List of fires in high-rise buildings
Appearance
The following is a list of fires in high-rise buildings. A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings. Skyscraper fires are technically challenging for fire departments: they require unusually high degrees of organization and cooperation between participating firefighting units to contain and extinguish. Skyscraper fires are often multiple-alarm fires.
Notable fires
[edit]| Building | Height (m) | City | Country | Date | Death(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Tower | 91 m[1] | San Francisco | April 18, 1906 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake | |
| Merchants Exchange Building | 69 m[2] | |||||
| Old Chronicle Building | 95 m[3] | |||||
| Mutual Bank Building | ||||||
| Asch Building | 48 m[4] | New York City | March 25, 1911 | 146 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire | |
| The Sherry-Netherland | 171 m[5] | April 12, 1927 | 0 | Occurred during construction | ||
| Empire State Building | 381 m[6] | July 28, 1945 | 14 | Plane crash due to thick fog | ||
| 40 Wall Street | 283 m[7] | May 20, 1946 | 5 | Plane crash | ||
| La Salle Hotel | Chicago | June 5, 1946 | 61 | Likely an electrical fire | ||
| Winecoff Hotel | 59 m[8] | Atlanta | December 7, 1946 | 119 | Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history | |
| Ronan Point | 64 m[9] | London | May 16, 1968 | 4 | Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise. | |
| 1 New York Plaza | 192 m[10] | New York City | August 5, 1970 | 2 | Sparked from a faulty computer connection[11] | |
| Taeyongak Hotel | 72.6 m | Seoul | December 25, 1971 | 163 | Daeyeonggak Hotel fire, deadliest hotel fire in history | |
| Andraus Building | 115 m[12] | São Paulo | February 24, 1972 | 16 | Sparked from an electrical overload[13] | |
| Rault Tower | New Orleans | November 29, 1972 | 6 | Suspected arson[14] | ||
| Avianca Building | 161 m | Bogotá | July 23, 1973 | 4 | Sparked on the 14th floor | |
| City-Haus | 142 m | Frankfurt | February 1, 1974 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| Joelma Building | 82.5 m | São Paulo | February 1, 1974 | 184 | 179–189, Joelma fire | |
| 1 World Trade Center | 417 m | New York City | February 13, 1975 | 0 | Arson[15] | |
| Campbell Shopping Complex | 66 m | Kuala Lumpur | April 8, 1976 | 1 | Campbell Shopping Complex fire | |
| Bank Bumiputra | Kuala Lumpur | November 4, 1980 | ? | |||
| MGM Grand Hotel | 85.8 m | Las Vegas | November 21, 1980 | 84 | MGM Grand fire | |
| Las Vegas Hilton | 114 m | Las Vegas | February 10, 1981 | 8 | Arson | |
| Torre Santa María | Santiago | March 21, 1981 | 11 | Occurred when carpet glue ignited during carpet installation.[16] | ||
| Al Rasheed Hotel | 59.4 m | Baghdad | July 21, 1982 | 1 | Plane crash-Suicide by F-4 Phantom during Iran-Iraq War | |
| Northwestern National Bank | 52.8 m | Minneapolis | November 25, 1982 | 0 | Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire | |
| KOMTAR | 248.7 m | Penang | January 23, 1983 | 0 | Likely occurred due to welding sparks[17] | |
| Prudential Tower | 276 m | Boston | January 2, 1983 | 0 | A nine-alarm fire in the building spread because of the lack of a sprinkler system.[18][19] | |
| Dupont Plaza Hotel | 74 m | Condado | December 31, 1986 | 97 | Dupont Plaza Hotel arson | |
| Schomburg Plaza | New York City | March 22, 1987 | 7 | Ignited from the plaza's trash compactor room[20] | ||
| Hotel International | 85 m | Zurich | February 14, 1988 | 6 | Deadliest high-rise fire in Swiss history | |
| First Interstate Tower | 261.52 m | Los Angeles | May 4, 1988 | 1 | First Interstate Tower fire | |
| Peachtree 25th Building | 33 m | Atlanta | June 30, 1989 | 5 | Peachtree 25th Building fire | |
| One Meridian Plaza | 150 m | Philadelphia | February 23, 1991 | 3 | Occurred when rags ignited, fire spread uncontrollably after all fire protection systems failed.[21] Later torn down. | |
| UNITIC Twin Towers | 105.5 m | Sarajevo | May 28, 1992 | * | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | |
| Executive Council Building | 69.3 m | May 28, 1992 | * | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | ||
| Groeneveen and Kruitberg | 33 m | Amsterdam | October 4, 1992 | 43 | El Al Flight 1862 plane crash, Partial collapse | |
| 1 World Trade Center | 417 m | New York City | February 26, 1993 | 6 | Bombing which also resulted in 1,042 smoke related injuries | |
| Stratosphere Tower | 350.2 m | Las Vegas | August 30, 1993 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| White House (Moscow) | 119 m | Moscow | October 8, 1993 | 147 | Caught fire from tank shelling during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis | |
| Hotel Olympik | 73 m | Prague | May 25, 1995 | 8 | Occurred on the 11th floor within a janitor's closet[22] | |
| Tower 42 | 183 m | London | January 17, 1996 | 0 | Occurred during refurbishment | |
| Garley Building | 52.8 m | Hong Kong | November 20, 1996 | 41 | 1996 Garley Building fire | |
| Ušće Tower | 115 m | Belgrade | April 21, 1999 | 0 | Struck by NATO air strikes during the Kosovo War setting the upper floors on fire. | |
| Immigration Tower | 181 m | Hong Kong | August 2, 2000 | 2 | Arson | |
| Ostankino Tower | 540.1 m | Moscow | August 27, 2000 | 3 | Tallest structure in Europe | |
| 1 and 2 World Trade Center | 417 m / 415.1 m | New York City | September 11, 2001 | 2,312 | Part of the September 11 attacks. One hijacked airliner was deliberately flown into each of the skyscrapers. Both towers experienced a total structural failure within two hours of the plane impacts. Tallest buildings to ever be destroyed. | |
| 7 World Trade Center | 190 m | 0 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 1 (North Tower) of the World Trade Center, resulting in this building also collapsing. | |||
| 90 West Street | 98.76 m | 2 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center | |||
| 130 Cedar Street | 50 m | 0 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center | |||
| Pirelli Tower | 127 m | Milan | April 18, 2002 | 3 | Plane crash | |
| Cook County Administration Building | Chicago | October 17, 2003 | 6 | Seven other seriously injured, fire thought to have been arson[23][24] | ||
| Al Rasheed Hotel | 59.4 m | Baghdad | December 26, 2003 | 1 | Twenty-eight 68 mm and 85 mm Katyusha rockets were fired at and struck the hotel | |
| Parque Central Complex east tower | 255 m | Caracas | October 17, 2004 | 0 | Damage to 34th-44th floors | |
| LaSalle National Bank Building | 163.1 m | Chicago | December 7, 2004 | 0 | 25 injured[25] | |
| Harrow Court | 56.1 m | Hertfordshire | February 2, 2005 | 3 | Harrow Court fire | |
| Windsor Tower | 106 m | Madrid | February 12, 2005 | 0 | Partially collapsed; subsequently demolished | |
| Tohid Town Residential | 33 m | Tehran | December 6, 2005 | 106 | Plane crash: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash | |
| Transport Tower | 112.2 m | Astana | May 30, 2006 | 0 | Fire destroyed upper floors of 34-story government building | |
| Belaire Apartments | 156 m | New York City | October 11, 2006 | 2 | Plane crash | |
| Fortune Tower | Dubai | January 18, 2007 | 4 | Occurred during construction, 57 injured | ||
| Shanghai World Financial Center | 494.3 m | Shanghai | August 14, 2007 | 0 | Occurred on 40th floor during construction | |
| Deutsche Bank Building | 157.6 m | New York City | August 18, 2007 | 2 | Occurred during dismantling, demolished due to damage from the September 11 attacks | |
| The Water Club | 125.4 m | Atlantic City | September 23, 2007 | 0 | Occurred during construction.[26] | |
| Monte Carlo Resort and Casino | 110 m | Las Vegas | January 25, 2008 | 0 | Fire affecting top six floors | |
| TU Delft Faculteitsgebouw Bouwkunde | 56 m | Delft | April 13, 2008 | 0 | A broken water pipe on the 8th floor caused a short circuit in a coffee machine a floor below, resulting in a fire.[27] The building was demolished afterwards. | |
| Abraj Al Bait Towers | 601 m | Mecca | October 28, 2008 | 0 | Occurred during construction; fire consumed nine floors | |
| Beijing Television Cultural Center | 159 m | Beijing | February 9, 2009 | 1 | Beijing Television Cultural Center fire | |
| Bashundhara City Tower | 62.7 m | Dhaka | March 13, 2009 | 4 | ||
| Abraj Al Bait Towers | Mecca | May 1, 2009 | 0 | Occurred during construction | ||
| Lakanal House | 46.2 m | London | July 3, 2009 | 6 | Lakanal House fire | |
| Rabobank Bestuurscentrum | 105 m | Utrecht | June 27, 2010 | 0 | Occurred on the 25th and 26th floor during the construction. The exact cause of the fire has never been identified.[28] | |
| Wooshin Golden Suites | Busan | September 1, 2010 | 0 | Wooshin Golden Suites fire | ||
| Dijon residential complex | 79.2 m | Dijon | October 14, 2010 | 7 | [29][30] | |
| Unnamed high-rise apartment block | 85 m | Shanghai | November 15, 2010 | 58 | Occurred during renovation; 2010 Shanghai fire | |
| Dynasty Wanxin building complex Towers A and B (Tower C was unaffected) | Shenyang | February 3, 2011 | 0 | Started from fireworks during Chinese New Year Celebrations.[31] | ||
| EVN Headquarters Tower 1 | 147 m | Hanoi | December 16, 2011 | 0 | Fire occurred during construction, 11 workers injured.[32] | |
| Uncompleted high rise block | Kuala Lumpur | January 18, 2012 | 0 | [33] | ||
| Fico Place | Bangkok | March 3, 2012 | 0 | Two firemen injured[34] | ||
| Federation Tower (East Tower) | 450 m | Moscow | April 2, 2012 | 0 | Occurred while the building was under construction | |
| Al Tayer Tower | Sharjah | April 28, 2012 | 0 | [35] | ||
| Polat Tower Residence | 138.6 m | Istanbul | July 17, 2012 | 0 | [36] | |
| Tamweel Tower | 160 m | Dubai | November 18, 2012 | 0 | [37] | |
| Oko Tower 1 | 354.1 m | Moscow | January 25, 2013 | 0 | Fire occurred on 24th floor during construction, one worker was injured.[38] | |
| Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower | 214 m | Mexico City | January 31, 2013 | 33 | Gas explosion affecting the main building's 14-story annex Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion | |
| Grozny-City Towers | 150 m | Grozny | April 3, 2013 | 0 | [citation needed] | |
| Guangzhou Jianye Building Fire | Guangzhou | April 3, 2013 | 0 | [39] | ||
| The Strand | New York City | January 5, 2014 | 1 | [40] | ||
| One57 | 306 m | New York City | March 14, 2014 | 0 | Fire broke out in the loading dock, then spread to the courtyard and a neighboring property.[41] | |
| Mermoz Tower | 52.8 m | Roubaix | May 14, 2012 | 0 | [42] | |
| Lotus Park building | Mumbai | July 18, 2014 | 1 | [43] | ||
| Lacrosse Apartments | Melbourne | November 25, 2014 | 0 | Fire started on an 8th floor balcony and rapidly spread up the facade cladding.[44] | ||
| The Wedgwood | 30 m | Castle Hills | December 28, 2014 | 5 | The fire occurred on one wing of the third floor causing extensive smoke damage.[45][46] | |
| The Marina Torch | 336.8 m | Dubai | February 21, 2015 | 0 | At least 7 people were injured. | |
| Wisma Kosgoro | Jakarta | March 10, 2015 | 0 | Fire destroyed floors 16–20.[47] | ||
| Franklin Tower, 100-101 Terr. Boieldieu, Tower A | 120 m | Puteaux, Paris | March 17, 2015 | 0 | Unstated cause, ignition on 40th flr in technical room, contained by 30 firefighters via internal wet column (a pressurized vertical pipe).[48][49] | |
| Unnamed Highrise | Baku | May 19, 2015 | 16 | See 2015 Baku residence building fire | ||
| Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | 184 m | Las Vegas | July 25, 2015 | 0 | Fire occurred on the pool deck fueled by cabanas and artificial trees; two people were treated for smoke inhalation.[50] | |
| Unnamed Residential Tower | Sharjah | October 1, 2015 | 0 | Fire burned building facade, 19 treated for smoke inhalation.[51] | ||
| John Hancock Center | 457 m | Chicago | November 21, 2015 | 0 | A two-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor. Five injured.[52] | |
| The Address Downtown Dubai | 306.2 m | Dubai | December 31, 2015 | 1 | Occurred on New Year's Eve, 14 injured.[53] | |
| Tour Anvers (in Les Olympiades residential complex) | 104 m | Paris | January 12, 2016 | 1 | 16th of 31 flrs, contained to apt without spreading, 1 killed, 31-year-old woman with muscle disability.[54][55] | |
| An unidentified tower on avenue Romain-Rolland | 33 m | Saint-Denis | France | January 13, 2016 | 1 | [56][57] |
| 158 bd Davout | 21 m | Paris 20e | France | June 1, 2016 | 1 | 3rd through 7th of 7 flrs, 8 injured.[58] |
| Sulafa Tower | 288 m | Dubai | UAE | July 20, 2016 | 0 | |
| Plasco Building | 42 m | Tehran | January 19, 2017 | 21 | The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured.[59] | |
| Grenfell Tower | 79.2 m | London | June 14, 2017 | 72 | The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building.[60] See Grenfell Tower fire | |
| Pamchal Chitgar Building | 66 m | Tehran | June 14, 2017 | 0 | The residential 20-storey tower – four injured | |
| Marco Polo Apartments | 118.8 m | Honolulu | July 14, 2017 | 3 | Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36-story apartments. Fire quickly spread to three more floors, making it a 5-alarm fire. This is the deadliest high-rise fire in Hawaii's history. | |
| Rotana Hotel Building | 66 m | Mashhad | July 22, 2017 | 0 | Under construction 20-storey hotel | |
| The Marina Torch | 336.8 m | Dubai | August 4, 2017 | 0 | ||
| Trump Tower | 202 m | New York City | April 7, 2018 | 1 | 6 firefighters injured | |
| Almas Tower | 360 m | Dubai | April 30, 2018 | 0 | ||
| Trump International Hotel and Tower (Baku) | 108.9 m | Baku | April 30, 2018 | 0 | Involved two separate fires the same day | |
| Wilton Paes de Almeida Building | 79.2 m | São Paulo | April 30, 2018 | 8 | 7–9, building collapsed shortly after blaze | |
| Paramis Building | 69.3 m | Tehran | July 22, 2018 | 0 | 21-storey residential building | |
| Bank of Lisbon building | 108 m | Johannesburg | September 6, 2018 | 3 | Building demolished/Imploded in November 24, 2019 | |
| FR Tower | Dhaka | March 28, 2019 | 25 | FR Tower fire | ||
| AXA Equitable Center | 229.3 m | New York City | June 10, 2019 | 1 | 2019 New York City helicopter crash | |
| Unnamed Highrise | 47.9 m | Prešov | December 6, 2019 | 8 | Natural gas explosion, 40 injuries[61] | |
| Abbco Tower | United Arab Emirates | May 5, 2020 | 1 | 25 injuries, likely started by a discarded cigarette or shisha coals[62] | ||
| Tower block at 1158 Nerudova street | 42.9 m | Czech Republic | August 8, 2020 | 11 | Bohumín arson attack | |
| Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau apartment building | 108.9 m | South Korea | October 9, 2020 | 0 | 92 residents and 1 firefighter injured. Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau Fire[63] | |
| Helsinki Tower, 50 rue du Disque | ~100 m | Paris | France | August 13, 2021 | 1 | 18th of 33 flrs, apt possibly linked to Diogenes syndrome (hoarding), spread prevented via compartmentation, contained after 2 hrs, ~70 firefighters, 2 hoses, 1 killed (carbonized body), 4 injured (2 were firefighters with heatstroke).[64] |
| Torre dei Moro | 60 m | Milan | August 29, 2021 | 0 | Fire event similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster[65] | |
| Cheng Chung Cheng Building | Kaohsiung | October 14, 2021 | 46 | 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire | ||
| World Trade Centre Hong Kong | Hong Kong | December 15, 2021 | 0 | 13 injured, over 300 trapped on roof[66][67][68] | ||
| Twin Parks North West, Site 4 | New York City | January 9, 2022 | 17 | 2022 Bronx apartment fire | ||
| Lotus Garden China Telecom Building | 218 m | Changsha, Hunan | September 16, 2022 | 0 | (fire extinguished. Under investigation.) | |
| The Centaurus | 110 m | Islamabad | October 9, 2022 | 0 | 2022 The Centaurus Mall Fire Incident[69] | |
| RiverCourt | 108.1 m | New York City | November 5, 2022 | 0 | ||
| 8 Boulevard Walk | 123 m | Dubai | November 7, 2022 | 0 | ||
| Jixiangyuan community | ~60 m (21 floors) | Ürümqi | November 26, 2022 | 11 | 2022 Ürümqi fire | |
| The Kimpton | 175 m | Hong Kong | March 2, 2023 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| Unnamed Apartment Block | Hanoi | September 12, 2023 | 56 | 2023 Hanoi building fire | ||
| Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower | 65.72 m | Khartoum | September 17, 2023 | ? | Occurred during War in Sudan (2023) | |
| Unnamed Highrise | València | February 22, 2024 | 10 | 2024 València residential complex fire | ||
| Unnamed Highrise | Nanjing | February 23, 2024 | 15 | 2024 Nanjing building fire | ||
| Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall | Dhaka | February 29, 2024 | 46 | 2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire | ||
| Tver | March 14, 2024 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |||
| Botanik Torre Flora | Recife | March 28, 2024 | 0 | Occurred during construction | ||
| Asia of Ivry (fr, Asie d'Ivry) | 21 m | Paris | France | September 17, 2024 | 0 | Wholesaler Chinese Pastry, 50 Av. de la Prte d'Ivry[70], 7th flr (attic) |
| The 12th District Town Hall | 36 m | Paris | France | January 27, 2025 | 0 | Top flrs, possible electrical short in attic, 150 firefighters saved main structure, tower stabilized after collapse risk.[71] |
| Grand Kartal Hotel | Bolu | January 21, 2025 | 79 | 2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire | ||
| Marina Pinnacle | 280 m | Dubai | June 13, 2025 | 0 | [72] | |
| 18 Jardin de Guillaume Bouzignac/18 Mail Gustave Flaubert | 60 m | Tours, Indre-et-Loire | France | October 10, 2025 | 1 | [73] |
| Tuzla Retirement Home | Tuzla | November 4, 2025 | 17 | Tuzla retirement home fire | ||
| Vjesnik Building | Zagreb | November 17, 2025 | 0 | Fire started at the 15th floor by high school students. The building was vacant at the time of the fire, and will be demolished.[74] | ||
| Wang Fuk Court[75] | 93-108.5 m | Tai Po | November 26, 2025 | 168[76][77] |
Wang Fuk Court fire
Deadliest apartment fire in history[citation needed] | |
| 11 Thorncliffe Park Drive | Toronto | November 27, 2025 | 0 | Stubborn 5-alarm fire burning inside walls and electrical conduit. All 408 units evacuated. [78][79] | ||
| Total (minus deaths caused by September 11) | 2072 | |||||
- During the violent civil war the building was likley vacated before the shelling that started the fires.
Gallery
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Central Tower burns after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911
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Daeyeonggak Hotel fire in 1971
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Dupont Plaza Hotel arson in 1986
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Aftermath of the El Al Flight 1862 crash in 1992
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Aftermath of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
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UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers after the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992
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Executive Council Building during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992
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Ostankino Tower fire in 2000
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2 World Trade Center (South Tower) immediately after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175, with its twin already burning, in the September 11 attacks
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7 World Trade Center burns after the collapse of the Twin Towers
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Windsor Tower after the 2005 fire
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Aftermath of the 2006 New York City plane crash
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Deutsche Bank Building fire in 2007
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Aftermath of the Harrow Court fire in 2007
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Wooshin Golden Suites fire in 2010
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A video showing 2010 Shanghai fire
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Aftermath of the Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion in 2013
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Fire at One57 in 2014.
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Plasco Building on fire prior to collapse in 2017.
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Grenfell Tower in the early morning of 14 June 2017.
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Aftermath of the Bohumín arson attack in 2020.
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Aftermath of gas explosion in Prešov in 2019.
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Aftermath of the 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire
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Aftermath of the 2024 València residential complex fire.
See also
[edit]- List of building or structure fires
- Skyscraper
- Tower block
- Firefighting
- Fire escape
- List of high-rise facade fires
- The Towering Inferno (film)
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[Redacted ...] Intervention: [Number redacted ...] Call address: [Redacted] avenue Romain-Rolland St (High-Rise Building [Redacted] Tower) [...]
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[edit]- "Bank of Lisbon building, site of deadly Joburg fire, to come down", The Citizen, Eric Naki, August 29, 2019
- "Madrid skyscraper faces collapse", BBC NEWS, February 13, 2005
- "Blaze consumes Caracas skyscraper", BBC NEWS, October 18, 2004
- "Welcome to High Rise Fire-fighting", highrisefirefighting.co.uk
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