 | Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire | Luoyang, China |
291 | 29 December 2001 | Mesa Redonda fire | Lima, Peru |
289 | 28 October 1995 | 1995 Baku Metro fire | Baku, Azerbaijan |
278+ | 5 December 1876 | Brooklyn Theatre fire | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
257+ | 11 September 2012 | 2012 Karachi garment factory fire | Karachi, Pakistan |
250 | 15 February 1909 | Flores Theater fire | Acapulco, Mexico |
242 | 27 January 2013 | Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
234 | 27 November 1994 | Discothèque fire | Fuxin, China |
225 | 14 July 1960 | Mental hospital fire | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
209 | 23 April 1940 | Rhythm Night Club fire | Natchez, Mississippi |
208 | 6 March 1943 | Hoteiza theater fire | Kucchan, Japan |
200 | 1847 | Carslruhe theater fire | St. Petersburg, Russia |
200 | 21 March 1888 | Banquet theater fire | Porto, Portugal |
194 | 30 December 2004 | República Cromagnon nightclub fire | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
188 | 1 February 1974 | Joelma Building fire | São Paulo, Brazil |
188 | 10 May 1993 | Kader Toy Factory fire | Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
186 | 5 September 1887 | Theatre Royal, Exeter | England |
175 | 4 March 1908 | Collinwood school fire | Collinwood, Ohio, United States |
171 | 13 January 1908 | Rhoads Opera House Fire | Boyertown, Pennsylvania |
168 | 6 July 1944 | Hartford circus fire | Hartford, Connecticut |
167 | 6 July 1988 | Piper Alpha oil platform explosions | North Sea |
165 | 28 May 1977 | Beverly Hills Supper Club fire | Southgate, Kentucky |
163 | 13 November 1960 | Cinema fire | Amude, Syria |
162 | 25 December 1971 | Daeyeonggak Hotel fire[180] | Seoul, South Korea |
162 | 18 March 1996 | Ozone Disco Club fire | Quezon City, Philippines |
157 | 20 May 1980 | Eventide Home for the Aged | Kingston, Jamaica |
153 | 4 December 2009 | Perm Lame Horse club fire[181] | Perm, Russia |
152 | 13 November 1960 | Cinema fire | Amuda, Syria |
150 | 19 June 1919 | Teatro Yagüez fire | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States |
146 | 1 November 1970 | Club Cinq-Sept fire night club fire[180] | Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France |
146 | 25 March 1911 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire | New York City, New York, United States |
144 | 19 April 1930 | 1930 Costești wooden church fire[182] | Costești, Romania |
139 | 22 September 1948 | Wing On godown fire[93][183][184] | Sai Wan, Hong Kong |
130 | 18 March 1930 | Cinema fire[185] | Kirin, China |
126 | 4 May 1897 | Bazar de la Charité fire | Paris, France |
124 | 3 June 2010 | 2010 Nimtoli Fire[186] | Nimtoli, Old Dhaka |
124 | 24 November 2012 | 2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory[187] | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
123 | 15 May 1929 | Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929 | Cleveland, Ohio |
120–140 | 1184 | Fire at McDermott's Castle caused by lightning strike | Lough Key, Ireland |
120+ | 13 June 2013 | Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire | Dehui, China |
119 | 7 December 1946 | Winecoff Hotel fire | Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
118 | 19 April 1930 | 1930 Costești wooden church fire | Costești, Romania |
118 | 13 May 1972 | Sennichi department store fire | Osaka, Japan |
113–117 | 26 May 1822 | Grue Church fire | Grue, Norway |
109 | 5 November 1961 | 1961 Elbarusovo school fire | Elbarusovo, Soviet Union |
108 | 17 May 2004 | Fire at San Pedro Sula's prison | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
104 | 10 March 1930 | Cinema fire[188] | Chinkai Guard District |
104 | 29 November 1973 | Taiyo department store fire | Kumamoto, Japan |
104 | 10 March 1930 | Jinhae Primary School fire | Jinhae, South Korea |
102 | 11 July 1997 | Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire | Jomtien Beach, Thailand |
100 | 16 February 1955 | Nursing home fire | Yokohama, Japan |
100 | 20 February 2003 | The Station nightclub fire | West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States |
99 | 17 February 1955 | Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire | Yokohama, Japan |
99 | 12 December 1942 | Knights of Columbus Hostel fire | St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
98 | 31 December 1986 | Dupont Plaza Hotel arson | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
95 | 1 December 1958 | Our Lady of the Angels School Fire | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
94 | 16 July 2004 | 2004 Kumbakonam School fire | Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India |
92+ | 8 February 1981 | 1981 Bangalore circus fire | Bangalore, India |
90 | 23 September 1928 | Novedades Theater fire | Madrid, Spain |
89 | 9 December 2011 | AMRI hospital fire | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
89 | 3 November 1974 | Pu Lai Win Hotel fire | Seoul, South Korea |
87 | 30 August 1947 | Cinema fire | Rueil-Malmaison, France |
87 | 25 March 1990 | Happyland Fire | Bronx, New York City, New York, United States |
85 | 21 November 1980 | MGM Grand fire | Paradise, Nevada, United States |
86 | 17 March 1899 | Windsor Hotel fire | New York City, New York, United States |
82 | 17 December 1983 | Alcalá 20 nightclub fire | Madrid, Spain |
81 | 20 November 1993 | Zhili Toy Factory fire | Shenzhen, China |
81 | 20 December 1937 | Primary School fire | Shirahama, Japan |
80–88 | 8 February 1947 | Karlslust dance hall fire | Berlin, Germany |
80 | 12 July 1979 | Hotel Corona de Aragón fire | Zaragoza, Spain |
79 | 1985 | Saavedra Psychiatric Hospital fire | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
79 | 14 February 1993 | Linxi department store fire | Tangshan, China |
78 | 28 March 1996 | Kebon Kembang shopping mall fire | Bogor, Indonesia |
78 | 8 September 1727 | Barn fire | Burwell, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
78 | 27 May 1875 | Precious Blood Church fire | Holyoke, Massachusetts |
78 | 9 January 1927 | Laurier Palace Theatre fire | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
77 | 16 May 1923 | Cleveland school fire | Camden, South Carolina |
75 | 24 September 1999 | Building fire | Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
75 | 17 August 2001 | Manor Hotel fire | Quezon City, Philippines |
74 | 13 May 2015 | Kentex slipper factory fire | Valenzuela City, Philippines |
74 | 29 March 2000 | Tiantang cinema fire | Jiaozuo, China |
73 | 29 July 1979 | Lakshimki Talkies cinema fire | Tuticorin, India |
72 | 26 December 1811 | Richmond Theatre fire | Richmond, Virginia, United States |
72 | 17 February 1957 | Warrenton Nursing Home Fire | Warrenton, Missouri |
72 | 14 June 2017 | Grenfell Tower fire[189] | London, England, United Kingdom |
71 | 31 December 1929 | Glen Cinema disaster | Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom |
71 | 10 January 1883 | Newhall House Hotel fire | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
70 | 5 April 1949 | St. Anthony's Hospital fire | Effingham, Illinois |
68 | 26 March 2001 | Kyanguli Secondary school fire | Machakos, Kenya |
68 | 2 March 1960 | Manufacturing plant fire | Busan, South Korea |
66 | 1 January 2009 | Santika Club fire | Bangkok, Thailand |
65 | 24 February 2006 | KTS Composite Textile factory fire | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
64+ | 25 March 2018 | 2018 Kemerovo fire | Winter Cherry complex, Kemerovo, Russia |
64 | 15 February 1995 | Restaurant fire | Taichung, Taiwan |
64 | 13 February 1983 | Cinema Statuto fire | Turin, Italy |
64 | 4 May 1963 | Le Monde theater fire | Diourbel, Senegal |
63 | 19 March 2007 | Nursing home fire | Krasnodar, Russia |
63 | 23 November 1963 | Golden Age Nursing Home fire | Fitchville Township, Ohio, United States |
63 | 29 October 1998 | Gothenburg nightclub fire | Gothenburg, Sweden |
63 | 30 October 2015 | Colectiv nightclub fire | Bucharest, Romania |
62 | 8 February 1989 | Premier Studio of Mysore fire | Mysore, India |
61 | 5 June 1946 | La Salle Hotel fire | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
61 | 13 December 1993 | Textile Factory fire | Fuzhou, China |
61 | 1978 | Prison fire | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
60 | 8 June 1997 | Brihadiswara temple fire | Thanjavur, India |
60 | 29 October 2002 | Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
59 (to 61) | 1 January 2009 | Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire[190] | Bangkok, Thailand |
59 | 13 June 1997 | Uphaar Cinema fire | Green Park, Delhi, India |
58+ | 15 November 2010 | 2010 Shanghai apartment fire | Shanghai, China |
58 | 11 May 1955 | Cinema fire | Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland |
56 | 11 May 1985 | Bradford City Football Club stadium fire | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
55 | 25 April 2008 | Rosamar Furniture factory fire | Casablanca, Morocco |
55 | 1980 | Mental hospital fire | Górna Grupa, Poland |
55 | 7 September 1943 | Gulf Hotel fire | Houston, Texas, United States |
54 | 30 October 1999 | Building fire | Incheon, South Korea |
53 | 16 February 2004 | Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fire | Jilin, China |
51 | 27 January 1903 | Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum fire | London, England, United Kingdom |
50 | 2 August 1973 | Summerland disaster | Douglas, Isle of Man |
50 | 2 November 2002 | Sidi Moussa prison fire | El Jadida, Morocco |
49 | 5 June 2009 | 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire | Hermosillo, Mexico |
48 | 14 February 1981 | Stardust fire | Artane, Dublin, Ireland |
48 | 1 January 1980 | Opémiska Community Hall | Chapais, Quebec, Canada |
44 | 1 August 1962 | Chau Street tenement house fire | New Kowloon, Hong Kong |
44 | 1 September 2001 | Myojo 56 building fire | Tokyo, Japan |
43 | 8 October 2017 | Northern California Wildfires | Sonoma County, Napa County, Mendocino County, California, United States |
43 | 14 January 1990 | Flying nightclub fire | Zaragoza, Spain |
42 | 5 September 1926 | Dromcolliher Cinema Fire | County Limerick, Ireland |
41 | 26 January 2018 | 2018 Miryang hospital fire | Miryang, South Korea |
41 | 20 November 1996 | The Garley Building fire | Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong |
41 | 18 November 1947 | Ballantynes Fire | Christchurch, New Zealand |
38 | 23 December 2017 | 2017 Davao City mall fire | Davao City, Philippines |
38 | 8 December 1942 | Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire | Dunedin, New Zealand |
37 | 1 September 1970 | Blue Bird Café fire | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
37 | 22 March 2013 | Karen refugee camp fire | Mae Hong Son, Thailand |
36 | 2 December 2016 | 2016 GhostShip Oakland warehouse fire[191] | Oakland, California, United States |
35 | 1 September 1973 | Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel | Copenhagen, Denmark |
34 | 30 October 1971 | Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire[192][193] | Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong |
33 | 9 May 1977 | Hotel Polen fire | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
33 | 8 February 1982 | Hotel New Japan Fire | Tokyo, Japan |
32 | 24 June 1973 | UpStairs Lounge arson fire | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
31 | 18 November 1987 | King's Cross tube station fire | London, England, United Kingdom |
30 | 3 August 1966 | William Booth Memorial Home fire[194] | Melbourne, Australia |
29 | 20 December 1970 | Pioneer Hotel fire[195] | Tucson, Arizona |
29 | 20 July 2002 | Utopia nightclub fire[196] | Lima, Peru |
25 | 3 September 1991 | Imperial Foods processing plant fire | Hamlet, North Carolina, United States |
24 | 14 September 2017 | Islamic boarding school fire | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
24 | 30 June 1974 | Gulliver's nightclub fire | Port Chester, New York, United States |
24 | 28 January 2009 | 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire | Nairobi, Kenya |
22 | 16 July 2017 | Changshu | Jiangsu, China |
22 | 20 October 2000 | Lobohombo[197] | Mexico City, Mexico |
21 | 13 April 2009 | Hostel for homeless fire | Kamień Pomorski, Poland |
21 | 17 February 1986 | Andorinha Building fire | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
21 | 28 October 1915 | St. Johns School Fire | Peabody, Massachusetts, United States |
20 | 10 June 1978 | Hotel fire[198] | Borås, Sweden |
19 | 25 August 2018 | A hotel fire in kills 19 people while 23 are injured | Harbin, China |
19 | 12 July 2005 | Calderón Guardia Hospital fire | San José, Costa Rica |
19 | 4 September 1982 | Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fire[199] | Los Angeles, California, United States |
19 | 1968 | Knitting factory fire, spread to apartment above the factory[200] | Hong Kong |
17 | 20 April 1937 | A cinefilm fire in an elementary school | Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia |
17 | 25 January 1997 | Top One Karaoke fire (fire after an arson attack)[201] | Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
See also
- List of battles and other violent events by death toll
- List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
- List of disasters in Australia by death toll
- List of disasters in Canada by death toll
- List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
- List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
- List of disasters in Poland by death toll
- List of disasters in the United States by death toll
- List of disasters in Estonia by death toll
- List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll
Notes
- ^ Some sources say 90[citation needed]
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