| Year |
Date |
Location |
Description |
Deaths |
| 64 | | Rome | | n/a |
| 406 | | Constantinople | Fire destroyed much of Constantinople | |
| 1135 | | London | Fire destroyed a large portion of London. | |
| 1197 | 2/25 | Moscow | Rossiya hotel | 45 |
| 1204 | | Constantinople | Fire destroyed much of the city during the Fourth Crusade | |
| 1212 | | London | Fire destroyed a large portion of London. | 3000+ |
| 1421 | | Amsterdam | Great fire of 1421 destroyed large parts of Amsterdam. | |
| 1452 | | Amsterdam | Second fire in 1452 destroyed three quarters of Amsterdam. | |
| 1788 | 3/21 | New Orleans | 856 out of 1100 structures destroyed. | |
| 1666 | 9/2 | England | “Great Fire Of London” Destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral, Etc. Damage £10 Million. | |
| 1835 | 12/16 | New York City | 530 Buildings Destroyed By Fire. | 0 |
| 1836 | | St. Petersburg, Russia | circus | 800 |
| 1845 | 5/3 | Canton, China | Theater | 1670 |
| 1863 | | Santiago, Chile | church | 2500 |
| 1871 | 10/8 | Chicago | The “Chicago Fire” Burned 17,450 Buildings And Killed 250 Persons; $196 Million In Damage. | 250 |
| 1871 | 10/8 | Peshtigo Wis | Forest Fire | 1182 |
| 1872 | 11/9 | Boston | Fire Destroyed 800 Buildings; $75 Million In Damage. | 0 |
| 1876 | 12/5 | New York City | Fire In Brooklyn Theater Killed More Than 300. | 300+ |
| 1877 | 6/20 | St John NB Canada | N/A | 100 |
| 1881 | 12/8 | Vienna | At Least 620 Died In Fire At Ring Theatre. | 850 |
| 1887 | 5/25 | Paris | Opera Cornique | 200 |
| 1887 | 9/4 | Exeter England | Theater | 200 |
| 1894 | 9/1 | Minn | Forest Fire | 413 |
| 1897 | 5/4 | Paris | Charity Bazaar | 150 |
| 1900 | 5/1 | Scofield, Utah | Explosion Of Blasting Powder In Coal Mine Killed 200. | 200 |
| 1900 | 6/30 | Hoboken, NJ | Piers Of North German Lloyd Steamship Line Burned; 326 Dead. | 326 |
| 1901 | | Jacksonville FL | 1700 buildings destroyed | 0 |
| 1902 | 9/20 | Birmingham, Ala | Church | 115 |
| 1903 | 12/30 | Chicago | Iroquois Theatre Fire Killed 602. | 602 |
| 1906 | 3/10 | France | Explosion In Coal Mine In Courrières Killed 1,060. | 1060 |
| 1907 | 12/19 | Jacobs Creek, Pa | Explosion In Coal Mine Left 239 Dead. | 239 |
| 1907 | 12/6 | Monongha, W Va | Coal Mine Explosion Killed 361. | 361 |
| 1908 | 1/13 | Boyertown, Pa | Rhoads Theater | 170 |
| 1908 | 3/4 | Collinwood Oh | School | 176 |
| 1909 | 11/13 | Cherry, Ill | Explosion In Coal Mine Killed 259. | 259 |
| 1911 | 3/25 | New York City | Fire In Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fatal To 145. | 145 |
| 1913 | 10/14 | Mid Glamorgan Wales | Colliery | 439 |
| 1913 | 10/22 | Dawson, NM | Coal Mine Explosion Left 263 Dead. | 263 |
| 1917 | 12/6 | Nova Scotia | Halifax Harbor Belgian Steamer Collided With Ammunition Ship Mont Blanc, Which Was Carrying Over 2,500 Tons Of Explosives. Explosion Leveled Part Of Halifax And Left About 1,600 People Dead. | 1600 |
| 1917 | 4/10 | Eddystone, Pa | Explosion In Munitions Plant Killed 133. | 133 |
| 1918 | 10/12 | Cloquet Minn | Forest Fire | 400 |
| 1918 | 4/13 | Norman Okla | State Hospital | 38 |
| 1919 | 6/20 | Mayaguez Theater | San Juan | 150 |
| 1923 | 5/17 | Camden SC | School | 76 |
| 1924 | 12/24 | Hobart Okla | School | 35 |
| 1929 | 5/15 | Cleveland, Oh | Clinic | 125 |
| 1930 | 4/21 | Columbus, Ohio | Fire In Ohio State Penitentiary Killed 320 Convicts. | 320 |
| 1931 | 7/24 | Pittsburgh, PA | Home For Aged | 48 |
| 1934 | 12/11 | Lansing, Mich | Hotel Kerns | 34 |
| 1937 | 3/18 | New London, Tex | Explosion Destroyed Schoolhouse; 294 Killed. | 294 |
| 1938 | 5/16 | Atlanta Ga | Terminal Hotel | 35 |
| 1940 | 4/23 | Natchez Miss | Dance Hall | 198 |
| 1942 | 11/28 | Boston, Mass | Coconut Grove Nightclub Fire Killed 491. | 491 |
| 1942 | 12/12 | St, John's, Newfoundland, Canada | Hostel | 100 |
| 1942 | 4/26 | Manchuria | Explosion In Honkeiko Colliery Killed 1,549. | 1549 |
| 1942 | | St John's Newfoundland | Hostel | 100 |
| 1943 | 9/7 | Gulf Hotel Houston | Hotel | 55 |
| 1944 | 10/20 | Cleveland | Liquid-Gas Tanks Exploded, Killing 130. | 130 |
| 1944 | 7/17 | Port Chicago, Calif | 322 Killed When Ammunition Ships Exploded. | 322 |
| 1944 | 7/6 | Hartford, Conn | Fire And Ensuing Stampede In Main Tent Of Ringling Brothers Circus Killed 167, Injured 487. | 167 |
| 1946 | 12/12 | New York ice plant | Tenement | 37 |
| 1946 | 12/7 | Atlanta | Fire In Winecoff Hotel Killed 119. | 119 |
| 1946 | 6/5 | LaSalle Hotel Chicago | Hotel | 61 |
| 1947 | 4/16–18 | Texas City, Tex | Most Of The City Destroyed By A Fire And Subsequent Explosion On The French Freighter Grandcamp, Which Was Carrying A Cargo Of Ammonium Nitrate. At Least 516 Were Killed And Over 3,000 Injured. | 516 |
| 1949 | 4/5 | Effingham, Ill | Hospital | 77 |
| 1949 | 9/2 | China | Fire On Chongqing (Chungking) Waterfront Killed 1,700. | 1700 |
| 1949 | 8/10 | Bloomington, Indiana | Bus Fire | 16 |
| 1950 | 1/7 | Davenport la | Mercy Hospital | 41 |
| 1953 | 3/29 | Largo Fla | Nursing Home | 35 |
| 1953 | 4/16 | Chicago | Metalworking Plant | 35 |
| 1954 | 5/26 | off Quonset Point, RI | Explosion And Fire Aboard Aircraft Carrier Bennington Killed 103 Crewmen. | 103 |
| 1956 | 8/7 | Colombia | About 1,100 Reported Killed When Seven Army Ammunition Trucks Exploded At Cali. | 1100 |
| 1956 | 8/8 | Belgium | 262 Died In Coal Mine Fire At Marcinelle. | 262 |
| 1957 | 1/24 | New Haven, CT | 15 garment workers killed in a fire at the Baer Dress Factory | 15 |
| 1957 | 2/17 | Warrenton, MO | Home For Aged | 72 |
| 1958 | 12/1 | Chicago | Fire At Our Lady Of Angels, A Roman Catholic Grade School, Resulted In Deaths Of 92 Students And 3 Nuns. | 95 |
| 1958 | 12/16 | Bogota Colombia | Store | 83 |
| 1958 | 3/19 | New York City | Loft Building | 24 |
| 1959 | 6/23 | Stalheim Norway | Resort Hotel | 34 |
| 1960 | 1/21 | Coalbrook | South Africa: Coal Mine Explosion Killed 437. | 437 |
| 1960 | 11/13 | Amude, Syria | 152 Children Killed In Moviehouse Fire. | 152 |
| 1960 | 3/12 | Pusan, Korea | Chemical Plant | 68 |
| 1960 | 7/14 | Guatemala City | Mental Hospital | 225 |
| 1961 | 1/6 | San Francisco | Thomas Hotel | 20 |
| 1961 | 12/17 | Niteroi, Brazil | Circus Fire Fatal To 323. | 323 |
| 1961 | 12/8 | Hartford Conn hospital | Hospital | 16 |
| 1962 | 2/7 | Saarland, West Germany | Coal Mine Gas Explosion Killed 298. | 298 |
| 1963 | 11/18 | Atlantic City, N,J | Surfside Hotel | 25 |
| 1963 | 11/23 | Fitchville Oh | Rest Home | 63 |
| 1963 | 11/9 | Japan | Explosion In Coal Mine At Omuta Killed 447. | 447 |
| 1963 | 12/29 | Jacksonville, Fla | Roosevelt Hotel | 22 |
| 1963 | 5/4 | Diourbel Senegal | Theater | 64 |
| 1964 | 12/18 | Fountaintown | Ind Nursing Home | 20 |
| 1964 | 5/8 | Manila | Apartment Bldg | 30 |
| 1965 | 3/1 | LaSalle Canada | Apartment | 28 |
| 1965 | 5/28 | India | Coal Mine Fire In State Of Bihar Killed 375. | 375 |
| 1965 | 6/1 | near Fukuoka, Japan | Coal Mine Explosion Killed 236. | 236 |
| 1965 | 8/11-16 | California | Watts riot fires | 30+ |
| 1966 | 10/17 | NY City | Building (Firemen) | 12 |
| 1966 | 12/7 | Erzurum Turkey | Barracks | 68 |
| 1966 | 3/11 | Numata, Japan | 2 Ski Resorts | 31 |
| 1966 | 8/13 | Melbourne, Australia | Hotel | 29 |
| 1966 | 9/12 | Anchorage, Alaska | Hotel | 14 |
| 1967 | 2/7 | Montgomery, Ala | Restaurant | 25 |
| 1967 | 5/22 | Brussels, Belgium | Fire In L'Innovation, Major Department Store, Left 322 Dead. | 322 |
| 1967 | 7/16 | Jay, Fla | State Prison | 37 |
| 1967 | 7/29 | off North Vietnam | Fire On U.S. Carrier Forrestal Killed 134. | 134 |
| 1968 | 11/18 | Glasgow Scotland | Factory | 24 |
| 1968 | 2/26 | Shrewsbury, England | Hospital | 22 |
| 1968 | 5/11 | Vijayawada, India | Wedding Hall | 58 |
| 1969 | 1/14 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Enterprise Ripped By Explosions; 27 Dead, 82 Injured. | 27 |
| 1969 | 1/26 | Dunnville Ont | Victoria Hotel | 13 |
| 1969 | 12/2 | Notre Dame, Can | Nursing Home | 54 |
| 1970 | 1/9 | Marietta, Oh | Nursing Home | 27 |
| 1970 | 11/1 | Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France | Fire In Dance Hall Killed 146 Young People. | 146 |
| 1970 | 12/20 | Tucson, Arizona | Hotel | 28 |
| 1970 | 3/20 | Seattle, Wash | Hotel | 19 |
| 1971 | 10/19 | Honesdale, Pa | Nursing Home | 15 |
| 1971 | 12/25 | Seoul, So Korea | Hotel | 162 |
| 1971 | 3/6 | Burghoezil, Switzerland | Psychiatric Clinic, | 1128 |
| 1971 | 4/20 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hotel | 24 |
| 1972 | 5/13 | Osaka, Japan | 118 People Died In Fire In Nightclub On Top Floor Of Sennichi Department Store. | 118 |
| 1972 | 6/6 | Wankie, Rhodesia | Explosion In Coal Mine Killed 427. | 427 |
| 1972 | 7/5 | Sherbome, England | Hospital | 30 |
| 1973 | 11/29 | Kumamoto, Japan | Fire In Taiyo Department Store Killed 101. | 101 |
| 1973 | 11/6 | Fukm Japan | Train | 28 |
| 1973 | 12/2 | Seoul Korea | Theater | 50 |
| 1973 | 2/6 | Paris France | School | 21 |
| 1973 | 5/13 | Osaka, Japan | Nightclud | 116 |
| 1973 | 6/24 | New Orleans, LA | bar | 32 |
| 1974 | 11/3 | Seoul, So Korea | Hotel Discotheque | 88 |
| 1974 | 2/1 | São Paulo, Brazil | Fire In Upper Stories Of Bank Building Killed 189 Persons, Many Of Whom Leaped To Their Deaths. | 189 |
| 1974 | 6/30 | Port Chester N Y | Discotheque | 24 |
| 1975 | 12/12 | Mina, Saudi Arabia | Tent City | 138 |
| 1975 | 12/27 | Dhanbad, India | Explosion In Coal Mine Followed By Flooding From Nearby Reservoir Left 372 Dead. | 327 |
| 1976 | 10/24 | Bronx, NY | Social Club | 25 |
| 1977 | 11/14 | Manila Pl | Hotel | 47 |
| 1977 | 2/25 | Moscow | Rossiya Hotel | 45 |
| 1977 | 5/28 | Southgate, Ky | Fire In Beverly Hills Supper Club; 167 Dead. | 167 |
| 1977 | 6/26 | Columbia, Tenn | Jail | 42 |
| 1977 | 6/9 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Nightclub | 41 |
| 1978 | 1/28 | Kansas City | Coates House Hotel | 16 |
| 1978 | 11/17 | London, England | Subway | 30 |
| 1978 | 7/11 | Tarragona, Spain | 140 Killed At Coastal Campsite When Tank Truck Carrying Liquid Gas Overturned And Exploded. | 140 |
| 1978 | 8/20 | Abadan, Iran | Nearly 400 Killed When Arsonists Set Fire To Crowded Theater. | 400 |
| 1979 | 12/31 | Chapels Quebec | Social Club | 42 |
| 1979 | 7/14 | Saragossa, Spain | Hotel | 80 |
| 1980 | 11/21 | Las Vegas | Mgm Grand Hotel | 84 |
| 1980 | 12/4 | Harrison, N Y | Stouffer Inn Hotel | 26 |
| 1980 | 5/20 | Kingston, Jamaica | Nursing Home | 157 |
| 1981 | 1/9 | Keansburg, N.J. | Boarding Home | 30 |
| 1981 | 2/10 | Las Vegas Hilton | Hotel | 8 |
| 1981 | 2/14 | Dublin, Ireland | Discotheque | 44 |
| 1982 | 11/8 | Biloxi, Miss | County Jail | 29 |
| 1982 | 12/18–21 | Caracas, Venezuela | Power-Plant Fire Left 128 Dead. | 128 |
| 1982 | 9/4 | Los Angeles | Apartment House | 24 |
| 1983 | 12/17 | Madrid, Spain | Discotheque | 83 |
| 1983 | 2/13 | Turin Italy | Movie Theater | 64 |
| 1984 | 5/11 | New Jersey | Great Adventure Amusement Park | 8 |
| 1985 | 4/21 | Tabaco, Philippines | Movie Theater | 44 |
| 1985 | 4/26 | Buenos Aires Argentina | Hospital | 79 |
| 1985 | 5/11 | Bradford, England | Soccer Stadium | 53 |
| 1986 | 12/31 | San Juan, PR | Arson Fire In Dupont Plaza Hotel Was Set By Three Employees, Killing 96 People. | 96 |
| 1987 | 11/17 | London, England | Subway | 30 |
| 1987 | 5/6-6/2 | Northern China | Forest Fire | 193 |
| 1988 | 3/20 | Lashio, Burma | 2000 building | 134 |
| 1989 | 10/23 | Pasadena, Tex | A Huge Explosion Followed By A Series Of Others And A Raging Fire At A Plastics Manufacturing Plant Owned By Phillips Petroleum Co. Killed 22 And Injured More Than 80 Persons. A Large Leak Of Ethylene Was Presumed To Be The Cause. | 22 |
| 1989 | 6/3 | Ural Mountains | Liquefied Petroleum Gas Leaking From A Pipeline Running Alongside The Trans-Siberian Railway Near Uta, 72 Miles East Of Moscow, Exploded And Destroyed Two Passing Passenger Trains. About 500 Travelers Were Killed And 723 Injured Of An Estimated 1,200 Pass | 500 |
| 1990 | 3/25 | New York City | Arson Fire In The Illegal Happy Land Social Club, In The Bronx, Killed 87 People. | 87 |
| 1991 | 10/20-21 | Oakland/Berkeley, Ca | Wildfire | 24 |
| 1991 | 3/3 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | munitions dump | 260+ |
| 1991 | 9/3 | Hamlet, NC | Chicken-Processing Plant | 25 |
| 1993 | 4/19 | waco, TX | cult compound | 72 |
| 1993 | 5/10 | near Bangkok, Thailand | Fire In Doll Factory Killed At Least 187 Persons And Injured 500 Others. World'S Deadliest Factory Fire. | 187 |
| 1994 | 11/2 | Durunka, Eygpt | burning fuel flood | 500 |
| 1994 | 12/10 | karamay, China | theater | 300 |
| 1994 | 5/10 | Bangkok, Thailand | toy factory | 213 |
| 1994 | 7/4-10 | Glenwood, Springs | ? | 14 (firefighters) |
| 1994 | | Karamay, China | Theater | ? |
| 1995 | 10/28 | Baku, Azerbaijan | subway train | 300 |
| 1995 | 12/23 | Mandi Dabwali, India | school | 500+ |
| 1996 | 10/22 | Caracas, Venezuela | Jail | 25 |
| 1996 | 11/20 | Hong Kong | Building | 39 |
| 1996 | 3/19 | Quezon City, Philippines | nightclub | 150+ |
| 1996 | 3/28 | Bogor, Indonesia | shopping mall | 78 |
| 1996 | 4/11 | Dusseldorf, Germany | airport | 16 |
| 1997 | 2/23 | Baripada, India | Worship site | 164 |
| 1997 | 4/15 | Mina, Saudi Arabia | Encampment | 343 |
| 1997 | 6/13 | New Dehli, India | Movie theater | 60 |
| 1997 | 6/7 | Thanjavur, India | Temple | 60+ |
| 1997 | 7/11 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hotel | 90 |
| 1997 | 9/29 | near Colina, Chile | Children's home | 30 |
| 1998 | 12/3 | Manila, Philippines | Orphanage | 28 |
| 1998 | 3/26 | Mazeras, India | School dorm | 22 |
| 1999 | 10/30 | S. Korea | karaoke salon | 55+ |
| 1999 | 2/10 | Samara, Russia | Police headquarters | 23 |
| 1999 | 3/24 | Chamonix, France | Belgian Truck Carrying Margarine And Flour Broke Out Into Flames In The Mont Blanc Tunnel, Trapping Dozens Of Cars. Death Toll Was At Least 42. | 42 |
| 1999 | 3/24 | France and Italy | Mont Blanc tunnel | 40 |
| 1999 | 6/30 | Hwasung, South Korea | Camp dormitory | 23 |
| 2000 | 10/12 | Aden, Yemen | U.S. Navy Destroyer Uss Cole Was Heavily Damaged When A Small Boat Loaded With Explosives Blew Up Alongside It. Seventeen Sailors Were Killed In What Was Apparently A Deliberate Terrorist Attack. | 17 |
| 2000 | 11/11 | nr. Kaprun, Austria | Cable Car Transporting Skiers To The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier Broke Into Flames While Moving Through A Mountain Tunnel. The Final Death Toll Reached 156, Including 90 Austrians, In What Was Termed Austria'S Worst Alpine Disaster. | 156 |
| 2000 | 3/10 | Tuvalu | School | 18 |
| 2000 | 3/17 | Kanungu, Uganda | Church | 530 |
| 2000 | 6/23 | Queensland, Australia | Hostel | 15 |
| 2001 | 3/26 | Machakos, Kenya | School | 68 |
| 2001 | 8/13 | Erwadi, India | Mental Home | 25 |
| 2001 | 8/17 | Quezon City, Philippines | Hotel | 75 |
| 2001 | 9/1 | Tokyo, Japan | Multiple Buildings | 44 |
| 2001 | 12/29 | Lima, Peru | Shopping Center | 291 |
| 2002 | 6/26 | Agra, India | Factory | 42 |
| 2002 | 7/9 | Palembang, Indonesia | Karaoke Bar | 42 |
| 2002 | 11/2 | El Jadida, Morocco | Prison | 50 |
| 2002 | 12/1 | Caracas, Venezuela | Nightclub | 47 |
| 2003 | 2/20 | West Warwick, Rhode Island | Nightclub | 100 |
| 2003 | 1/23 | Tamil Nadu, India | Wedding Hall | 57 |
| 2004 | 7/16 | Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India | A small kitchen fire defied initial attempts to extinguish it, and soon spread to the thached roof of the school. The fire soon spread across the entire roof and, with only a single narrow exit in the building, many children were trapped as burning thatch fell into the school. Because a similar fire some years earlier in the same kitchen was quickly extinguished, school staff did not immediately begin evacuation of the school. As a result, 94 of the approximately 700 children in the school perished. | 94 |
| 2004 | 8/1 | Asuncion, Paraguay | Supermarket | 464 |
| 2004 | 9/3 | Beslan, Russia | Chechen and Ingush terrorists stormed Beslan School Number One on September 1, 2004, taking around 1,200 students, staff and parents hostage. On the third day of the seige, Russian security forces stormed the school when the terrorists detonated explosives in the gymnasium, where they held most of the hostages. The explosion and resulting fire, as well as the shootout between security forces and terrorists, killed at least 334 hostages, including 186 children, and injured more than 725. At least 10 Russian security forces were killed, along with nearly all of the terrorists, bringing the overall death toll for the tragedy to at least 380. | 334 |
| 2004 | 12/30 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nightclub | 194 |
| 2005 | 12/15 | Jilin, China | Hospital | 39 |
| 2006 | 2/24 | Chittagong, Bangladesh | Textile Factory | 65 |
| 2006 | 12/9 | Moscow, Russia | Drug Rehab Hospital | 46 |
| 2007 | 3/19 | Kamyshevatskaya, Russia | Nursing Home | 63 |
| 2008 | 1/7 | Icheon, South Korea | Warehouse | 40 |
| 2008 | 4/25 | Casablanca, Morocco | Mattress Factory | 55 |
| 2009 | 1/1 | Bangkok, Thailand | Nightclub | 66 |
| 2009 | 2/7 | Victoria, Australia | Multiple bushfires during an extreme heatwave, fanned by winds up to 60 mph, destroyed over 5,000 structures, killing 173, injuring over 400 and leaving thousands homeless. One of the towns worst hit was Marysville, where 90% of the town was destroyed. | 173 |
| 2009 | 6/5 | Hermosillo, Mexico | Daycare Center | 48 |
| 2009 | 9/13 | Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan | Drug abuse clinic | 38 |
| 2009 | 12/4 | Medan, Indonesia | Karaoke Bar | 20 |
| 2009 | 12/5 | Perm, Russia | Nightclub | 125 |
| 2009 | 1/31 | Molo, Kenya | Oil spill | 113 |
| 2010 | 6/3 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | A fire that started when an electrical transformer exploded destroyed many homes. | 117 |
| 2010 | 11/15 | Shanghai | High-rise apartment building | 58 |
| 2010 | 12/8 | Santiago, Chile | Prison | 81 |
