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April 26 – Chernobyl disaster: An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant led to a meltdown resulting in the worst nuclear accident in history to date. September 5 – Hotel Caledonien fire : A fire at the Hotel Caledonien in Kristiansand , Norway killed 14 and injured 60.
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. 1964 – The Bellflower Street Conflagration in Boston destroyed 19 apartment buildings and damaged 11. [citation needed]
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.
California fires live updates: Palisades Fire one of most destructive in LA history Thousands of structures have been damaged or destroyed, and more than 100,000 people evacuated.
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500–2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
Both fires now rank among the 10 most destructive in California history and the most costly in U.S. history. Fire crews have yet to fully contain the blazes. ... the damage building by building ...
The blaze spared no building, from homes and businesses to churches. More than 1,100 structures in all fell to the devastating fire, which jumped to the most destructive in Los Angeles history ...
The fire caused 602 deaths and 250 non-fatal injuries. [1] It ranks as the worst theater fire in the United States, surpassing the carnage of the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876, which claimed at least 278 lives. [2] For nearly a century, the Iroquois Theatre fire was the deadliest single-building disaster in American history. [3]