| Year |
Date |
Location |
Description |
Deaths |
| 64 | | Rome | | n/a |
| 1197 | 2/25 | Moscow | Rossiya hotel | 45 |
| 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 De-Stroyed 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 | 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 | 1125 |
| 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 |
| 2003 | 2/20 | West Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | nightclub | 96 |
