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This is a list of historic fires. Urban fires are the most numerous due to loss of life and property, but also included are lists of fires in individual structures, ships and other transportation, and mines. A few of the most important wildfires or forest fires are included, but this list is not the primary resource for the most severe wildfires, which is summarized in the List of forest fires.

Town and city fires

This is a list of some city conflagrations. Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities.

Antiquity through Middle Ages

587 BC – The destruction of the Temple and city of Jerusalem
64 – Great Fire of Rome
70 – The destruction of 2nd Temple in Jerusalem
406 – A great fire burns down much of Constantinople
532 – The Nika riots result in the destruction of much of Constantinople by fire
847 – Borgo, the area around Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
1041 – Fire destroys most of the old city of Bremen including the cathedral
1132 – In June, there was a huge fire in Hangzhou in which 13,000 houses were destroyed^[2]
1135 – One of the two Great Medieval Fires of London. This blaze was so severe that it destroyed most of the city between St Paul's and St Clement Danes in Westminster
1137 – Great Fire in Hangzhou which destroyed 10,000 houses^[2]
1157 – First Fire of Lübeck destroys the city
1204 – Constantinople burned three times during the Fourth Crusade
1212 – One of the two Great Medieval Fires of London. Also known as the Great Fire of Suthwark, while trying to flee the city, up to 3,000 people died on London Bridge
1251 – Second Fire of Lübeck triggers the use of stone as a fire-safe building material
1253 – Great Fire of Utrecht, the Netherlands, lasts for 9 days and destroyed much of the city
1276 – Third Fire of Lübeck results in comprehensive fire safety system. Last fire in the city before bombing of WW II
1327 – Fire of Munich destroys 1/3 of the city, 30 deaths
1405 – Fire of Bern destroys 600 houses, over 100 deaths
1421 – First Great Fire of Amsterdam
1438 – Great Fire of Gouda, almost the entire city was destroyed
1452 – Second Great Fire of Amsterdam, three quarters of the city destroyed

16th century

1547 – Moscow fire which sparked a rebellion
1571 – Moscow fire occurred when the forces of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray raided the city
1577 – Doges' Palace in Venice (Italy) in fire in December.

17th century

1624 – Oslo (Norway) destroyed.
1653 – Great Fire of Marlborough, England, destroyed the Guildhall, St Mary's Church, the County Armoury, and 224 dwellings
1654 – Delft Thunderclap, an explosion of a gunpowder storage facility killed between 100 and 200 people and destroyed the surrounding area of the city of Delft, the Netherlands.
1656 – Fire of Aachen destroys 4,664 houses, kills 17.
1657 – Great Fire of Meireki destroyed two-thirds of the Japanese capital Edo (modern-day Tokyo)^[3]
1663 – Great Fire of Nagasaki destroys the port of Nagasaki in Japan.^[4]

1666 – Great Fire of London, which originated in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane and destroyed much of London.
1675 – Great Fire of Northampton, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire in St. Mary's Street near Northampton castle. In 6 hours it devastated the town centre, destroying about 600 buildings (three quarters of the town) including All Saints church. 11 people died and about 700 families were made homeless. (September 20)
1676 – Jamestown, Virginia. Burned by Nathaniel Bacon and his followers during Bacon's Rebellion to prevent Governor Berkley from using it as a base.
1677 – Fire of Rostock destroys 700 houses and accelerates city's economic decline at the end of the Hanseatic period
1678 – Hardegsen, a fire during the Christmas fair causes a conflagration that destroys most of the town centre. No injuries as people were in church.
1684 – Toompea (part of modern Tallinn), a fire destroyed most of the hilltop-town.
1689 – Skopje, present-day capital of Macedonia, is burned
1692 – Two thirds of Usingen razed. Replaced by a new Baroque town centre
1694 – Great Fire of Warwick, England
1696 – St. John's, Newfoundland and 35 other settlements burned by French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

18th century

1702 – Uppsala, Sweden, large parts of the city devastated and the cathedral and Uppsala Castle severely damaged
1702 – Bergen: 7/8 of the then Norway's biggest city destroyed during a storm.
1726 – Reutlingen, Germany, Free Imperial City, 80% of all residential houses and almost all public buildings destroyed, and making 1,200 families homeless
1728 – Copenhagen Fire of 1728, two-fifths of the city burned down during three days. 3,650 families became homeless
1734 – Montreal, New France
1752 – Fire destroys 18,000 houses in Moscow, May 5–6.
1754 – The Great Fire of Hindon swept through the village of Hindon, Wiltshire burning 144 houses and buildings to the ground.
1759 – The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 (Swedish Mariabranden) in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden, about 300 buildings destroyed.
1760 – Great Boston Fire of 1760, 349 buildings destroyed
1775 – Great Fire of Tartu, nearly 200 buildings destroyed
1776 – First Great Fire of New York City
1776 – Around 2/3 of Varaždin, the capital of Croatia at the time, destroyed in a fire of officially unknown origins.
1788 – Great New Orleans Fire (1788), Good Friday, March 21, 1788, 856 out of 1100 structures burned.
1788 – Great Fire of Tenmei—Kyoto, Japan, 150 killed, 37,000 houses burned, on March 6.^[5]
1794 – Second Great New Orleans Fire (1794), December 8, 1794. 212 structures destroyed.
1795 – Copenhagen fire of 1795

19th century

1800s

1805 – Detroit

1810s

1811 – Great fire of Podil in Kiev, Russian Empire. Over 2,000 buildings, 12 churches and 3 abbeys destroyed; about 30 deaths
1812 – Moscow, to deny shelter to Napoleon
1813 – Buffalo, New York burned during the War of 1812
1813 – Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1813 – York, Upper Canada burned during the War of 1812
1814 – Tirschenreuth. Town totally destroyed apart from the parish church and 3 neighbouring buildings.
1814 – Burning of Washington during the War of 1812
1817 – St. John's, Newfoundland

1820s

1820 – Ponce, Puerto Rico Spanish settlement almost completely destroyed on February 27.^[6]^[7]^[8]
1820 – Great Savannah Fire burned almost 500 structures, with damages of about $4 million.^[9]
1821 – Paramaribo (Suriname) over 400 houses destroyed
1821 – Fayetteville the Great Fire destroys 500 buildings in the city
1827 – Great Fire of Turku, Finland
1829 – Fire destroys hundreds of buildings in Augusta, Georgia

1830s

1835 – Second Great Fire of New York City
1838 – Charleston, South Carolina, over 1,000 buildings damaged

1840s

1842 – Hamburg fire, about a quarter of the inner city destroyed, 51 killed, and an estimated 20,000 homeless

1845 – Great New York City Fire of 1845, 345 buildings destroyed
1845 – Great Fire of Pittsburgh destroyed over 1000 buildings
1845 – La Playa (de Ponce), the city port of Ponce, Puerto Rico fire, wiped out most of the Ponce vicinity.^[7]^[7]^[8]^[10]
1846 – St. John's, Newfoundland
1847 – Great Fire of Bucharest
1848 – Fire in Medina, Ohio. Destroyed the entire business district
1849 – St. Louis Fire, first US firefighter killed in the line of duty
1849 – First Great Fire of Toronto

1850s

1850 – Kraków, Poland, 10% of the city area
1851 – San Francisco Fire of 1851, destroyed 2000 buildings, a great part of the city
1852 – Vaasa, Finland
1852 – Great Fire of 1852, Montreal, 10,000 of the city's 57,000 residents left homeless.^[11]
1854 – Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead: a spectacular explosion leads to the great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, killing 53 and leveling substantial property in both towns.
1858 – Auckland, New Zealand: Large fire which destroyed 3 hotels, 20 shops, 17 houses, Police station, theatre, Post office and several other buildings in the central town. Auckland had a population, then, of 1500.

1860s

1862 – Troy, New York, 671 buildings destroyed
1864 – Great Fire of Brisbane in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Over four city blocks burned with over 50 houses razed and dozens of businesses; 0 deaths, 4 injured
1861–1865 – The American Civil War involved several major city fires:
- 1864 – Atlanta, Georgia, burned after time given for evacuation of citizens by order of William Tecumseh Sherman
- 1865 – Columbia, South Carolina, burned while being occupied by troops commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman
- 1865 – Richmond, Virginia, burned by retreating Confederates.
1866 – Portland, Maine, Independence Day Fire, commercial district destroyed; 10,000 homeless
1868 – Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Arson destroys 107 houses and 146 other buildings; 4 deaths.

1870s

1870 – Fire in Medina, Ohio, started in a wooden building with a barber shop and consumed all but two blocks of the business district, nearly wiping out the entire town.
1871 – Great Chicago Fire, destroyed the downtown on October 8 and died out the following night. About 250 dead.
1871 – Peshtigo, Wisconsin, several towns destroyed in a firestorm which did also reach Michigan, 1500–2500 dead, same day as Chicago Fire broke out.
1871 – Port Huron Fire of 1871 killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan on October 8; one of the fires collectively called The Great Michigan Fire.
1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed the central Urbana, Illinois on October 9, while the Great Chicago Fire still raged.
1872 – Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people.
1874 – Chicago Fire of 1874, July 14, was in some respects very similar to the 1871 fire, but was stopped by a new-built fire-proof wall. It destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.
1875 – Great Whiskey Fire, Dublin, 18 June, killed 13 people, and destroyed a malt house, a bonded warehouse, houses and a tannery in Mill Street and Chamber Street.
1876– December 5 Brooklyn Theatre fire
1877 – Paris, Texas Fire of 1877, First of three fires that destroyed much of the town.
1877 – Saint John, New Brunswick Fire destroyed 1600 buildings
1878 – The Great Fire of Hong Kong,^[12] destroyed 350 to 400 buildings across more than 10 acres (40,000 m²) of central Hong Kong.
1879 – Hakodate fire, Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, 67 fatalities, 20,000 homeless.^[13]

1880s

1881 – Thumb Fire in Michigan; 282 killed.
1886 – Great Vancouver Fire, Vancouver, British Columbia
1889 – Great Seattle Fire
1889 – Great Spokane Fire of 1889
1889 – Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889—destroyed 196 buildings and killed 1 person.
1889 – The First Great Lynn Conflagration—destroyed about 100 buildings, costing over $160 million in damage in today's dollars.^[14]

City of St. John's after the Great Fire of 1892

1890s

1892 – St. John's, Newfoundland
1894 – Great Hinckley Fire of Minnesota: A firestorm destroyed several towns; over 400 killed
1894 – Great Fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings are destroyed
1896 – Paris, Texas Fire of 1896, Second of three fires that destroyed much of the town.
1897 – The Great Awesome Fire, Windsor, Nova Scotia Canada, destroyed 80% of the town
1898 – Great Fire of New Westminster, British Columbia
1899 – El Polvorin Fire in Ponce, Puerto Rico, occurred on January 25th. The fire started at the U.S. Munitions Depot on the lot currently occupied by the Ponce High School building and grounds. The heroes in that fire, believed to have saved the city from certain annihilation, are remembered to this day with monuments on their tombs as well as a monument in the main city square Plaza Las Delicias.^[8]^[15]

20th century

1900s

1900 – 1900 Hull–Ottawa fire, Canada. Starting in Hull, Quebec, the fire crossed the river to Ottawa, Ontario, and destroyed large areas of both cities.
1900 – Sandon, British Columbia, Canada, destroyed by fire
1901 – Great Fire of 1901, Jacksonville, Florida
1902 – The Great Confligration of 1902, Paterson, NJ ^[16]
1903 – Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago, Illinois. Fourth worst loss of life in U.S. history.
1904 – Great Baltimore Fire
1904 – General Slocum
1904 – Second Great Fire of Toronto
1904 – Ålesund Fire, 850 buildings destroyed; the fire started during a violent storm.
1906 – San Francisco earthquake and fire
1906 – Syzran Fire destroyed by fire, then rebuilt. 5500 buildings destroyed, 33 000 homeless in Syzran.
1908 – First Great Chelsea Fire on April 12. Nearly half the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts was destroyed.
1909 – Phoenix, British Columbia destroyed by fire, then rebuilt

1910s

1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, March 25, New York City, 146 deaths. Fourth largest industrial disaster in U.S. history.
1911 – Oscoda/AuSable, Michigan
1912 – Houston, Texas, 56 city blocks; Houston's largest fire
1912 – Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.
1913 – Binghamton Clothing Company Fire, July 22, 1913, Binghamton, New York, 31 deaths (Mostly young women).
1914 – Great Salem Fire of 1914, Massachusetts
1916 – Bergen, Norway. About 300 buildings razed.
1916 – Matheson Fire, Matheson, Ontario
1916 – Paris, Texas Fire of 1916. Largest of 3 historical fires that destroyed most of the central business district and a large residential section resulting in property loss of over $11 million.
1917 – The Halifax Explosion, largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb
1917 – Great Atlanta fire of 1917, during which over 300 acres (1.2 km²) (73 blocks) destroyed
1917 – Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917, Thessaloniki, Greece. Ca. 9,500 buildings destroyed.
1917 – Gyöngyös, Hungary fire in which a number of buildings were destroyed leaving around 8,000 homeless
1921 – Tulsa Race Riot, 35 city blocks; 1,256 residences were destroyed by arson

1920s

1922 – The Great Fire of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey
1922 – Most of downtown Astoria, Oregon burns
1922 – The Great Fire of 1922 in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, killed 43 people and burnt down 18 townships.
1923 – 1923 Tokyo fire following the Great Kantō earthquake. About half the city was razed and over 100,000 died.^[17]
1923 – 1923 Berkeley Fire destroyed at least 640 structures
1925 – 1925 Decatur St. Fire, Atlanta, GA – 6 firefighters killed, 8 other seriously injured^[18]
1928 – Great Fall River fire of 1928, Massachusetts
1929 – Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929, fire resulted in 125 deaths.^[19]

1930s

1931 – Fire engulfed much of the twin cities of Napier and Hastings, New Zealand following an earthquake.
1931 – Downtown fire in Marshfield, Wisconsin, killed 6 on March 28
1931 – Half of downtown Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada, is destroyed by fire
1934 – On March 21, 1934 a fire was started in a house in the Japanese town of Hakodate, Hokkaido. Over two days, burning debris fanned by strong winds, set fire to the surrounding areas including a local court, department store, school and hospital. According to official documents, 2,166 people lost their lives, with 9,485 injured, 145,500 people made homeless, and 11,055 buildings lost.
1938 – 1938 Changsha Fire, 56,000 buildings burned by the Chinese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War to prevent the Japanese from getting resources from the city, 3,000 civilians killed on November 13.
1939 – Luftwaffe Bombing of Warsaw on September 1, 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. Original casualty estimates of around 1,500 killed.^[20]
1939 – Great Lagunillas Fire at Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela on November 14.

1940s

1941 – The great fire of Santander, Spain. Destroyed the greater part of the medieval town centre.
1944 Hartford Circus Fire
1944 – Planned Destruction of Warsaw by the German army and Waffen SS following the capitulation of the Polish Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising.^[21]
1940–1945 – Air raids during World War II resulted in many major city fires:
- 1940 – Bombing of Rotterdam, 14 May 1940, forcing the capitulation of the Dutch government. 800 killed, 24.000 houses destroyed, 80.000 homeless
- 1940 – The Second Great Fire of London, one of the most destructive air raids of The Blitz. 1,500 killed.
- 1942 – German air bombardment of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, resulting in firestorm; 955 fatalities (original Soviet estimate)
- 1943 – Hamburg, 45,000 killed (largest in an air-raid on Germany)
- 1943 – Kassel, 10,000 killed
- 1944 – Braunschweig, 2,600 killed but 30,000 rescued
- 1944 – Darmstadt, 12,000 killed
- 1944 – Heilbronn, 6,500 killed
- 1945 – Dresden, around 30,000 killed in firestorm during one of the most controversial Allied air-raids
- 1945 – Pforzheim, a quarter of the town's population (17,000) killed
- 1945 – Tokyo, causing the largest urban conflagration in history. Over 100,000 killed.
- 1945 – Würzburg, 5,000 killed
- 1945 – Kobe, 8,800 killed
- 1945 – Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 105,000 to 120,000 killed; large fires in each city
1946 – Bandung, a city in West Java, Indonesia, March 24, 1946, the city was burned by Indonesians to prevent the Dutch from retaking over the city, an event called "Bandung sea of flame".
1947 – Texas City Disaster, two ships explode, igniting chemical works, 460–600 killed
1948 – Fukui earthquake with fire, 46,000 buildings and houses lost on June 28
1949 – A fire burned for 18 hours in Chongqing's waterfront and banking district, on September 2, killed 2865 people^[22] and left more than 100,000 homeless. 7000 buildings were destroyed.^[23]

1950s

1953 – Shek Kip Mei fire, fire in a squatter area in Hong Kong, 58,000 homeless^[24]
1955 – The Freeman Pier Fire in Seaside Heights & Seaside Park, New Jersey, United States. At least 30 businesses lost, 50 residents evacuated, no major injuries^[25]^[26]^[27]
1956 – Franklin Street fire in New Haven, Connecticut, killed 15 on January 25

1960s

1961 – Bukit Ho Swee Fire, flames erupt in a squatter settlement in Singapore, making 16,000 homeless
1961 – Brentwood-Bel Air fire in Los Angeles, burned 6,090 acres (24.6 km²) and destroyed 484 homes near UCLA in Los Angeles^[28]
1964 – The Bellflower Street Conflagration destroyed 19 apartment buildings and damaged 11^{[citation needed]} in square-block conflagration in Boston
1966 – William Booth Memorial Home on 13 August. Australia's deadliest building fire in which 30 men were incinerated^[29]
1967 – The Dale's Penthouse fire in Montgomery, Alabama that killed 26 people^[30]

1970s

1973 - Summerland Fire Isle of Man
1973 – Second Great Chelsea Fire on October 14. 18 city blocks destroyed: several businesses (mostly rag shops) and homes of one, two, and three story wood frame and metal clad construction.
1974 – Chelsea, Massachusetts on May 24. A fire at the American Barrel Company spread to several other businesses in a two block area.
1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky, is the third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. It occurred on the night of May 28, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. 165 killed, and 220 Injured.

1980s

1981 – Arson fire in Lynn, Massachusetts levels downtown factory area under redevelopment; no conviction; $80 million damage estimate^[31]
1983 – North Division Street explosion in Buffalo, New York kills 5 firefighters and 2 others and destroys millions in property.
1984 – Oil spill set fire to the shantytown of Vila Socó, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil; official death toll is 93 people although speculation is more than 200^{[citation needed]}, on February 25
1985 – Isabela Island forest fire, Galápagos Island, Ecuador, 62,500 acres (253 km²) lost on March.
1985 – Osage Ave./MOVE Incident, Philadelphia, 65 houses destroyed.
1985 – Bradford City stadium fire during a football game in Bradford, England, killed 56 and injured 265.
1985 – Annanar forest fire, Portugal, 1,500 km² destroyed, killing 14.
1986 – Chu Ku Tsai village fire, Hong Kong, 2,000 homeless on Lunar New Year holiday.^[24]
1986 – Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter fire, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 150 vessels destroyed, 1,700 homeless and 2 injured on December 25^[24]
1988 – Great Lashio Fire, Lashio, Myanmar, killed 134, 2000 buildings destroyed.
1988 – A fire in Lisbon, Portugal destroyed 7 blocks of houses (7,500 m²) on August 25

1990s

1990 – Happy Land fire The deadliest arson fire, and the deadliest nightclub fire, in New York City history. 87 killed, 6 injured.
1991 – Kuwaiti oil fires following the Persian Gulf War
1991 – Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
1993 – A tsunami and fires occurred at Okushiri Island, Japan following the July 12 Hokkaidō earthquake, with 645 houses lost and 202 people killed.
1995 – Great Hanshin earthquake with fire, Kobe, Japan
1996 – 1996 Pat Sin Leng wildfire, Pat Sin Leng, Tai Po, Hong Kong; 5 (3 pupils and 2 teachers) killed on February 10^[24]
1996 the Garley Building fire in 1996 as the deadliest building fire in Hong Kong’s history, causing the loss of 41 lives and 81 injuries.

21st century

2000s

2002 – Lagos armoury explosion causes fire which killed at least 1,100 people
2002 – Edinburgh Cowgate fire, Scotland, 150 people fled their homes but there were no injuries^[32]
2002 – Rodeo-Chediski fire
2003 – Canberra bushfires fire that killed 4 and destroyed over 500 homes
2003 – Cedar Fire, San Diego largest ever California brush fire that killed 15 and destroyed 2,232 homes.
2003 – The Station nightclub fire fire that killed 100.
2006 – Day Fire, Los Angeles and Ventura counties in California.
2007 – 2007 Greek forest fires, large fire in Greece
2008 – Camden Market Fire, which caused severe damage to one of North London's most famous shopping districts.
2009 – February Black Saturday Bushfires – Victoria, Australia, 173 deaths
2009 – Kenyan oil spill ignition kills at least 111.

2010s

2010 – 2010 Dhaka fire kills 117 people in the Nimtali area of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011 – Devastating fire in Manila, Philippines^[33] leaves about 8,000 people homeless and 9 injured in a Makati City squatter community.
2012 – Hurricane Sandy: A six-alarm fire caused by hurricane damage destroyed 121 homes in Breezy Point, Queens, New York.
2012 – Tarzeen Fashions factory fire, Bangladesh kills 112 people.
2013 – Yarnell Hill Fire: Over 13 square miles, destroyed over 100 homes,^[34] and 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed in action^[35]
2013 – Lac-Mégantic derailment: Over 30 buildings in the town centre were destroyed in a train derailment, explosion and fire which caused 46 confirmed deaths.^[36]^[37] The fire made the event the deadliest train accident in Canada's history since 1864^[38]
2013 – Boardwalk fire in Seaside Heights & Seaside Park, New Jersey, U.S.A. At least 19 buildings destroyed, 30 businesses lost, no major injuries^[39]
2014 – Valparaíso wildfire in Chile – wildfire destroying several areas of Valparaíso, Chile killing at least 13 people
2014 – Lahore supermarket fire in Pakistan – in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore. The fire killed at least 13 people^[40]
2015 – Tianjin Port fire and explosions August 12, killing at least 173 people, damaging 300 buildings and over 10000 vehicles. Fire set off two major explosions and numerous secondary detonations.
2016 – Fort McMurray wildfire in Alberta, Canada. The fire started on 1 May and became the costliest disaster in Canadian history, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings and forced the largest wildfire evacuation in Albertan history.
2016 – A four alarm fire occurred on May 5, 2016 in Spring Branch, Texas^[41]^[42]
2016 – 2016 Oakland warehouse fire in Oakland, California. On December 2, 2016, at around 11:30 p.m. Pacific Time, a fire broke out in a converted warehouse, known locally as the Oakland Ghost Ship, that served as an artist collective in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California. At the time of the fire, the warehouse was hosting a concert promoted by the house music record label 100% Silk, featuring several musicians from its roster.
2016 – 2016 Gatlinburg Fire in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Occurred on November 28, 2016, started by 2 teenagers who decided to mess around and started a huge fire burning down many hotels and resorts in Gatlinburg and Piegon Forge. 14 people died.

Building or structure fires

Antiquity through Middle Ages

586 BCE – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians
480 BCE – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece
356 BCE – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus
330 BCE – Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great
70 – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus
Library of Alexandria destroyed by fire. Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed.
- 48 BCE – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar
- 272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during occupation of Alexandria
- 391 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I
- 642 – later sources attribute burning to Caliph Omar during the Muslim conquest of Egypt
1190 – Fire at Clifford's Tower, York, England, kills at least 150 Jews

16th century

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

17th century

1608 – First settlement in Jamestown burns
1613 – Globe Theatre in London. During performance, cannon misfire caught the thatched roof on fire and the Theatre burned down.^[43]
1652 – Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down. Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed.
1671 – Much of the monastery of the Escorial outside Madrid burned in a fire lasting 15 days, destroying large numbers of artworks, books and manuscripts.
1697 – The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.
1698 – The Tudor and Stuart Palace of Whitehall, London burned, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House. The ruins were demolished.

18th century

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

19th century

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

1834 – Palace of Westminster, home to Parliament of the United Kingdom
1836 – First U.S. Patent Office fire in Blodget's Hotel
1837 – The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia destroyed except for The Hermitage
1841 – Mayagüez, Puerto Rico January 30
1842 – Hamburg Great Fire
1844 – Separate fires at St. Michael's & St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Churches during the Philadelphia Nativist Riot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1845 – Theatre fire in Canton, China killed 1670
1863 – Church of the Company Fire in Santiago, Chile; killed over 2500
1864 – Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam, destroyed 198 Dutch old master paintings
1856 – Second Royal Opera House fire in London, England
1870 – Wickford Bank Fire, Rhode Island, destroyed 160 years of town records kept in bank vault source ^[44] (Records for what are multiple towns today such as Narragansett, North Kingstown, etc.)
1871 – Fires deliberately set during the Paris Commune in May destroyed the Royal Palace of the Tuileries, the Louvre Library, the Palais de Justice, the Hôtel de Ville, the Gare de Lyon, and the Palais d'Orsay.
1871 – Fires occur throughout the Great Lakes region of the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire, and the Great Michigan Fire
1875 – Precious Blood Church in Holyoke Massachusetts burned and killed 78 people
1876 – Brooklyn Theater Fire, killed 273 – 300 in Brooklyn, New York
1877 – Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick
1877 – Second U.S. Patent Office fire in Washington, D.C.
1877 – Saint-Stephen Cathedral, Metz
1878 – The Eldkvarn flour mill in Stockholm.
1878 – The Washburn "A" Mill flour mill explosion and fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1881 – Ring Theater Fire, killed 850 in Vienna
1884 – Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
1886 – Great Vancouver Fire
1887 – Paris Opéra Fire on May 25 killed 200
1887 – Theatre Royal, Exeter Fire, England on September 5 killed 186
1893 – World's Columbian Exposition cold storage warehouse fire in Chicago, Illinois killed 18 on July 10
1893 – Merrill House fire in Beaver, Pennsylvania, killed 7 on November 21
1893 – Edison, Moore & Company dry goods store fire in Detroit, Michigan, killed 7 on November 23
1895 – The Rotunda, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia
1897 – Fire at the Bazar de la Charité, Paris on May 4 killed 126, mostly women
1897 – Cold storage fire on fairgrounds in Chicago, Illinois, killed 17 firefighters on July 10
1897 – Fire in Dawson City occurred on November 25, 1897
1899 – Windsor Hotel East 47th Street/5th Avenue Manhattan, New York—at least 33 and 45 people killed (estimates vary)

20th century

1900s

1900 – Hoboken Docks Fire, New Jersey, on June 30 killed 326
1903 – Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum fire, London, killed 51 on January 27
1903 – Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago, at least 600 died
1904 – January fire in the Turin National University Library, Italy, resulted in serious damage to the Manuscripts Department
1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow killed 39 on 19 November^[45]
1906 – Much of the commercial area of Arrowhead, British Columbia, Canada, was destroyed by fire.^[46]
1906 – 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
1906 – The most destructive fire in the history of Dundee, Scotland, destroyed the area around a bonded warehouse of whisky, causing £450,000 worth of damage.^[47]
1907 – Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, a fire that broke out in the evening of August 25 burned for six hours, destroying an estimated 60–70% of the city, leaving 60,000+ homeless and causing at least 8,000,000 yen in property damages including destroying many of the city's historical buildings^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]^[52]^[53]
1908 – Rhoads Theater Fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170^[54]
1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10
1908 – Collinwood School Fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland) killed 175 on March 4
1909 – Flores Theater fire, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 15, killed 250

1910s

1910 – L. Fish Furniture Company fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12 on March 25
1910 – Drake-Morrison Paper Box Company building fire in Newark, New Jersey, killed 6 on November 26
1910 – Friedlander Leather Remnants factory fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 firemen and 1 policeman lost their lives in two separate collapses, December 21–22
1910 – Ököritófülpös, Hungary, fire in a barn during a dancing party killed 312 people
1910 – Nelson-Morris & Company stockyards fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 21 firefighters on December 22
1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City, killed 146 on March 25
1912 – Equitable Life Assurance Building, New York City, January 9^[55]
1912 – University of Maryland, College Park, majority of campus buildings destroyed on November 29^[56]
1912 – St. John's Orphanage fire in San Antonio, Texas, killed 8 on October 30
1913 – Dewey Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed 20 on February 28
1913 – Binghamton Factory Fire, New York, killed 31 on July 22
1914 – Hotel fire in Kelliher, Minnesota, killed 5 on February 4
1914 – Missouri Athletic Club fire in St. Louis, Missouri, killed 30 on March 9
1915 – St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28
1916 – Great Fire of East Nashville, Tennessee, destroyed over 500 houses and left over 2,500 people homeless, on March 22
1916 – Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, the capital of Canada
1917 – Barnaul, Russia, conflagration with 34 victims and 60 quarters destroyed
1918 – Norman State Hospital Fire, Norman, Oklahoma
1918 – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, over 600 killed on February 26
1918 – Kent County Juvenile Home fire in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killed 5 on July 24
1919 – Mayagüez Theater Fire, San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 150 on June 19^[54]

1920s

1920 – The Burning of Cork, Ireland, a fire set by the British Auxiliaries in revenge after an ambush by the IRA, destroyed much of the old city centre of Cork
1921 – Palace-Colonial Hotel fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, killed 10 on January 31
1921 – Rialto Theatre fire in New Haven, Connecticut, killed 9 on November 29
1922 – Public Records Office fire during civil unrest at the Four Courts complex, Dublin, Ireland, destroyed much of seven centuries of official Irish public records
1923 – Davies Hotel fire in Homestead, Pennsylvania, killed 5 on January 22
1923 – Manhattan State Hospital fire in New York City, New York, killed 25 on February 18
1923 – Cleveland School Fire, Camden, South Carolina, killed 77 on May 16
1923 – Petrograd Opera House fire in St. Petersburg, Russia, killed scores on May 31
1924 – Curran Hall fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 9 firefighters on April 18
1924 – Babbs Switch Schoolhouse Fire, Oklahoma, killed 36 on December 24
1925 – Madame Tussauds wax museum in London
1925 – Catholic mission dormitory fire at Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho, killed 6 on October 3
1926 – Lafayette Hotel fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania, killed 13 on January 23
1926 – Twilight Inn hotel fire in Tannersville, New York, killed 22 on July 14
1926 – Dromcolliher cinema fire in County Limerick, Ireland, killed 48 on September 5
1927 – Laurier Palace Theatre Fire, Montreal, killed 77 children on January 9
1927 – Buckingham Hotel arson fire in St. Louis, Missouri, killed 7 on December 5
1928 – Teatro de Novedades theater fire killed 68 or maybe 110, in Madrid, Spain, on 22 September
1928 – Penitentiary fire in Junction City, Ohio, killed 17 on October 8
1928 – Eagle Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 5 on October 23
1929 – Kirkwood Hotel fire in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 5 on April 6
1929 – Elmhirst Hotel fire in Amarillo, Texas, killed 5 on May 11
1929 – Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929, Cleveland, Ohio, killed 123 on May 15
1929 – Gillingham Fair fire disaster, Kent, England, killed 15 when firefighting demonstration went wrong on July 11
1929 – Glen Cinema disaster, Paisley, Scotland, killed 71 on December 31
1929 – Fire at the Study Club nightclub in Detroit, Michigan, killed 22 on September 20

1930s

1930 – Jinhae Primary School fire, Jinhae, Gyeongsangnamdo, South Korea, killed 104 on March 10
1930 – 1930 Costești wooden church fire in Argeș County, Romania, killed 118 on April 18
1930 – Ohio Penitentiary fire, Columbus, Ohio, killed 322 on April 21
1931 – Prison camp fire in Kenansville, North Carolina, killed 11 convicts on March 7
1931 – Glaspalast, Munich, fire on July 6
1931 – Fire at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed 42 and injured more than 200^[57]^[58]^[59]

Firemen struggle to extinguish the Reichstag fire on 27 February 1933

1933 – Ridgecliff sanitarium fire in Wickliffe, Ohio, kills 9 on February 3
1933 – Millard Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed 8 firefighters on February 8
1933 – Reichstag fire in Berlin, caused by arson
1934 – Federal Transient Bureau building fire in Lynchburg, Virginia, killed 22 on March 24
1934 – Kerns Hotel fire in Lansing, Michigan, killed 34, including seven Michigan legislators on December 11.
1934 – The Great Hakodate fire kills at least 2,166 people in southern Hokkaido, Japan
1935 – Club Rendezvous fire in Morton Grove, Illinois, killed 6 on March 24
1935 – Berlin Fair Fire also damaged the Berlin Radio Tower
1937 – Antoung Movie Theater fire, China, killed 658 on February 13^[54]
1937 – Kilingi-Nõmme school fire in Estonia, killed 18 schoolchildren on 20 April.
1937 – South Tomita Primary School fire, Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan, killed 81 on 20 December
1938 – College of the Sacred Heart fire in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, killed 46 on January 18
1938 – Terminal Hotel Fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 35 on May 16
1938 – Nouvelles Galeries department store fire, Marseille, France, killed 73 on October 28
1939 – Queen Hotel fire in Halifax, Nova Scotia, killed 28 on March 2

1940s

1940 – Marlborough Hotel fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed 20 on January 4.^[60]
1940 – Rhythm Night Club Fire, Natchez, Mississippi, killed 209 on April 23
1940 – Mission school dormitory fire in Little, Kentucky, killed 10, including 9 girl students on October 8
1941 – Santander city, Spain. 0 Killed but the city collapsed on February 16 Incendio de Santander de 1941
1941 – Booth's clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England, killed 49 on October 31^[61]
1942 – Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, kills 99 on December 12
1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts, kills 492
1942 – Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, Seacliff, New Zealand, killed 37 female patients on 8 December
1943 – Lake Forest Park Sanitarium fire in Seattle, Washington, kills 32 on February 1
1943 – Cavan Orphanage Fire, Ireland, kills 36 on 23 February
1943 – Biblioteca Nacional in Lima, Peru. In May, a fire completely destroyed the National Library, with the loss of 100,000 volumes as well as 40,000 manuscripts.
1943 – Gulf Hotel fire in Houston, Texas, kills 55
1943 – Hoteiza Theater Fire in Kucchan, Hokkaidō, Japan, killed 205 on March 6
1944 – Union Hotel fire in Oroville, California, killed 15 on May 12
1944 – Hartford Circus Fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 168 on July 6
1945 – General Clark Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 14 on January 16
1945 – Boarding home/nursery fire in Auburn, Maine, killed 17, including 16 babies on January 31
1945 – The Empire State Building in New York City is set on fire by a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crashed into the building, killing 14 on July 28
1945 – Niles Street Convalescent Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 21 on December 24
1946 – Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, hangar fire, killed 10 on January 28
1946 – LaSalle Hotel Fire in Chicago kills 61 on June 5
1946 – Hotel Canfield fire in Dubuque, Iowa, killed 19 on June 19
1946 – Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 119 on December 7
1947 – Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, killed 80–88 on February 8
1947 – Le Select Cinema fire in Rueil-Malmaison, France, killed 87 on August 30
1947 – Ballantyne's department store fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 41 on 18 November
1947 – Hotel fire in Orange, Texas, kills 7 on December 26
1948 – Fire at Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, killed 9, including Zelda Fitzgerald
1948 – Wing On godown fire, Hong Kong, 176 killed and 69 injured^[62]^[63]^[64]
1949 – Grand View Hotel fire in Ripon, Wisconsin, killed 6 on February 1
1949 – St. Anthony's Hospital Fire in Effingham, Illinois, killed 70 on April 5

1950s

1950 – Mercy Hospital fire, Davenport, Iowa, killed 41 on January 7
1950 – Montana Hotel fire in Eureka, Montana, killed 5 on February 5
1950 – Jail fire in Spray, North Carolina, killed 6
1950 – Sandia Base stockade fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killed 14 on March 18
1950 – Kinkaku-ji fire by arsonist in Kyoto, Japan, on July 2
1950 – Convalescent home fire in Amarillo, Texas, killed 10 on December 22
1951 – Convalescent home fire in Hoquiam, Washington, killed 21 on January 30
1951 – al-Duniya Theater fire in Kano, present day of Nigeria on May 13, killing 100.
1952 – 3 Story Tenement fire in Minneapolis, MN killed 7 on Jan 29
1952 – St. George Hotel fire in Los Angeles, California, killed 6 on March 25
1952 – Nursing home fire in Hillsboro, Missouri, killed 20 on October 31
1953 – Ticonderoga Inn fire in Ticonderoga, New York, killed 5 on March 18
1953 – Chestnut Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 7 on March 20
1953 – Littlefield Nursing Home Fire in Largo, Florida, killed 32 on March 29
1953 – Haber Screw Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 32 on April 17
1953 – Hotel fire in Texarkana, Texas, killed 7 on August 3
1953 – Reliance Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 7, including 6 firefighters on December 17
1954 – Shimer Convalescent Home fire near Watervliet, Michigan, killed 8 on February 19
1954 – Northwood Hotel fire in Crookston, Minnesota, killed 8 on March 27
1954 – Cleveland Hill School fire in Cheektowaga, New York, killed 15 on March 31
1954 – Larkin Warehouse Fire in Buffalo, New York. Only fire in Buffalo to go to a General Alarm (Entire department responds)
1954 – Charles Berg Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Storage tank explosion and ensuing release of toxic fumes kills 10 fireman. October 28.
1955 – Barton Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 29 on February 12
1955 – Elderly home for Catholic church fire in Yokohama, Japan killed 100 on February 16
1955 – Johnson Hotel fire in Laramie, Wyoming, killed 7 on March 15
1955 – Green Mill Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12 on April 28
1955 – Comfort Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 9 on May 6
1955 – Cinema fire in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland killed 58 and wounded 20 on May 11
1956 – Arundel Park Auditorium fire in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, killed 10 on January 29
1956 – McKee refinery fire killed 19 firefighters on July 29
1956 – Reagan Nursing Home fire in Puxico, Missouri, killed 12 on July 31
1956 – Doctor's Memorial (Eitel) Hospital fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killed 8 on December 23
1957 – Browns Lane plant fire, Coventry on 12 February^[65]^[66]
1957 – Nursing home fire in Council Bluffs, Iowa, killed 16 on February 13
1957 – Warrenton Nursing Home Fire in Warrenton, Missouri, killed 72 on February 17
1957 – Moonglow Hotel fire in Niagara Falls, New York, killed 18 on November 16
1958 – Olympia Hotel fire in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 5 on January 27
1958 – Monarch Underwear Company fire in New York City, New York, killed 24 on March 19
1958 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, Chicago ultimately killed 95 (91 on December 1 alone) and injured another 107, 77 seriously
1958 – Almacen Vida Department Store Fire and kills eighty-three and injuring 200 in Bogotá, Colombia on December 16. ^{[citation needed]}
1959 – Syracuse University dormitory barracks fire in Syracuse, New York, killed 7 student airmen on January 6
1959 – Nursing home fire in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, killed 9 on January 30
1959 – Arkansas Negro Boys' Industrial School fire in Wrightsville, Arkansas, killed 21 on March 5
1959 – Hotel Gary fire in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, killed 6 on March 5
1959 – Stalheim Hotel fire, Norway, killed 34 on June 23

1960s

1960 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant 2 fire at Busan, South Korea, killing 68, injured 44, on March 2
1960 – Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire, Glasgow, Scotland, killed 19 firefighters on March 28
1960 – Guatemala Mental Hospital Fire, killed 225 on July 14
1960 – Syrian Movie Theater Fire in Amuda (Syria), killed 152 schoolchildren on November 13
1961 – Thomas Hotel fire in San Francisco, California, killed 20 on January 6
1961 – Hilker & Bletsch Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 9 firefighters on January 28
1961 – Top Storey nightclub fire in Bolton, England killed 19 on 1 May
1961 – Bukit Ho Swee Fire in Singapore killed 4 and destroyed a record S$2 million worth of property on 25 May
1961 – School fire (Elbarusovo [ru]), Soviet Union, November 5, 109 killed
1961 – Hartford Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16 on December 8
1961 – Niterói circus fire in Niterói (Brazil) killed 323 on December 17
1962 – Chau Street tenement house fire [zh], (New Kowloon, Hong Kong, 44 dead, 21 injured
1962 – Golden Hotel fire in Reno, Nevada, killed 6 on April 3
1963 – Fretz Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twelve-alarm fire was largest in city history. 50 homes and multiple businesses destroyed along with original fire building on January 1.
1963 – Central Hotel fire in Wallingford, Connecticut, killed 5 on January 6
1963 – Children's home fire in Rockville, Indiana, killed 6 on May 3
1963 – Le Monde Theater fire at Diourbel, Kaolack, Senegal on May 4, killing 64
1963 – Paradise Pines nursing home fire in Riggins, Idaho, killed 6 on September 17
1963 – Fairgrounds Coliseum explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana killed 74 on October 31
1963 – Surfside Hotel Fire in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 18, killing 25
1963 – Golden Age Nursing Home Fire in Fitchville, Ohio killed 63 on November 23
1963 – Hotel Roosevelt fire in Jacksonville, Florida on December 29, killing 22
1964 – All Hallows Church parish hall fire in San Francisco, California, killed 17 on May 23
1964 – McGraw Nursing Home fire in Fountaintown, Indiana, killed 20 on December 18
1965 – Seeley Club fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 13 on December 11. Robert Lee Lassiter was found guilty of murder for setting the fire
1965 – Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire in Yonkers, New York, killed 12 on December 21
1966 – Paramount Hotel fire in Boston, Massachusetts, killed 11 on January 28
1966 – Astor Hotel fire in Green Bay, Wisconsin, killed 8 on February 4
1967 – Dale's Penthouse restaurant fire in Montgomery, Alabama, killed 25 on February 7
1967 – Grand Hotel fire in Joliet, Illinois, killed 6 on February 11
1967 – L'Innovation Department Store Fire, in Brussels killed 322 on May 22
1967 – Florida State Prison Fire, in Jay, Florida killed 37 on July 16
1967 – Store fire "Regalux" in Formosa, Argentina killing 20 and injuring 70 on December 24
1968 – Mickelberry Food Products Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 9 on February 7
1968 – Shelton Hospital fire, Shrewsbury, killing 21 and injures 14 on 26 February.^[67]
1968 – Jackson Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed 6 on March 26
1968 – Ikenobo Mangetsujyo Hotel fire at Arima Spa, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, killing 30 and injuring 44 on November 2
1968 – Stern's upholstery factory fire in Glasgow, Scotland, killed 24 on November 18
1969 – Bandai Atami International Sightseeing Hotel fire, in Koriyama, Japan, kills 31 on February 5.
1969 – Rose and Crown Hotal fire in Saffron Walden, England, killed 11 on 27 December.^[68]

1970s

1970 – Nursing home fire Marietta, Ohio, killed 21 on January 10
1970 – Ozark Hotel arson fire in Seattle, Washington, killed 21 on March 20
1970 – Britannia Bridge fire in Menai Strait in Wales on May 23
1970 – Fenglei ship fire in Shanghai, China, August 31, killed 15 and severely injured 60.
1970 – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, killed 146 on November 1
1970 – Pioneer Hotel fire, Tucson, Arizona, killed 29 on December 20
1971 – Westminster Terrace Presbyterian Home for Senior Citizens fire in Louisville, Kentucky, killed 10 on January 14
1971 – Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland 26–27 June, 37 killed, 105 injured
1971 – Lil-Haven nursing home fire in Salt Lake City, Utah, killed 6 on September 15
1971 – Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire, Eindhoven, Netherlands 28 September, 9 killed, 16 severely injured
1971 – Geiger Nursing Home fire in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, killed 15 on October 19
1971 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30.^[24]^[69]^[70]
1971 – Taeyunkak Hotel Fire in Seoul, South Korea on December 25
1972 – Green Nursing Home fire in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, killed 10 on January 26
1972 – Andraus Building Fire kills 16 in São Paulo on February 24.
1972 – Fair Hills boarding home fire in Rosecrans, Wisconsin, killed 10 on April 4
1972 – Carver Convalescent Center fire in Springfield, Illinois, killed 10 on May 5
1972 – Sennichi Department Store Building fire in Osaka, Japan, killed 118 on May 13^[71]
1972 – Hotel Vendome fire in Boston, 9 firefighters killed on June 17
1972 – Coldharbour Hospital fire in Sherborne, England, killed 30 on July 5
1972 – Blue Bird Café fire in Montreal, firebombed, resulting in 37 deaths on September 2
1972 – Robinson Department Store fire, killing twelve and 114-year-old landmark building in Singapore on November 21.
1973 – Street's Rest Home fire in Pleasantville, New Jersey, killed 10 on January 29. Resident Harry Kemp was arrested for setting the fire.
1973 – The nightclub Whiskey Au Go Go in Brisbane, Queensland firebombed, resulting in 15 deaths on March 18
1973 – National Archives Fire in St. Louis, Missouri
1973 – UpStairs Lounge in the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar, in New Orleans, Louisiana killed 32 on June 24
1973 – Summerland disaster in Douglas, Isle of Man killed 51 on August 2
1973 – Hotel Hafnia fire, Copenhagen, Denmark, 35 killed on September 1
1973 – 1973 Taiyo Department Store fire in Kumamoto, Kyūshū, Japan, killed 104 on November 29
1973 – Caley Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center fire in Wayne, Pennsylvania, killed 15 on December 4
1974 – Sacred Heart School fire in Heusden, Belgium, killed 23 on January 23
1974 – Joelma Fire kills 188 in São Paulo on February 1.
1974 – Gulliver's nightclub fire kills 24 in Port Chester, New York on June 30 as a result of arson at an adjacent business to cover up a minor burglary.
1974 – Moore's Rest Home fire in Brookhaven, Mississippi, killed 6 on August 16
1974 – Pui Lai Win Hotel with night club and other facilities fire, Seoul, South Korea, 89 killed on November 3
1974 – Worsley Hotel fire, Maida Vale, London, case of arson, resulting in attendance of over 25 appliances and killed 7 people on 12 December.
1975 – Marikina factory fire in Marikina, Philippines, killed 42 and injured 79 on 22 January.^[72]
1975 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center fire, New York City, New York The North Tower caught fire on the 11th floor, February 13.
1975 – Seminole County jail fire in Sanford, Florida, killed 11 on June 9
1975 – Philadelphia Refinery Fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eight firemen lost their lives in the inferno. August 17.
1975 – Breezy Point Inn resort fire in Gnesen Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, killed 6 on December 28
1976 – Wincrest Nursing Home fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 23 on January 30
1976 – Cermak House Nursing Home fire in Cicero, Illinois, killed 8 on February 4
1976 – Four alarm Barson's Overbrook restaurant fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four firemen perish when floor collapses, sending them into the flaming basement. May 16.
1976 – Retirement Home Fire, Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador. 22 people killed on December 26.
1977 – Rossiya Hotel fire in Moscow, Russia, 42–45 killed and 50 injured on February 25
1977 – Central Hotel fire in Galveston, Texas, killed 8 on April 19
1977 – Hotel Polen fire in Amsterdam, Netherlands, kills 33 on 9 May 1977
1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire kills 165 and injures more than 200 in Southgate, Kentucky; third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history
1977 – Xinyang cinema fire in Xinjiang, China, killed 694 people^[54]^[73]^[74]
1977 – A fire in the Aquinas Hall dormitory at Providence College in Rhode Island kills 10 students on December 13.
1978 – The Cinema Rex Fire (arson) kills 438 in Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran^[54]
1978 – A prison fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killed 61 and injured 85.
1978 – The Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store is closed and rebuilt a year after the fire.
1978 – Waldbaum's Supermarket fire, Brooklyn, New York. Six New York City firefighters died in the line of duty on August 2 when the roof of a burning Brooklyn supermarket collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames.
1979 – Old People's Nurse Home fire at Virrat, Pirkanmaa, Finland, at least 26 dead, January 23
1979 – Nursing home fire in Farmington, Missouri, kills 26 on April 2
1979 – Woolworth store fire in Manchester, England, killed 10 on May 8
1979 – Hotel Corona de Aragón fire Fire in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, killed at least 80
1979 – Lakshimki Talkies cinema fire, in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, killed 73 on July 29
1979 – Hotel Am Augarten fire in Vienna, Austria, killed 25
1979 – Fire destroys the Woolworths department store in central Manchester, England, killing 11
1979 – Pioneer, Ohio nursing home fire, kills 14 on November 11
1979 – Bar fire in Rosario, Argentina, 15 killed and 11 injured on December 5

1980s

1980 – Opémiska Community Hall fire, Chapais, Quebec, Canada, killed 48 on January 1
1980 – A fire in the Eventide Home for the Aged in Kingston, Jamaica killed 157 on May 20^[75]
1980 – A fire on the third floor of the Extendicare Ltd. nursing home in Mississauga, Ontario, killed 21 residents on July 14.^[76]
1980 – Boarding home fire in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, killed 24 on July 26^[77]
1980 – Nightclub fire by arson killed 37 in Soho, London, on 16 August^[78]
1980 – Górna Grupa mental hospital fire, in Górna Grupa, Poland, during the night of 31 October – 1 November, 55 patients killed and 26 wounded
1980 – MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, killed 87
1980 – Prince Hotel of Kawaji Fire in Kinugawa, Japan, killed 45
1980 – Stouffer's Inn of Westchester in Harrison, NY, 26 killed on December 4
1981 – Nilkanth Mahadev temple fire, Asarwa, Gujarat, India, 49 killed on December 6
1981 – Boarding home fire in Keansburg, New Jersey, killed 30 on January 9
1981 – New Cross Fire, London, killed 13 on January 18
1981 – Stardust Disaster, discothèque fire in Dublin killed 48
1981 – 1981 Bangalore circus fire in Bangalore, India, killed 66
1982 – Hotel New Japan fire in downtown Tokyo, Japan, kills 33 on 8 February
1982 – The Notre Dame de Lourdes Church fire in Fall River, Massachusetts destroys historic church and much of two adjacent city blocks on May 11
1982 – Dorothy Mae Apartments arson fire in Los Angeles kills 25 people, highest structure fire death toll in city history.^[79]
1982 – Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys the Northwestern National Bank building and former Donaldson's flagship store
1982 – Connecticut Street Armory Fire in Buffalo, New York, severely damaged historic armory
1983 – Kensington Theater Explosion in Buffalo, New York, 5 alarm explosion and fire destroys historic Kensington Theater
1983 – Cinema Statuto fire in Turin, Italy, killed 64
1983 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire in Madrid, Spain, killed 83
1984 – Haunted Castle attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Eight teenagers lost their lives in a fast-moving fire. Their corpses were mistaken for mannequins by emergency personnel. None of them or the Six Flags administrators realized these fatalities until later.
1984 – Union Oil refinery in Romeoville, IL had two explosions and a fire on July 23, 1984 killing at least 14 and injuring 23 people.^[80]
1985 – Valley Parade Ground Stadium fire in Bradford, England, 56 die.
1985 – Saavedra Psychiatric Hospital fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killed 79 and injured 247
1985 - Kilkenny's City Hall burned for over an hour after a small electrical fault started the blaze.^[81]
1986 – Daitokan Hotel Fire in Higashiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 24 people fatalities on 11 February.^[82]
1986 – Fire and chemical spill at Sandoz in the Schweizerhalle industrial area near Basel, Switzerland, caused heavy pollution problems in the river Rhine in November 1986
1986 – Dupont Plaza Hotel fire, set by disgruntled employees, kills 97 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1987 – The Kerr Mill fire destroys three mills in Fall River, Massachusetts on January 12
1987 – A fuel tanker truck ran into an ice cream parlour and exploded in Herborn, Germany; 12 houses set on fire and 6 killed on July 7
1988 – Chung King Mansions fire, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, 1 killed and 9 injured on February 21^[63]^[83]^[84]
1988 – A fire at the Hotel International in Oerlikon, Zürich, Switzerland, killed 6 on February 14
1988 – First Interstate Tower in Los Angeles, California catches fire on May 4, killing 1
1988 – A fire at a Ford dealership in Hackensack, New Jersey, killed 5 firefighters from the Hackensack Fire Department on July 1
1988 – Several houses catch fire and are destroyed in Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom after a terrorist bomb causes Pan Am Flight 103 to break up during flight, on December 21.
1989 – Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, caused by faulty iron cord, killed 5 people on January 27
1989 – Premier Studio of Mysore fire, Mysore, Karnataka, India, 62 killed on February 8
1989 – Downunder Hostel fire, set on September 17 in a backpackers hostel in Sydney, killed 6
1989 – Girls' school fire in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killed 27 girls on September 21
1989 – Hillhaven Rehabilitation and Convalescent Home fire in Norfolk, Virginia, killed 12 on October 5

1990s

1990 – Flying discothèque fire at Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 43 killed on January 14
1990 – Happy Land Fire arson fire in the Bronx, New York City, killed 87 on March 25
1990 – 1991 Hamlet chicken plant fire killed 25 people
1991 – Fire caused by oil-soaked rags at One Meridian Plaza, Philadelphia, United States, killed 3 firefighters on February 23–24
1991 – Bright Sparklers Fireworks fire, killed 26 and injured over 100 on May 7^[85]
1992 – Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire, Hong Kong, 24 killed and 126 injured^[24]^[64]
1992 – Pension de Vogel homeless hostel fire, The Hague, Netherlands, 11 killed and 15 injured on 16 September
1992 – On October 4, 1992 an apartment building is destroyed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after a Boeing 747 crashes into it. 43 people were Killed, and 26 were Injured.
1992 – Windsor Castle fire, England
1992 – A part of the roof and the upper floor of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, burned down on November 26
1993 – Fire in a 10-story building in the Hsinhua section of Taipei, Taiwan, killed 34 on January 18
1993 – Linxi department store fire, Tangshan, Hebei, China, 79 killed and 51 injured on 14 February
1993 – World Trade Center bombing, New York City, New York, 6 killed and 1042 injured on 26 February
1993 – Paxton Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, killed 19 on March 16
1993 – Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas, about 80 killed
1993 – Kader Toy Factory fire, Bangkok, Thailand, 189 killed on May 10
1993 – Madimak Hotel fire, Sivas, Turkey, killed 35 on July 2.
1993 – Zhili Toy Factory fire, Kuiyong, Shenzhen, China, 81 killed on November 20^[86]
1993 – Gaofu Textile Factory fire, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 61 killed on December 13
1993 – Nightclub Kheyvis fire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17 killed and 25 injured on December 20
1994 – The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) HSBC Shek Kip Mei branch fire [zh], Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, 12 killed in firebomb attack on January 10^[24]^[62]^[63]^[87]^[88]
1994 – Fuxin Discothèque fire at Fuxin, Liaoning, China, 234 killed on November 27^[73]
1994 – 1994 Karamay fire, Karamay, Xinjiang, China, 324 killed (288 pupils and 36 teachers) on December 10^[54]^[73]^[74]
1994 – Switel Hotel fire, Antwerp, Belgium, 15 killed and 164 severely injured on 31 December
1995 – Wei Er Kang Restaurant fire at Taichung, Taiwan, killed 64
1995 – Anshan hotel fire, Anshan, Liaoning, China, killed 30 on March 14^[73]
1995 – Ürümqi fire, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, killed 51 on April 24^[73]
1995 – Gyeonni Women Technical School fire, Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea, killed 38
1995 – Dabwali tent fire, Haryana, India, 540 killed on December 23
1996 – Teatro La Fenice in Venice
1996 – Ozone Disco Club fire, Quezon City, Philippines, 162 killed and 95 injured on March 18
1996 – Kebon Kembang shopping mall fire, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia, 78 killed on March 28
1996 – Düsseldorf Airport fire, killed 17 on April 11
1996 – Heaven Hill distillery fire in Kentucky on November 7
1996 – The Garley Building fire, Hong Kong, 40 killed on November 20^[24]^[63]^[88]
1996 – Residential building fire caused by arson attack, Shanghai, China, 36 killed on November 27^[73]
1997 – Top One Karaoke fire [zh] caused by arson attack, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, 17 killed on January 25^[24]^[63]^[89]
1997 – 1997 Aisin fire, Kariya, Aichi, Japan, on February 1
1997 – Brihadiswara temple fire started by a visitor's firecracker, at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, 60 killed and 200 injured on June 8
1997 – Uphaar Cinema fire, Green Park, New Delhi, India, 59 killed on June 13
1997 – Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire, in Thailand, killed 88 on July 11
1997 – Arson attack by an employee at a shoe factory, Jinjiang City, Fujian, China, 32 killed on September 21^[73]
1998 – Dormitory fire at Bombolulu Girls High School, Mombasa, Kenya, 24 killed on March 25
1998 – Gothenburg nightclub fire in Gothenburg, Sweden, killed 63 on October 30
1998 – Orphanage fire in Manila, Philippines, killed 28 on December 3
1999 – Worcester Cold Storage Fire killed 6 firefighters
1999 – One story Sealand Youth Training Center fire at Hwaseong killed 23 and injured 5 on June 30
1999 – Two-story buildings with cinema complex fire at Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killed 75 on September 24
1999 – Four-story complex buildings with Sun-Hun Choe karaoke room fire at Incheon, South Korea, killed 54 and injured 70 on October 30
1999 – Jilin hotel fire, Changchun, Jilin, China, killed 20 on December 26^[73]

21st century

2000s

2000 – Immigration Tower fire, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, 2 killed and 48 injured on August 2^[88]
2000 – Tiantang cinema fire in Jiaozuo, Henan, China, killed 74 on March 29^[73]
2000 – Xiamen, Fuji electric factory, killed 8 females^[90]
2000 – Qingzhou chicken processing plant fire, Qingzhou, Shandong, China, 38 workers killed on April 22^[73]
2000 – Enschede fireworks disaster, Enschede, Netherlands, 22 killed (including 4 firemen) on May 13
2000 – Fireworks factory fire, Guangdong, China, 36 killed on June 30^[73]
2000 – Fire on Ostankino Tower, Moscow
2000 – Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire in Childers, Queensland, 15 killed in arson attack on June 23^[91]
2000 – On July 25 a hotel in Gonesse, France is destroyed after Air France Flight 4590 crashes into it shortly after takeoff from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. All 109 people on board the plane were killed, along with 4 people in the hotel. There were no non-fatal injuries.
2000 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire in Luoyang, Henan, China, killed 309 on December 25^[74]
2001 – Kyanguli Secondary school fire, Machakos, Eastern Province, Kenya, 68 killed on March 26
2001 – Erwadi fire incident, Tamil Nadu, India, 25 killed on August 6
2001 – Manor Hotel fire, Quezon City, Philippines, 75 killed on August 17
2001 – Myojo 56 building fire, Tokyo, Japan, 44 killed by arson on September 1.
2001 – September 11 attacks — Two airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City, sparked fires on multiple floors. Over 2000 people die as a result of the fires and the subsequent collapse of the towers.
2001 – Volendam New Years fire during a New Year party in De Hemel cafè in Volendam, Netherlands killed 14 and injured 200
2001– Several houses caught fire after American Airlines flight 587 crashed into a Queen's neighborhood, all 265 on the plane and 5 people on the ground died.
2001 – Mesa Redonda fire, Lima, Peru, 291 killed on December 29
2002 – Shree Lee International footwear factory fire, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 42 killed on June 26
2002 – Heppi Karaoke bar fire, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, 42 killed on July 9
2002 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, Vietnam, over 60 killed, over 100 missing and 500 injured in a luxury department store fire and collapse
2002 – Sidi Moussa prison fire, El Jadida, Morocco, killing 50, on November 2
2002 – La Coajira nightclub fire at Caracas, Venezuela, 47 killed on December 1
2003 – Greenwood Nursing Home fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16 on February 26
2003 – Daegu subway fire in Daegu, South Korea, 192 killed by arson on February 18
2003 – Nursing home fire in Nashville, Tennessee, killed 14 on September 25
2003 – The Station nightclub fire 96 died at the scene; 4 died from injuries at local hospitals in West Warwick, Rhode Island
2003 – Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fire, Moscow, Russia, 36 killed on November 24
2004 – Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fire, Jilin, northeastern China, killed 53 on February 16
2004 – San Pedro Sula prison fire, Honduras, killed 103 on May 17
2004 – Momart warehouse fire, numerous significant contemporary work of arts destroyed by fire, 24 May 2004, Leyton, East London.
2004 – 2004 Kumbakonam School fire, Kumbakonam, Tamil-Nadu, India, killed 94 on July 16
2004 – Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire, Asunción, Paraguay, kills 370, injures 500 on August 1.
2004 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire in Buenos Aires kills 194, injures 714^{[citation needed]} on December 30.
2005 – The Windsor Tower Building Fire (Spain), February 14–15^[92]^[93]
2005 – Beni Suef Cultural Palace fire in Egypt and kills 46 on September 5. ^{[citation needed]}
2005 – Aardman Animations storage depot fire, 10 October
2005 – 11 die in a fire at the detention center of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on October 27.
2005 – Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire, a major explosion at Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire injures 43 on December 11.
2005 – Liaoyang City Central Hospital fire, Liaoyang, Jilin, China, 39 killed on December 12.
2006 – KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh, 65 killed, 100 injured on February 24.
2006 – Kolkata leather factory fire kills at least nine people in India on November 22.
2006 – Moscow hospital fire kills 46 December 9.
2006 – Fire at a store in Ormoc City, Philippines kills 24^[94]
2007 – Nursing home fire at Kamyshevatskaya, Krasnodar, southern Russia, killed 63 on March 19
2007 – Penhallow Hotel fire at Newquay, Cornwall
2007 – Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire in Charleston, South Carolina; 9 firefighters were killed on June 18
2007 – Warehouse fire in Atherstone-on-Stour, Warwickshire when 4 firefighters were killed
2007 – Warehouse fire in Mexico City, Mexico, killed 5 people
2008 – Fire at Korea 2000 refrigerated warehouse while under construction, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 40 killed on January 7
2008 – Namdaemun fire with collapse at Seoul, South Korea on February 10.
2008 – Historic Quebec City Armoury roof and interior destroyed by fire, Quebec, Canada, on April 4
2008 – Four-story Rosamor Furniture factory fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco, killed 55 on April 25

2008 – Historic Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada burnt down by arsonists on May 28
2008 – Texas Governor's Mansion heavily damaged during an extensive renovation; thought to be arson
2008 – Cornwall Court Fire in Hong Kong on August 10, killed 4 people including 2 firefighters
2008 – Toronto propane explosion in North York on August 10, killed 2 people including 1 firefighter
2008 – Wuwang Club fire in Shenzen, China, on September 20, killing 43^[74]^[95]
2008 – Video Parlour Cats fire by arsonist in Nanba, Osaka, Japan, killed 15 and injured 10 on October 1
2009 – Santika Club fire, Bangkok, Thailand, killed 66 on January 1
2009 – Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, killed 29 on January 28
2009 – Great Beijing Mandarin Oriental Hotel fire of February, 2009 caused by fire works, 1 death
2009 – Bashundhara City mall fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed 7 people on March 13
2009 – Homeless hostel fire in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, kills 23 on April 13
2009 – ABC daycare center fire kills 47 in Hermosillo, Mexico, on June 5
2009 – Lakanal House tower block fire kills 6 in Camberwell, London on July 3
2009 – Three alarm fire at a delicatessen in Buffalo, New York, kills 2 firefighters on August 24^[96]
2009 – Taldykorgan Regional Drug Rehabilitation Hospital fire in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, killed 38 on September 13^{[citation needed]}
2009 – Perm Lame Horse Night club fire in Perm, Russia, killed 153 people and injured over 140 on December 4^[97]^[98]
2009 – Medan Karaoke bar fire in Medan of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killed 20 on December 4^[99]

2010s

2010 – 2010 Tioman Island fire in Pulau Tioman, Malaysia; no deaths but 12 injured
2010 – 2010 Bangkok riots in Thailand, burned BEC TV3, CentralWorld and many buildings
2010 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed at least 4 and destroyed dozens of homes on September 10
2010 – 2010 Shanghai fire,^[100] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53
2010 – A fire in a prison in Santiago, Chile killed at least 81 inmates in the country's deadliest ever prison incident
2010 – A fire in Provo, Utah destroys the historic Provo Tabernacle^[101] in a 4-alarm fire on 17 December.
2010 – Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, kills at least 42^[102]
2011 – Fire caused by electrical short circuit at a eunuch festival, Delhi, India, 15 killed and at least 36 injured on November 21^[103]
2011 – AMRI hospital Kolkata, West Bengal; killed at least 90, most caused by toxic fumes spreading through ducts of the Central air conditioning system, December 9^[104]
2012 – Propane tanks at a dentist office in Laredo, Texas, cause an explosion heard several miles away. No deaths, but millions of dollars in reported damage within a 3,000 m (1.9 mi) radius^[105]
2012 – A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, kills at more than 361 inmates on 14 February^[106]
2012 – A massive fire sweeps through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls and injuring 11 people.^[107]
2012 – A fire in a Moscow market kills 17 migrant workers^[108]
2012 – Explosions and a fire at Bangkok Synthetics Plant petrochemical plant for synthetic rubber, in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong Province, Thailand, killed 12 people and injured more than 100^[109]
2012 – Explosion and fire at Paraguaná Refinery Complex killed 48 and injured 151
2012 – A fire in a Karachi garment factory killed at least 312 workers.^[110]^[111]
2012 – A fire in a Lahore shoe factory in Pakistan killed 25 workers^[112]
2012 – Beinan Branch of Xinyang Hospital has been committed an arson, resulting 13 patient dead, the perpetrator was in final phase of cancer and upset by his illness, received the death penalty, dying during detention in April 2014.^[113]
2012 – Fire in a Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 124.^[114]
2013 – A fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, after performers said to have set off fireworks, killed at least 233 people^[115]^[116]
2013 – A fire in Surya Sen Market, Kolkata killed 18 people^[117]
2013 – West, Texas explosion when probable arson started a fire that detonated hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate at a fertilizer plant, killing 15 and injuring over 160. Nearby apartment buildings were destroyed and windows broken 7 miles away.
2013 – The 2013 Moscow psychiatric hospital fire killed 38^[118]
2013 – The Southwest Inn Motel fire killed 4 firefighters in Houston, Texas^[119]
2013 – The Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant fire killed 119 persons in Mishazi Township, Jilin Province, China^[120]
2013 – A fire at a psychiatric hospital in Luka, Novgorod Region, Russia, killed 37.^[121]
2013 – A fire at Hải Dương Province Trade Centre, Vietnam, with the total value of the contract at 500 billion Vietnamese đồng (25,000,000 USD)^[122]
2013 – A fire at Diana Vietnam diaper factory in Bắc Ninh Province with a loss of 20,000,000 USD.^[123]
2014 – A fire at Valparaiso, Chile left over 2,500 houses destroyed, 11,000 people homeless and a death toll of 15 people. Authorities stated that was the worst fire of the history of Valparaiso.
2014 – A fire at a bakery shop in Yuanlin, Changhua, Taiwan, caused 5 deaths.^[124]
2014 – A fire at a hospital in Jangseong County in South Korea killed 21 patients and a nurse, and injured several more people.^[125]
2014 – A fire in Lowell, Massachusetts in a triple-decker kills four adults and three children.^[126]
2014 – Arson at an air traffic control edifice in Aurora, Illinois, United States (also known as the "Chicago Center") caused close to 2000 airline flights to undertake emergency landings^[127]
2015 – An industrial fire in Valenzuela, Philippines kills 72 people.^[128]
2015 – A fire in a residence building in Baku, Azerbaijan kills 14 people.
2015 – A fire at Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania kills 64 people.
2016 – A massive fire at a factory in Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia kills 12 people.^[129]
2016 – A wildfire in Alberta, Canada caused the destruction of over 2,400 buildings and the evacuation of all residents.^[130]
2016 – A hospital fire kills 12 newborn babies and injures 29 women in Baghdad at Yarmouk Hospital, the Minister of Health resigns. The fire was set deliberately by eight people who stole millions of dinars.
2016 – A fire in a tire warehouse in Lockport, New York kills a 14-year-old boy, forced the evacuation of several city blocks, and was determined to be deliberately set.
2016 – A fire at the Kaliti Prison during a suspected attempted jailbreak led to the deaths of at least 23 people during the 2016 Ethiopian protests.
2016 – A fire at the old cooling house at the former Bethlehem Steel complex in Lackawanna, New York Wednesday, November 9, 2016 mobilizes Erie County, New York mutual aid from the City of Buffalo as well as suburban volunteer fire companies to assist the Lackawanna Fire Department. A large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles and picked up by the local NEXRAD weather radar. Only a minor injury to a Buffalo Firefighter occurred.
2016 – A fire at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California kills at least 36 people.^[131]
2017 – A fire at the Grenfell Tower in western London, England resulted in at least 12 fatalities and 74 people being taken to hospital. The fire started in the night at about 00:56 local time.^[132]

Transportation fires

Ship fires

1800 – British warship Queen Charlotte — 673 deaths
1840 – Steamship Lexington in Long Island Sound — 139 deaths
1865 – Sultana on the Mississippi River, near Memphis, Tennessee — 1,547 deaths
1893 – Freighter Cabo Machichaco [es] in Santander, Spain — 500 deaths
1904 – Steamship General Slocum in New York City — 1,021 deaths
1906 – SS Hankow fire in Hong Kong — 130+ deaths (14 October)^[133]
1917 – Munitions ship Mont-Blanc burned, drifted and detonated in the Halifax Explosion — roughly 2,000 deaths
1924 – SS City of Singapore at Port Adelaide – 3 deaths, 13 injured
1934 – SS Morro Castle off Asbury Park, New Jersey — 137 deaths, ship gutted and beached
1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor, sinking USS Arizona (BB-39) and several other ships; extensive fires generated aboard and around ships
1941 – SS Normandie in New York City, ship capsized and sank at pier
1944 – Bombay Explosion (1944) – SS Fort Stikine docked in Bombay, India underwent a fire and two explosions and set fire to the area killing around 800 people
1944 – Port Chicago disaster – SS E A Bryan docked in Port Chicago, California underwent massive explosions and fire while munitions were loaded. 320 people were killed and 390 were injured.
1947 – Texas City Disaster— 2 ships' cargoes of ammonium nitrate caught fire and exploded, killing 581, more than 5000 injured.
1947 – SS Xi'an in Hong Kong — 200 deaths^[64]
1949 – SS Noronic in Toronto — 118 to 139 deaths
1963 – Lakonia near Madeira burned — 128 deaths
1965 – SS Yarmouth Castle near Nassau, Bahamas — 90 deaths
1965 – Orient Trader in Toronto, Ontario, Canada— no deaths or injuries. Was towed from pier into harbour and was totally destroyed by fire. 1960 ORIENT TRADER, Orient Mid-East Great Lakes Services, Piraeus. 21st Jul.1965 Caught fire Toronto harbour, CTL. 1966 Scrapped Valencia.^[134]
1967 – USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin — 134 deaths.
1972 – RMS Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong, ship sank in harbour^[24]
1987 – Doña Paz in the Philippines — an estimated 4,000 deaths
1990 – MS Scandinavian Star off Norway — 159 deaths
1991 – Moby Prince disaster in Livorno, Italy. 140 killed.
1994 – Achille Lauro near Somalia
2001 – MS Windoc in Allanburg, Ontario, Canada — Bridge lowered on the ship, this tore off the wheelhouse and funnel and caused a fire that burned out the aft cabins and engine room. No deaths.
2006 – Star Princess in the Caribbean — 1 death
2007 – Cutty Sark, 19th-century clipper in dry dock as a museum ship in Greenwich, London extensively damaged while undergoing restoration on May 21
2011 – MS Nordlys, Norwegian cruise ship, September 15, 2 deaths^[135]^[136]
2014 – MS Norman Atlantic in Strait of Otranto, Greece — 13 deaths (including two rescue crewmembers who died from an indirect result)

Train and rail fires

1903 – Paris Métro train fire kills 84
1913 – Ais Gill rail crash in England kills 14 chiefly through fire on September 1
1915 – Quintinshill rail crash in Scotland kills 227 chiefly through fire on May 22
1951 – Sakuragicho commuter train fire, Yokohama, Japan, 106 killed on April 24
1972 – Hokuriku railroad tunnel fire in Tsuruga, Japan, 31 killed and 637 injured
1978 – Taunton train fire on British Rail kills 12 on July 6
1984 – Summit tunnel fire in West Yorkshire, England
1987 – Kings Cross London Underground fire London Subway system fire, London, England, 31 killed, 100 injured on November 18^{[citation needed]}
1995 – 1995 Baku Metro fire kills over 200
1996 – Channel Tunnel fire between France and England on November 18
1998 – Yaounde train explosion fuel train explosion, kills 120 people
2000 – Kaprun disaster, Austrian funicular train fire, kills 155 people
2002 – Al Ayatt train disaster, Egypt
2002 – The Godhra train burning at Godhra, Gujarat, India took place which left 59 people dead leading to the 2002 Gujarat violence
2003 – Daegu subway fire in Daegu (South Korea) Train fire killed at least 198 people and injured at least 147
2003 – Ladhowal train fire, India
2008 – Channel Tunnel fire, between France and England
2012 – Nellore train fire kills 32 passengers on the Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, India
2013 – Lac-Mégantic rail disaster kills 47 when an unattended 74-car freight train carrying crude oil rolled downhill and derailed. More than 30 buildings in the town's centre, roughly half of the downtown area, were destroyed.
2014 – Several tanker cars carrying crude oil caught fire along the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia.^[137]

Bus fires

1988 – Carrollton, Kentucky, bus collision—27 deaths on May 14, one of the deadliest bus disasters in US history
1992 – Chien-Kang Bus Fire [zh] (健康幼稚園火燒車事件) – one bus carrying 50 kindergarten students, teachers, and parents caught fire at Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District) on their way to the Leofoo Amusement Park, killing 23 and injuring 9^{[citation needed]}
1997 – Bus fire, Guangdong, China – bus caught fire on expressway, killing 39 passengers^[73]
2003 – Chun-Lung Bus Fire [zh] (尊龍客運高速公路火燒車事故)—A charter bus caught fire at Taipei County killing 6 and injuring 4^{[citation needed]}
2006 – A bus caught fire on a street in Rio Grande, Brazil. 28 people were injured, but no-one was killed. The cause of the fire was a can of paint thinner under the driver's seat, which ignited following a short-circuit.^{[citation needed]}
2007 – Comilla bus caught fire in Bangladesh, at least fifty-five killed on January 6.^{[citation needed]}
2008 – Lower Saxony: A bus caught fire presumably due to a passenger smoking in the toilet on the A2 Autobahn (Expressway) in Germany, 20 killed on November 4^[138]
2008 – Boromo bus caught fire in Balé Province, Burkina Faso, sixty-seven killed on November 15^{[citation needed]}
2008 – Firozabad bus caught fire in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing sixty-three on December 9.^{[citation needed]}
2009 – Chengdu bus fire, a mass murder–suicide attack Chengdu, Sichuan, China, results in 27 deaths on June 5
2010 – During the Mount Carmel forest fire, a bus that was transporting prison guards was caught up in a wildfire as they made their way to evacuate a nearby prison, resulting in the death of 40 guards as flames overwhelmed the bus^[139]
2011 – Xinyang bus fire kills at least 41 people in Xinyang, Henan, China, on 22 July.
2013 – A bus fire in Xiamen, China, believed to be an act of arson, killed 47 and injured 30.^[140]
2014 – Colombia bus fire killed 32 children who had just attended a church service in the city of Fundación 18 May 2014.^[141]
2014 – Six people died and dozens were injured in a bus terminal fire near Seoul, South Korea on 26 May 2014.^[142]
2016 – Taoyuan City coach fire killing 24 Mainland Chinese tourists with its Taiwanese driver and tour guide.^[143]
2016 – New York State Adirondack Trailways bus destroyed by brake fire.

Road fires

1978 – Los Alfaques disaster kills 217 on a campsite near Tarragona, in Spain on July 11
1982 – Salang tunnel fire kills between 150 and 1,000 people in Afghanistan's only road tunnel
1982 – Caldecott Tunnel fire kills 6 and severely damages major road tunnel in Oakland, California
1999 – 1999 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire—39 deaths, caused by the cargo of a transport truck catching fire while in the tunnel
2000 – Ibadan tanker truck explosion multiple car pile-up explodes 100–200 killed.
2012 – Okobie road tanker explosion in Nigeria killed at least 95 people and injured 50 others.

Other fires

1916 – Black Tom explosion (fires led to the explosion)
1937 – Hindenburg disaster near Lakehurst, New Jersey
1955 – Le Mans 24 hour race disaster, Le Mans, France, over 80 killed on June 11
1967 – Apollo 1 burned during ground tests at Cape Canaveral January 27, 3 astronauts died
1973 – Kingman Explosion Propane tanker BLEVE incident kills 13, injures 107^[144]
1975 – Tent site at Mina, Saudi Arabia, 138 killed^{[citation needed]}
2006 – Brand India Fair at Meerut Victoria Park fire, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, 100 killed on April 10^{[citation needed]}
2009 – 2009 Kenyan oil spill ignition resulted in the deaths of at least 111 people and infliction of gruesome injuries to countless hundreds more on 31 January, following a road accident in Molo, Kenya.

Mining fires

This is a partial list of fire due to mining: man-made structures to extract minerals, ores, rock, petroleum, natural gas, etc.

1884 to present – New Straitsville, Ohio, coal mine fire ignited by striking miners^[145]
1892 – Fire in the Marie iron mine, Příbram, now in the Czech Republic, 319 killed on May 31
1895 – Osceola copper mine in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, caught fire on September 7, 30 killed^[146]
1911 – Fire at the Price-Pancoast Colliery, Throop, Pennsylvania, on April 7, with 72 dead by suffocation^[147]
1915 to present – Laurel Run mine fire in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States, ignited when at carbide lamp set fire to a timber support
1956 – Bois du Cazier fire [fr], Belgium, killed 262 people from 12 nations
1962 – Devil's Cigarette Lighter fire in a gas field in Algeria, lasted almost 6 months before doused with explosives
1962 to present – Centralia Mine Fire, Pennsylvania, rendering the town uninhabitable
1971 to present – Darvaza gas crater fire in a natural gas field in Derweze, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
1972 – Fire broke out in the Sunshine Mine in Kellogg, Idaho, on the morning of May 2; 91 workers died from smoke inhalation or carbon monoxide poisoning
1986 – Fire in a gold mine owned by the General Mining Union Corporation in Kinross, Transvaal, South Africa, with 177 killed and 235 injured on September 16^[148]
1988 – Piper Alpha oil platform disaster, North Sea, on July 6; 167 deaths
2010 – Explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon mobile offshore drilling unit in the Gulf of Mexico

Forest and countryside fires

1871 – The Great Michigan Fire, killed over 200 in Michigan
1910 – Great Fire of 1910 (aka Big Blowup; Big Burn), Washington, Idaho and Montana, over 3 million acres (12,000 km²), at least 85 dead. This fire set new policies, and created new organizations for fighting wildfires.
1911 – Great Porcupine Fire, Ontario
1916 – Matheson Fire, Ontario, July 29. Six towns destroyed, two more damaged, 223 people dead.
1918 – 1918 Cloquet Fire, 453 lives lost in a single day, October 12. Minnesota
1921 – 1921 Mari wildfires, 35 killed
1922 – Great Fire of 1922, Northern Ontario, several towns destroyed including 90% of the City of Haileybury
1933 – Griffith Park Fire in Los Angeles, California, killed 29 firefighters on October 3
1933 – Tillamook Burn, Oregon
1935 – Kursha-2, 1200 killed
1936 – Bandon, Oregon, Bandon's entire commercial district was destroyed, total loss stated at the time was $3 million USD, with 11 fatalities.
1937 – Blackwater fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, killed 15 firefighters on August 21
1949 – The great forest fire of 1949 in the Landes Forest, wildfire, 256,000 acres (1,040 km²) lost, 240 killed, include 82 firefighters, on August.
1949 – Mann Gulch fire
1953 – Rattlesnake Fire, set by an arsonist named Stan Pattan, in Mendocino National Forest near Willows, California, killed 15 firefighters on July 9
1963 – Paraná forest fire, 20,000 square kilometres destroyed, killing at least 110, with 5,000 houses burned in September.
1966 – Serra de Sintra forest fire,outskirt of Lisbon, Portugal, 26.6 km² destroyed, killing 26.
1967 – 1967 Tasmanian fires in Tasmania, Australia
1971 – Kure forest fire, Kure, western Honshū, Japan, 18 firefighters killed on April 27
1975 – Fire on the Lüneburg Heath in north Germany, 80 square kilometres destroyed, 7 fatalities including 5 firefighters killed on August 10
1983 – Ash Wednesday fires in south-eastern Australia killed 75 people in South Australia and Victoria.
1987 – 1987 Daxing'anling wildfire in People's Republic of China, burned for a month
1988 – Yellowstone fires of 1988 largest, most expensive wildfire in the history of the National Park Service, at the world's first National Park
1994 – Isabela Island forest fire, Galápagos Island, Ecuador, 12 km² lost in April.
1994 – South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs, Colorado kills fourteen firefighters on July 6.
2003 – Canberra bushfires, Australian Capital Territory, 4 killed and 435 injured
2003 – Cedar Fire destroyed over 550 homes and many acres of land, Southern California
2003 – 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, British Columbia
2005 – Eyre Peninsula bushfire, South Australia, 9 killed, at least 113 injured and 79 houses destroyed
2006 – Pilliga forest fire burned out 740 km² on just its first day
2007 – October 2007 California wildfires Fires in California
2008 – Summer 2008 California wildfires Second costliest in US history to extinguish.
2009 – Black Saturday bushfires In February, at the end of the early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave, bushfires swept through the Australian state of Victoria killing 173 people, injuring around 500, destroying at least 2029 homes.
2010 – 2010 Russian wildfires, 2000 buildings, 8000 km² destroyed, 54 killed.^[149]
2010 – Mount Carmel forest fire in Israel led to 44 fatalities.
2011 – Fires across parts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, during the Easter holidays, destroying many parks and forests.
2011 – Summer fire outbreak across Texas claimed almost 4 million acres in over 21,000 fires. Approximately 7,000 homes were lost and approximately 50,000 homes in direct danger were saved by fire departments across the state.
2011 – Two wildfires burn in Bastrop, Texas; 2 people killed, 34,000 acres burned, over 1000 houses and other structures destroyed
2011 – Swinley Forest, UK, 12 fire services attended from various counties to extinguish this forestry fire in Berkshire.^[150]^[151]
2015 – Sampson Flat bushfires, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, destroyed 12,500 hectares (31,000 acres) of native forest, farmland, vineyards and 27 houses, with not human fatalities
2016 – A series of wildfires raged across mainland Portugal and the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira.
2017 – Between 30 and 40 gorse fires raged across the country between late April and early May. Cloosh Valley saw the worst of these fires with 1,500 hectares of forest damaged.^[152]

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 * 2016{{snd}}A fire at the old cooling house at the former [[Bethlehem Steel]] complex in [[Lackawanna, New York]] Wednesday, November 9, 2016 mobilizes [[Erie County, New York]] mutual aid from the City of Buffalo as well as suburban volunteer fire companies to assist the Lackawanna Fire Department.  A large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles and picked up by the local [[NEXRAD]] [[weather radar]]. Only a minor injury to a Buffalo Firefighter occurred.
 * 2016{{snd}}A fire at a converted [[2016 Oakland warehouse fire|warehouse in Oakland, California]] kills at least 36 people.<ref name="ktvu-20161204">{{cite web|title=Oakland warehouse fire: Death toll at Ghost Ship now 36, expected to rise|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/ktvu-local-news/221452182-story|website=[[KTVU]]|accessdate=5 December 2016|date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
-* 2017{{snd}}[[Grenfell Tower fire|A fire at the Grenfell Tower]] in western London, England resulted in at least 12 fatalities and 74 people being taken to hospital. The fire started in the night, at about 1:16am local time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/World/7892/45859/london-massive-fire-breaks-out-in-24-storey-apartment|title=London fire- At least six dead, toll expected to rise=Suspected toaster|work=NewsBytes|access-date=2017-06-14|language=en}}</ref>
+* 2017{{snd}}[[Grenfell Tower fire|A fire at the Grenfell Tower]] in western London, England resulted in at least 12 fatalities and 74 people being taken to hospital. The fire started in the night at about 00:56 local time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/World/7892/45859/london-massive-fire-breaks-out-in-24-storey-apartment|title=London fire- At least six dead, toll expected to rise=Suspected toaster|work=NewsBytes|access-date=2017-06-14|language=en}}</ref>
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