List of building or structure fires

This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires.

Antiquity through Middle Ages

16th century

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

17th century

  • 1608  First settlement in Jamestown burnt.
  • 1613  Globe Theatre in London. During the performance, cannon misfire caught the thatched roof on fire and the Theatre burned down.[3]
  • 1652  Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down. Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed.
  • 1666  Great Fire of London destroys 75% of mediaeval city, including Old St Paul's Cathedral
  • 1671  Much of the monastery of the Escorial outside Madrid burned in a fire lasting 15 days, destroying large numbers of artworks, books and manuscripts.
  • 1697  The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.
  • 1698  The Tudor and Stuart Palace of Whitehall, London burned, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House. The ruins were demolished.

18th century

19th century

J. M. W. Turner watched the Palace of Westminster fire in 1834 and painted several canvases depicting it, including The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835)

20th century

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

Firemen struggle to extinguish the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933

1940s

1950s

1960s

  • 1960  Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant 2 fire at Busan, South Korea, killed 68, injured 44, on March 2.
  • 1960  Cheapside Street whisky bond fire, Glasgow, Scotland, killed 19 firefighters on March 28.
  • 1960  Guatemala Mental Hospital Fire, killed 225 on July 14.
  • 1960  Syrian Movie Theater Fire in Amuda (Syria), killed 152 schoolchildren on November 13.
  • 1961  Thomas Hotel fire in San Francisco, California, killed 20 on January 6.
  • 1961  Hilker & Bletsch Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine firefighters on January 28.
  • 1961  The Penthouse Club, formerly the Top Storey nightclub fire in Bolton, England killed 19 on 1 May.
  • 1961  Bukit Ho Swee fire in Singapore killed four and destroyed a record S$2 million worth of property on 25 May.
  • 1961  Elbarusovo school fire (Elbarusovo), Soviet Union, 5 November 109 killed.
  • 1961  Hartford Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16 on December 8.
  • 1961  Niterói circus fire in Niterói (Brazil) killed 323 on December 17.
  • 1962  Chau Street tenement house fire, (New Kowloon, Hong Kong, 44 dead, 21 injured).
  • 1962  Golden Hotel fire in Reno, Nevada, killed 6 on April 3.
  • 1963  Fretz Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twelve-alarm fire was the largest in city history. 50 homes and multiple businesses destroyed along with original fire building on January 1.
  • 1963  Central Hotel fire in Wallingford, Connecticut, killed five on January 6.
  • 1963  Children's home fire in Rockville, Indiana, killed six on 3 May.
  • 1963  Le Monde Theater fire at Diourbel, Kaolack, Senegal on 4 May, killing 64.
  • 1963  Paradise Pines nursing home fire in Riggins, Idaho, killed six on September 17.
  • 1963  Fairgrounds Coliseum explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana killed 74 on October 31.
  • 1963  Surfside Hotel Fire in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 18, killing 25.
  • 1963  Golden Age Nursing Home fire in Fitchville, Ohio killed 63 on November 23.
  • 1963  Hotel Roosevelt fire in Jacksonville, Florida on December 29, killing 22.
  • 1964  All Hallows Church parish hall fire in San Francisco, California, killed 17 on 23 May.
  • 1964  McGraw Nursing Home fire in Fountaintown, Indiana, killed 20 on December 18.
  • 1965  Seeley Club fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 13 on December 11. Robert Lee Lassiter was found guilty of murder for setting the fire.
  • 1965  Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire in Yonkers, New York, killed 12 on December 21.
  • 1966  Paramount Hotel fire in Boston, Massachusetts, killed 11 on January 28.
  • 1966  Astor Hotel fire in Green Bay, Wisconsin, killed eight on February 4.
  • 1966  William Booth Memorial Home fire in Australia, killed 30 on August 13.[33]
  • 1967  Dale's Penthouse restaurant fire in Montgomery, Alabama, killed 25 on February 7.[34]
  • 1967  Grand Hotel fire in Joliet, Illinois, killed six on February 11.
  • 1967  L'Innovation Department Store fire, in Brussels killed 322 on 22 May.
  • 1967  Florida State Prison Fire, in Jay, Florida killed 37 on July 16.
  • 1967  Store fire "Regalux" in Formosa, Argentina killing 20 and injuring 70 on December 24.
  • 1968  Mickelberry Food Products Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed nine on February 7.
  • 1968  Shelton Hospital fire, Shrewsbury, killing 21 and injures 14 on February 26.[35]
  • 1968  Jackson Hotel fire in Omaha, Nebraska, killed six on March 26.
  • 1968  Ikenobo Mangetsujyo Hotel fire at Arima Spa, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, killing 30 and injuring 44 on November 2.
  • 1968  Stern's upholstery factory fire in Glasgow, Scotland, killed 24 on November 18.
  • 1969  Bandai Atami International Sightseeing Hotel fire, in Koriyama, Japan, killed 31 on February 5.
  • 1969  Rose and Crown Hotel fire in Saffron Walden, England, killed 11 on December 27.[36]

1970s

1980s

1990s

The Executive Council Building in flames during the Siege of Sarajevo in May 1992.

21st century

2000s

The World Trade Center burning in the background during the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Fire at Alma College in May 2008. Only a brick shell remained and was subsequently demolished.

2010s

  • 2010  2010 Tioman Island fire in Pulau Tioman, Malaysia; no deaths but 12 injured.
  • 2010  2010 Bangkok riots in Thailand, burned BEC TV3, CentralWorld and many buildings.
  • 2010  2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes on September 10.
  • 2010  2010 Shanghai fire,[73] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53.
  • 2010  2010 Santiago prison fire. A fire in a prison in Santiago, Chile killed at least 81 inmates in the country's deadliest ever prison incident.
  • 2010  A fire in Provo, Utah destroyed the historic Provo Tabernacle[74] in a 4-alarm fire on December 17.
  • 2010  Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, killed at least 42.[75]
  • 2010  A fire at a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh owned by Ha-meem Group killed 25 and injured 100 in December.[76]
  • 2011  March 17, Listowel, Ontario, Canada, fire at dollar store kills two volunteer firefighters and spurs changes to fire code.
  • 2011  Fire caused by electrical short circuit at a eunuch festival, Delhi, India, 15 killed and at least 36 injured on November 21.[77]
  • 2011  A fire at AMRI hospital Kolkata, West Bengal killed at least 90, mostly caused by toxic fumes spreading through ducts of the central air conditioning system, December 9.[78]
  • 2012  Propane tanks at a dentist office in Laredo, Texas, caused an explosion heard several miles away. No deaths, but millions of dollars in reported damage within a 3,000 m (1.9 mi) radius.[79]
  • 2012  Comayagua prison fire. A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, killed more than 361 inmates on February 14.[80]
  • 2012  A massive fire swept through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls and injuring 11 people.[81]
  • 2012  A fire in a Moscow market killed 17 migrant workers.[82]
  • 2012  Explosions and a fire at Bangkok Synthetics Plant petrochemical plant for synthetic rubber, in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong Province, Thailand, killed 12 people and injured more than 100.[83]
  • 2012  2012 Venezuela Refinery Explosion. An explosion and fire at the Paraguaná Refinery Complex killed 48 and injured 151.
  • 2012  2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Karachi garment factory killed at least 312 workers.[84][85]
  • 2012  2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Lahore shoe factory in Pakistan killed 25 workers.[86]
  • 2012  An arson at the Beinan Branch of Xinyang Hospital, Taiwan, resulted in the deaths of 13 patients. The perpetrator, in the final phase of cancer and upset by his illness, received the death penalty, dying during detention in April 2014.[87]
  • 2012  2012 Dhaka fire. A fire in a Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 124.[88]
  • 2013  Kiss nightclub fire. A fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, after performers were said to have set off fireworks, killed at least 233 people.[89][90]
  • 2013  A fire in Surya Sen Market, Kolkata killed 18 people.[91]
  • 2013  West Fertilizer Company explosion. West, Texas explosion, when probable arson started a fire that detonated hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate at a fertilizer plant, killing 15 and injuring over 160. Nearby apartment buildings were destroyed and windows seven miles (eleven kilometres) away were broken.
  • 2013  2013 Moscow psychiatric hospital fire killed 38.[92]
  • 2013  Southwest Inn fire. A fire at the Southwest Inn motel killed four firefighters in Houston, Texas.[93]
  • 2013  Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire. This fire killed 119 persons in Mishazi, Jilin, China.[94]
  • 2013  A fire at a psychiatric hospital in Luka, Novgorod Region, Russia, killed 37.[95]
  • 2013  Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. July 6, an unattended freight train carrying crude oil rolled into Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, and derailed. The resulting explosion and fire destroyed more than 30 buildings in the town's centre. Forty-two people were confirmed dead, with five more missing and presumed dead.
  • 2013  A fire at Hải Dương Province Trade Centre, Vietnam, with the total value of the contract at 500 billion Vietnamese đồng (25,000,000 USD).[96]
  • 2013  A fire at Diana Vietnam diaper factory in Bắc Ninh Province with a loss of 20,000,000 USD.[97]
  • 2014  A fire in Valparaiso, Chile left over 2,500 houses destroyed, 11,000 people homeless and a death toll of 15 people. Authorities stated that it was the worst fire in the history of Valparaiso.
  • 2014  A fire at a bakery shop in Yuanlin, Changhua, Taiwan, caused five deaths.[98]
  • 2014  A fire at a hospital in Jangseong County in South Korea killed 21 patients and a nurse, and injured several more people.[99]
  • 2014  A fire in Lowell, Massachusetts in a triple-decker apartment killed four adults and three children.[100]
  • 2014  2014 air traffic control facility fire. Arson at an air traffic control edifice in Aurora, Illinois, United States (also known as the "Chicago Center") caused close to 2000 airline flights to undertake emergency landings.[101]
  • 2014  2014 Lahore shopping centre fire. Lahore supermarket fire in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan, killed at least 13 people.[102]
  • 2015  Clandon Park House in Surrey, England burned. Treasures and historic items were destroyed.[103]
  • 2015  2015 Valenzuela fire. An industrial fire in Valenzuela, Philippines killed 72 people.[104]
  • 2015  2015 Baku residence building fire. A fire in a residence building in Baku, Azerbaijan killed 14 people.
  • 2015  October 3, a fire broke out at a disused dock warehouse in Gloucester, UK as a result of arson. While no injuries or fatalities occurred, the warehouse was deemed structurally unstable with part of the warehouse collapsing. Over £2,000,000 in damages were caused as a result of the fire.
  • 2015  Colectiv nightclub fire. A fire at Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania killed 64 people.
  • 2016  A massive fire at a factory in Sokolniki District, Moscow, Russia killed 12 people.[105]
  • 2016  A hospital fire at Yarmouk Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq killed 11 newborn babies and injured 29 women. The fire was set deliberately by eight men in order to cover up their theft of 100 million Iraqi dinars. They were later arrested.[106] The Minister of Health of Iraq later resigned due to the incident.[107]
  • 2016  A fire at a tire warehouse in Lockport, New York raged for multiple days, forced the evacuation of several city blocks, and was determined to have been deliberately set by its only victim, a 14-year-old boy. The boy's friend was later prosecuted for assisting the setting of the fire.[108]
  • 2016  A fire at the Kaliti Prison during a suspected attempted jailbreak led to the deaths of at least 23 people during the 2016 Ethiopian protests.
  • 2016  A fire erupted at a karaoke lounge in Vietnam, killing 13 people.[109]
  • 2016  A fire almost completely destroyed the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter, England.[110]
  • 2016  2016 Bethlehem Steel fire A fire at the old cooling house of a former Bethlehem Steel complex in Lackawanna, New York Wednesday, November 9, 2016 mobilized Erie County, New York mutual aid from the City of Buffalo as well as suburban volunteer fire companies to assist the Lackawanna Fire Department. A large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles and was picked up by the local NEXRAD weather radar. Only a minor injury to a Buffalo Firefighter occurred.
  • 2016  2016 Oakland warehouse fire. A fire at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California killed at least 36 people.[111]
  • 2017  Grenfell Tower fire. A fire at Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey, 220-foot (67 m) high tower block of public housing flats in North Kensington, London, England. The fire started in the early hours of Wednesday June 14. The London Fire Brigade were first called at 00:54 BST (UTC+1). It caused 72 deaths including a stillborn baby.[112]
  • 2017  Marco Polo condo fire. The fire in Honolulu, Hawaii, killed four people and injured 13.
  • 2017  A fire occurred at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah School in Kuala Lumpur on the morning of September 14. At least 24 students and teachers were killed.[113]
  • 2017  2017 Davao City mall fire, Philippines. On December 23, a fire erupted in a shopping mall in Davao City, which led to the deaths of 38 people; 37 worked for Survey Sampling International, and one of the mall's employees who was also a part of the mall's emergency response team.[114]
  • 2017  2017 Jecheon fire. On December 21, a gym fire in Jecheon, South Korea killed 29 and 36 others were injured.[115]
  • 2017  2017 Bronx apartment fire On December 27, 13 people were killed and 14 were hurt when a fire swept through a Bronx apartment complex. It was New York City's worst accidental fire in 25 years.
  • 2018  On January 20, four people were killed and others were injured when a fire broke out at the Eurostars David Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic.[116]
  • 2018  2018 Sejong Hospital fire. On January 26, a hospital fire in Miryang, South Korea killed at least 37 people and injured more than 131 others in the country's worst fire in over a decade.[117][118]
  • 2018  2018 Baku fire. On March 2, a fire killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.[119]
  • 2018  On March 23, a fire erupted in a large condominium complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 13 people were killed and 28 others were injured.[120]
  • 2018  2018 Kemerovo fire. On March 25, a fire killed 60 people, mostly children, at a mall in Kemerovo, Russia. Six other persons were reported missing.[121]
  • 2018  2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire. On March 28, rioting and a fire at a police station in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, in Carabobo State, left 68 people dead.[122]
  • 2018  On April 23, eighteen people were killed and five others were injured in a suspected arson attack at a karaoke lounge in southern China.[123]
  • 2018  Europa-Park, Germany. On 26 May, a blaze broke out at this theme park in a backstage area and quickly spread to the adjoining Pirates in Batavia attraction. Seven firefighters sustained minor injuries due to smoke inhalation.
  • 2018  2018 Harbin hotel fire. On August 25, a fire at a hotel in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, killed 19 and injured 23.
  • 2018  On August 28, A 300-year-old building in Belfast (Bank Buildings) caught fire and is at risk of collapse.[124]
Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire
  • 2018  National Museum of Brazil fire. On September 2, the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro caught fire. It was the oldest museum in the country at 200 years old, and used to be the home of the royal family during imperial times. It had the biggest ethnological and anthropological collection in Latin America.[125]
  • 2019  On 5 February, ten people died in a fire at a building in Paris, France. A woman started the fire after a discussion with the neighbors and was later arrested by police.[126]
  • 2019  Ninho do Urubu fire. On 8 February, fire engulfed a dormitory at a soccer youth team training centre of Flamengo, killing 10 teenage players.[127]
  • 2019  On 12 February, at least 17 people died in a fire that broke out at a hotel in Delhi, India.[128]
Notre-Dame de Paris fire
  • 2019  Notre-Dame de Paris fire. On 15 April, the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, suffered a devastating fire.
  • 2019  On 15 April, a guard station well outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, caught fire as smoke emerged from the Marwani Prayer Room.[129]
  • 2019  On 17 April, a man has set his flat on fire and then stabbed building residents as they tried to flee, killing 5 people and wounding 13 others in Jinju, South Korea.[130]
  • 2019  Kyoto Animation arson attack. On 18 July, a man poured gasoline around the studios of Kyoto Animation and, repeatedly shouting "Die!", ignited it, killing 35.[131]
  • 2019  On 12 September a fire started in an electric generator behind the intensive care unit of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing 14 patients due to asphyxiation from smoke or life support equipment shutdown.[132]
  • 2019  On 18 September, at least 27 people died in a fire in a boarding school near Monrovia, Liberia.[133]
  • 2019  Star City fire. A fire at the Star City amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, occurred at midnight on October 2, 2019.[134]
  • 2019  New Zealand International Convention Centre fire – Auckland, New Zealand, 22 October. A fire in the roof of this under-construction building led to disruption in Auckland's central business district for three days.[135] The fire was left to burn itself out. Four people were injured.[136]
  • 2019  On 31 October 2019 fire at the Shuri Castle, total seven facilities, 4800 square meters (1.19 acres) were lost in Naha Japan.Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
  • 2019  On 22 November, a fire broke out in the basement of the Claremont Hotel in Eastbourne, England. 130 guests were staying in the hotel at the time.[137]

2020s

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