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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.
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.
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.
The blaze tore through the first floor of a six-story building West 204th Street building in Inwood starting about 8:25 a.m., the FDNY said. A fire in NYC left 15 injured Citizen 10 were hospitalized.
Building 5 dead, 9 injured 2022 Changsha building collapse: Changsha, Hunan, China Building 54 dead, 10 injured [69] 2022 Abadan Metropol building collapse: Abadan, Iran: Building 41 dead [70] 2022 Tretten Bridge collapse: Øyer, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber: 0 dead [71] [72] [73] 2022 2022 Morbi bridge collapse: Morbi ...
The Jennings Creek Wildfire had expanded to 3,500 acres and was 20% contained, according to an update around 7 p.m. Monday from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, which is sharing command duties ...
The ski shop's Facebook page on Wednesday said the business was "closed due to the South Fork Fire …and will be until we rebuild." The Alto Ski Shop and Bar is one of 500 or so structures ...
Footage of a firefighter jumping from a seventh floor balcony to a safety mat in order to evacuate was shown in multiple Spanish news outlets. [16] Because of the magnitude of the disaster, the civilian authorities also requested assistance from the Military Emergencies Unit. [5] About forty fire engines and ninety soldiers were deployed. [21]