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March 29 – Stephen Court historic building fire in Kolkata, India, killed at least 42. [77] September 10 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes. November 15 – 2010 Shanghai fire, China, [78] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53.
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.
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.
23rd Street Fire; Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire; 1930 Costești wooden church fire; 1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1999 Russian apartment bombings; 2005 Mumbai High fire; 2006 Mecca hostel collapse; 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse; 2020 Royal Chapel of Milot fire; 2021 Ravanusa explosion; 2024 Nileshwar temple fireworks disaster
This is a list of high-rise building fires where the flames were seen to involve the façade.. The original dataset used to create this list [1] was found by searching news reports and research literature 1990 to 2019, and it may be biased towards high-profile fires and English-speaking reporting.
Pages in category "Building and structure fires in the United States" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.