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A third building, World Trade Center Building 7, which was not hit by a plane, but heavily damaged due to the collapse of the towers, also caught fire and subsequently collapsed. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and its impact and subsequent fire killed 125 in the building.
It was the second fire at the building; the first happened on 31 December 2015. [338] The tower was known to have the same type of cladding as the Grenfell Tower and the fire was found by a council inspection to have affected sprinkler systems and alarm systems.
The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured. [48] Grenfell Tower: 79.2 m London United Kingdom: June 14, 2017 72 The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building. [49] See Grenfell Tower fire: Pamchal Chitgar Building: 66 m Tehran Iran: June 14, 2017 0
1920 – The Burning of Cork, Ireland, a fire set on December 11by the British Auxiliaries in revenge after an ambush by the IRA destroyed much of the old city centre of Cork. 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot resulted in the destruction of 35 city blocks and 1,256 residences by arson. 1922 - The Fire of Manisa, Manisa, Greek Zone of Smyrna
On 22 March 1945, a bombing raid during World War II set fire to the building and destroyed the cathedral. [46] Lübeck Cathedral – On the night of Palm Sunday (28–29 March) 1942 a Royal Air Force bombing raid destroyed the eastern vaults. A fire started in the adjoining museum and spread to the attic, and on Palm Sunday the towers collapsed.
Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires. Peshtigo Fire: 1910 North Idaho and Western Montana: 87/? The largest Fire in U.S. history burned an area the size of Connecticut (3,000,000 acres [12,000 km 2]), killing 87 people, including 78 firefighters Great Fire of 1910 [6] 1911 Ontario 73–200/? Great ...
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Start Finish Name of conflict Belligerents Outcome Allies Enemies January 1653 June 1653 Swiss peasant war of 1653. Civil War; Peasant rebels City governments troops Military victory of the ruling city councils 1656 and 1712 The First War of Villmergen and the Toggenburg War (or Second War of Villmergen) Civil Wars of religion