List of accidents and disasters by death toll

See also: Energy accidents and List of natural disasters by death toll

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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

Main article: Amusement park accidents

Deaths	Date	Attraction	Amusement park	Location
28	14 February 2004	Transvaal Park (entire facility affected); the roof of the indoor water park collapsed	Transvaal Park	Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia
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
8	11 May 1984	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
7	9 June 1979	Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage	Luna Park Sydney	Sydney, Australia
7	14 August 1981	Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured	Hamburger Dom	Hamburg, (Germany)
6	13 August 1944	Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured	Palisades Amusement Park	Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
6	29 June 2010	Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured	OCT East	Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
5	30 May 1972	Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured	Battersea Park	Battersea, London, England
5	23 June 2017	Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool	Kuzuluk Aquapark	Akyazi, Turkey
4	24 July 1930	Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured	Krug Park	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
4	25 October 2016	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
3	14 June 1986	Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar	Galaxyland	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3	26 July 1978	Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, United States

Aviation

Main article: List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in at least 50 fatalities

See also: List of aircraft accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
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	Japan-KomakiKomaki, Japan
261	11 July 1991	Nigeria Airways Flight 2120	Saudi Arabia-JeddahJeddah, Saudi Arabia

Cable transport

See also: Aerial tramway § List of accidents, and Gondola lift § List of accidents

This list does not include incidents involving elevators.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
155	11 November 2000	Kaprun disaster	Kaprun, Austria
43	9 March 1976	1976 Cavalese cable car disaster	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 June 1990	Tbilisi cable car disaster	Tbilisi, Georgia
20	3 February 1998	1998 Cavalese cable car disaster	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 July 1999	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car disaster	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
13	12 July 1972	Bettmeralp cable car disaster	Bettmeralp, Switzerland
12	29 June 2017	Charra Pani cable car disaster	Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan
11	13 February 1983	Champoluc cable car disaster	Champoluc, Italy
9	26 October 1972	Les Deux Alpes cable car disaster	Les Deux Alpes, Isère, France
9	5 September 2005	Sölden cable car disaster	Sölden, Austria
8	13 January 1989	Vaujany cable car disaster	Vaujany, France
7	25 December 1965	Le Mont-Dore cable car disaster	Le Mont-Dore, France
7	29 January 1983	Singapore Cable Car disaster	Singapore
7	19 January 2003	2003 Pavagadh cable car disaster	Pavagadh, India
7	25 June 2017	Gulmarg cable car disaster	Gulmarg, India
6	29 August 1961	Aiguille du Midi cable car accident	Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
6	1 March 1987	Luz-Ardiden cable car accident	Luz-Ardiden, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
5	8 December 1970	Merano cable car accident	Merano, Italy
4	1 August 1971	Alagna Valsesia cable car accident	Alagna Valsesia, Italy
4	9 July 1974	Ulriken cable car accident	Ulriken, Norway
4	26 March 1976	Vail cable car accident	Vail, Colorado, United States
4	15 April 1978	Squaw Valley cable car accident	Olympic Valley, California, United States
4	29 January 1992	Nassfeld cable car accident	Nassfeld, Austria
4	19 October 2003	Darjeeling cable car accident	Darjeeling, India
4	24 April 2016	2016 Pavagadh cable car accident	Pavagadh, India
3	26 July 1978	Skyway cable car accident	Eureka, Missouri, United States
3	2 April 2004	Yerevan funicular accident	Yerevan, Armenia
2	15 August 1960	Monte Faito cable car accident	Monte Faito, Italy
2	5 September 1965	Lincoln cable car accident	Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
2	9 July 1966	Aiguille du Midi cable car accident	Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
2	14 December 1985	Keystone cable car accident	Keystone, Colorado, United States
2	24 November 1991	Pico Espejo cable car accident	Pico Espejo, Mérida, Venezuela
2	23 December 1995	Whistler Blackcomb cable car accident	Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
2	3 August 2013	Gross Aubrig cable car accident	Gross Aubrig, Switzerland
1	1 September 1943	1943 Angels Flight funicular accident	Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
1	9 April 1947	Monte Serrate funicular accident	Monte Serrate, São Paulo, Brazil
1	26 July 1956	Mount Rowe cable car accident	Mount Rowe, New Hampshire, United States
1	10 August 1957	Cogne cable car accident	Cogne, Val d'Aosta, Italy
1	15 June 1968	Raton Pass cable car accident	Raton Pass, New Mexico, United States
1	22 October 1979	Texas State Fair cable car accident	Dallas, Texas, United States
1	4 February 1984	Big Powderhorn Mountain cable car accident	Big Powderhorn Mountain, Michigan, United States
1	23 December 1989	Maple Mountain cable car accident	Maple Mountain, Michigan, United States
1	4 April 1993	Sierra-at-Tahoe cable car accident	Sierra-at-Tahoe, Twin Bridges, California, United States
1	28 August 1993	Monte Solaro cable car accident	Monte Solaro, Anacapri, Italy
1	12 October 1996	Quebec funicular accident	Old Quebec Funicular, Quebec, Canada
1	8 December 1996	Snow Valley cable car accident	Snow Valley, Ontario, Canada
1	14 December 1996	Riederalp cable car accident	Riederalp, Switzerland
1	26 December 1999	Crans Montana cable car accident	Crans Montana, Switzerland
1	3 January 2001	Table Mountain cable car accident	Cape Town, South Africa
1	4 January 2001	Powder Ridge cable car accident	Powder Ridge, Kimball, Minnesota, United States
1	1 February 2001	2001 Angels Flight funicular accident	Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
1	27 July 2004	Abisko National Park cable car accident	Abisko National Park, Sweden
1	24 May 2007	Zillertal cable car accident	Zillertal, Mayrhofen, Austria
1	28 November 2007	2007 Heavenly cable car accident	Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
1	3 January 2008	Grindelwald cable car accident	Grindelwald, Switzerland
1	2 March 2008	Chamonix cable car accident	Chamonix, France
1	1 September 2009	2009 Heavenly cable car accident	Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
1	2 June 2010	Glenwood Canyon cable car accident	Glenwood Canyon Resort, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
1	12 April 2014	Jinggangshan cable car accident	Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, China

Elevator accidents

See also: List of elevator accidents

Accidents with at least 10 deaths. This list does not include incidents involving gondola lifts, ski lifts, and similar types of cable transport.

Deaths	Injuries	Date	Incident	Location
200–400 (estimate)	1	11 September 2001	Two hijacked planes were flown into both towers of the World Trade Center, causing severe damage to the elevator system, which had 198 elevators in total. Some elevators fell when their cables were severed, while others were engulfed in flames or stuck until the buildings collapsed. An estimated 200 to 400 people died, most of whom were in express elevators or in elevators near the top floors. At least 21 people were trapped but managed to escape while 80 others survived because the doors happened to be open. At least one of those who survived was in a burning elevator, causing burns over 40% of his body.	New York City, New York, U.S.
104	0	10 May 1995	A locomotive crashed through a safety barrier and fell into a mine shaft, hitting an elevator which was carrying 104 workers and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft.	Orkney, South Africa
52	0	31 August 1987	A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.	Welkom, South Africa
19	0	13 September 2012	An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.	Wuhan, China
12	0	30 October 2008	An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.	Xiapu County, China
11	2	25 April 2019	An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.	Hengshui, China
11	4	29 July 2011	A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.	Makiivka, Ukraine
10	0	6 September 2014	An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.	Istanbul, Turkey

Explosions

This list does not include bombings, aviation incidents, or mining disasters.

Deaths	Date	Incident
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
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. Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.
1400 - 2280	6 March 1862	Ammunition warehouse explodes and kills almost all of Oaxaca brigade, in San Andres Chalchicomula, Mexico, during the first days of Second French intervention in Mexico.
1,950	6 December 1917	Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada
1,500	8 June 1941	Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia.
256–1,500+	September 1732	Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior, district of Portalegre, Portugal.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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	12 January 1807	Gunpowder ship 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
147	12 November 1945	Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.
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
135	18 January 2019	A fuel pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
134	1 July 1918	Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, United Kingdom
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.
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.
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 the gunpowder ship Tamaemaru, which also engulfed a dock warehouse in 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.
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.
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 liquefied petroleum gas storage units exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey
103	26 May 1954	USS Bennington catapult explosion, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island
103	28 April 1995	Gas explosions by subway construction in Taegu, 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.
101	28 April 1995	Gas explosions in Taegu, South Korea
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.
100	10 June 1930	Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China
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	21 March 2019	2019 Yancheng chemical plant explosion, Jiangsu, China
78	17 September 1862	Allegheny Arsenal exploded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; 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.
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	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	A large naval mine of unknown origin had drifted ashore and exploded just as the local residents were trying to dispose of it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.
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
59	11 November 1977	Freight train with dynamite exploded at the Iri railroad station, Iri, North Jeolla, South Korea
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
51	12 September 1940	297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.
50+	2 July 2019	Fuel tanker exploded after overturning in Benue State, Nigeria
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	26 October 2017	Tangerang fireworks disaster: an explosion in a fireworks plant kills 49 and injures 46 at Jakarta, Indonesia
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	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
44	22 May 1919	Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
43	27 September 1915	Explosion of rail car that was leaking natural gas condensate in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.
43	13 June 1917	TNT explosion at a munitions factory in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
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
33+	30 April 1931	Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil
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)
23	28 November 2018	Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
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.
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.
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
8	9 September 2010	2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States
7	31 March 2019	An explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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	29 March 2019	An explosion in Qingzhou, Shandong, China
5	14 March 2019	An explosion in southern Iran
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	19 March 2019	An explosion in Yilong County, Sichuan, China.
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

See also: List of 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
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
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
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
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, Austria-Hungary (now 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	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
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
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, Austria-Hungary (now 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
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
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
144	21 October 1966	Aberfan landslide disaster, Wales
142	3 January 1934	Nelson, Osek, Czechoslovakia
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 coal mine, Havířov, Czechoslovakia
108	5 March 1885	Jan, Karviná, Austria-Hungary (now 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, Czechoslovakia
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
72	16 March 1940	Willow Grove No. 10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S.
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
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, Louka u Litvínova, Czechoslovakia, Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
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, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
61	3 January 1981	Trojice, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
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, Austria-Hungary (now 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, Czechoslovakia
54	1860	Františka, Záluží, Austria (now 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	Moodiesburn#Auchengeich mining disaster, 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, Czechoslovakia
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, Czechoslovakia
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 mine, Šardice, Czechoslovakia
33	1890	Anna, Souš, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
32	21 October 1994	Seongsu Bridge collapse, Seoul, South Korea
31	16 August 1968	Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain
31	22 March 1977	ČSA, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
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.
30	2 July 1937	Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK
30	18 October 1990	Barbora, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
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, Czechoslovakia
26	9 May 1992	Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada
25	7 May 1985	Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
25	7 February 1881	Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, England
24	13 November 2003	Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi, China
24	12 February 1949	Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
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
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.
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

Main article: List of maritime disasters

This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only. For wartime shipping disasters, see List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

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)
1,159	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, United States, 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)
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)
644	San Telmo (Drake Passage, Antarctica, 2 September 1819)
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)
377	Driver, (Atlantic Ocean, 12 February 1856)
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 (off the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, 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)
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
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, United States, 13 June 1858)
250	Powhattan sunk off New Jersey, 16 April 1854
250	Russian liner Ogoza sank in the Black Sea, 1928
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)
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.
241	Exmouth of Newcastle wrecked against the Isle of Islay 28 April 1847.
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+	MV Nyerere (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 20 September 2018)
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
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
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)
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	Russian monitor Rusalka (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
149	Package ship John Rutledge (North Atlantic, 20 February 1856)
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)
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 SS 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)
68	General Grant (Auckland Island, 13 May 1866)
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.
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)
27	Sinking of Hableány (Budapest, 29 May 2019)
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)
22	Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire (Hong Kong, 3 February 1992)
20	Ethan Allen (Lake George, 2 October 2005)
18	Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece (2012)
17	1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
16	Whippoorwill (Pomona Lake, Kansas, 17 June 1978) The tourist boat was struck by an F1 tornado, causing it to capsize and sink. 16 people were killed.
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

Main article: Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll

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.	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
95 to 4,000+	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. 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), England
17	August 2000 – March 2001	Instituto Oncologico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.	Panama City, Panama
13	1996	1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.	San José, Costa Rica
11	December 1990	1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, (27 patients were injured)	Zaragoza, Spain
10	10 August 1985	Soviet submarine K-431 accident, (49 people suffered radiation injuries)	near Vladivostok, Russia
10	1974–1976	Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuries	Columbus, Ohio, United States
9	24 May 1968	Soviet submarine K-27 accident. (83 people were injured)
8	4 July 1961	Soviet submarine K-19 accident. More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation.
8	March 1984	1984 Moroccan radiation accident	Morocco
7	1980	Houston radiotherapy accident	Houston, Texas, United States
5	9 August 2004	Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe	Mihama, Fukui, Japan
5	5 October 1982	Lost radiation source, 13 injuries	Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
4	September 1987	Goiânia accident, (249 people received serious radiation contamination)	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. and three people dying as a result of the overdose.
3	February 2000	Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled.	Samut Prakan Province, Thailand
2	30 September 1999	Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan)	Tōkai, Ibaraki, Japan

Rail accidents and disasters

Main article: Lists of rail accidents

This list only includes rail accidents and incidents with 90+ deaths.

Deaths	Incident
1,700+	Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck (Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004)
600–1,000	Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 14 January 1917)
500–800	Bihar train derailment (Bihar, India, 6 June 1981)
600–700	Vereshchyovka train disaster (Soviet Union, 24 January 1944)
675	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 12 December 1917)
600+	Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 22 January 1915)
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 train 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)
300	Tolunda (Angola, 1994)
300	Gambar train crash, (Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan, 29 September 1957)
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)
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	Daegu subway fire (South Korea, 18 February 2003)
192	Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 25 May 2002)
189	Nishinari train fire, (Osaka, Japan, 29 January 1940)
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)
160	Rzepin train disaster (Rzepin, Poland, 9 July 1952); Unconfirmed.
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)
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)
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 (Soviet Union, 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, New York, United States, 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	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, United States, 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)
52–200	Versailles rail accident, (Meudon, France, 8 May 1842)

Road

Main article: List of traffic collisions

This list does not include motor vehicle collisions which occurred at sporting events.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
1,100–2,700	3 November 1982	Salang Tunnel fire	Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
230	2 July 2010	Sange road tanker explosion	Sange, South Kivu, DRC
219	25 June 2017	Bahawalpur explosion	Bahawalpur, Pakistan
217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster	Tarragona, Spain
171	15 February 1991	Thung Maphrao truck explosion	Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
125	6 December 1965	Sotouba truck collision	Sotouba, Togo
121	12 July 2012	Okobie road tanker explosion	Okobie, Nigeria
115+	6 January 1967	Manila bus collision	Manila, Philippines
113	31 January 2009	Molo road tanker fire	Molo, Kenya
110	12 March 1995	Tamil Nadu truck collision	Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
104	18 August 1968	Gero bus crash	Gero, Gifu, Japan
100–200	5 November 2000	Ibadan road tanker explosion	Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria
99	15 November 2008	Boromo bus collision	Boromo, Burkina Faso
98	28 March 2007	Kagarko truck explosion	Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
94	8 June 1999	Karnataka bus crash	Karnataka, India
90	15 November 1976	Mafeteng bus crash	Mafeteng, Lesotho
90	29 June 1980	Kashmir bus crash	Kashmir, India
90	24 June 2004	Zahedan bus crash	Zahedan, Iran
89	3 August 1991	Nyanga bus accident	Nyanga, Zimbabwe
80	30 January 1984	Rapar bus crash	Rapar, Punjab, India
80	17 November 2016	Caphiridzange explosion	Caphiridzange, Tete, Mozambique
78	5 July 2017	Bambari truck crash	Bambari, Central African Republic

Smog

Deaths	Date	Incident
4,000 - 6000	5–9 December 1952	The Great Smog of London (London, 5–9 December 1952)
2,200	1880	Coal smog (London, 1880)
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)
60	1930	Meuse Valley smog (Belgium, 1930)
50	27–31 October 1948	The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, United States, 27–31 October 1948)
20	2–14 November 2017	The 2017 Punjab Smog (Punjab, Pakistan, 2–14 November 2017)

Space exploration

For a more comprehensive list, see List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents.

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

This list does not include aviation or other transport accidents involving sporting teams traveling to or from a sporting event.

Deaths	Date	Incident
1,112	140 AD	Collapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus, (Rome, 140 AD)
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)
~200	20 January 1980	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980
96	15 April 1989	Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 15 April 1989)
93	12 March 1988	Hailstorm & Stadium crush (Kathmandu, Nepal, 12 March 1988)
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)
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)
61	1 January 2013	Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster (Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1 January 2013)
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
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)
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)
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).
17	1979	1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
16	16 August 1980	16 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Recognized as the Football Lover's Day.
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)
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 the 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)
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)
8	11 January 1999	Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, 11 January 1999
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.
8	15 August 2010	2010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off-road truck rolled into the gallery
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.
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).

Stampedes

See also: List of human stampedes and crushes

These incidents may be variably referred to as crushes or panics.

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)
77	Stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station (Japan, 8 January 1934)
73	Italian Hall disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)
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)
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	1999 Sabarimala stampede, (Sabarimala, India, 15 January 1999)
53	Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, 31 May 1999)
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)
46	1952 Santa Teresa church stampede, (Caracas, Venezuela, 9 April 1952)
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),
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)
28	Chengguan Primary School stampede (Shanyang County, Shaanxi, China, 26 December 1987)
26	Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster (Timbuktu, Mali, February 2010)
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)
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)
21	Love Parade stampede (Duisburg, Germany, 24 July 2010)
21	2003 E2 nightclub stampede (Chicago, Illinois, United States, 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)
19	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)
16	Antananarivo stampede (Madagascar, 26 June 2019)
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)
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)
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

Main article: List of structural failures and collapses

Deaths	Incident
171,000	failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin (Zhumadian, southern Henan, China, 8 August 1975)
20,000+	Amphitheater collapse, (Fidenae, Italy, in the year AD 27)
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)
206+	Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, (Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 25 January 2019)
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
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.
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, Austria-Hungary (now 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
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, United States, 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.
43	Ponte Morandi highway bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy (14 August 2018)
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.)
40–80	Guaíra Falls bridge collapse (Salto del Guairá, Paraguay, 17 January 1982)
39	2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse (Russia, 31 December 2018)
39	Kelly Barnes Dam collapse at Toccoa, Georgia, 1977
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
30+	A gold mine collapse, Afghanistan, on 6 January 2019
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, United States, 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
21	At least 21 miners died when a roof collapsed in a coal mine in Shenmu, China, 12 January 2019
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
19	Iron ore tailings dam collapse at Bento Rodrigues district in Mariana municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November 2015
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
12	School's ceiling collapse, Nawanshahr, India, 1987
12	Texas A&M 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, College Station, Texas, 1999
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)
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
4	2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse in Boston, Massachusetts, 1971
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)

Structural fires

Main article: List of fires

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
2,000+	8 December 1863	Church of the Company Fire	Santiago, Chile
1,995	2 August 1893	Theater fire	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, United Kingdom
175	4 March 1908	Collinwood school fire	Collinwood, Ohio, United States
171	13 January 1908	Rhoads Opera House Fire	Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
168	6 July 1944	Hartford circus fire	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
167	6 July 1988	Piper Alpha oil platform explosions	North Sea
165	28 May 1977	Beverly Hills Supper Club fire	Southgate, Kentucky, United States
163	13 November 1960	Cinema fire	Amude, Syria
162	25 December 1971	Daeyeonggak Hotel fire	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	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	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	Costești, Romania
139	22 September 1948	Wing On godown fire	Sai Wan, Hong Kong
130	18 March 1930	Cinema fire	Kirin, China
126	4 May 1897	Bazar de la Charité fire	Paris, France
124	3 June 2010	2010 Nimtoli Fire	Nimtoli, Old Dhaka
124	24 November 2012	2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory	Dhaka, Bangladesh
123	15 May 1929	Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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	Chinkai Guard District
104	29 November 1973	Taiyo department store fire	Kumamoto, Japan
104	10 March 1930	Jinhae Primary School fire	Jinhae, Korea (now 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	20 February 2019	2019 Dhaka fire	Dhaka, Bangladesh
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, United States
78	9 January 1927	Laurier Palace Theatre fire	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
77	16 May 1923	Cleveland school fire	Camden, South Carolina, United States
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, United States
72	14 June 2017	Grenfell Tower fire	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, United States
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	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
60	25 March 2018	2018 Kemerovo fire	Winter Cherry complex, Kemerovo, Russia
59 (to 61)	1 January 2009	Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire	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, United Kingdom
56	30 October 1999	1999 Inchon Beer Bar Fire	Inchon, South Korea
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	Oakland, California, United States
36	24 December 1924	Babbs Switch fire	Babbs, Oklahoma, United States
35	1 September 1973	Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel	Copenhagen, Denmark
34	18 July 2019	Kyoto Animation arson attack	Kyoto, Japan
34	30 October 1971	Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire	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	Melbourne, Australia
29	20 December 1970	Pioneer Hotel fire	Tucson, Arizona, United States
29	21 December 2017	2017 Jecheon fire	Jecheon, South Korea
29	20 July 2002	Utopia nightclub fire	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
23	10 January 1976	Pathfinder Hotel fire	Fremont, Nebraska, United States
22	16 July 2017	Changshu	Jiangsu, China
22	20 October 2000	Lobohombo	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	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	Los Angeles, California, United States
19	1968	Knitting factory fire, spread to apartment above the factory	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)	Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
16	30 June 1999	Sealand Youth Training Center Fire	Hwaseong, South Korea

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 wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll