This is a list of historic fires. Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities. While a few of the most important wildfires or forest fires are included, this list is not the primary resource to refer to for the most severe wildfires; that job belongs to the List of forest fires. For other uses, see Fire (disambiguation). ... This is a list of notorious forest fires: // Black Friday Bushfires of 1939 (South Australia) (Country Fire Service) Black Sunday Bushfires of 1955 (South Australia) Dwellingup fires of 1961 (Western Australia) Ash Wednesday fires of 1980 and 1983 (Victoria and South Australia) (Country Fire Service,Country Fire Authority) 1994 Eastern...

Building or structure fires

• 586 BC - Temple in Jerusalem the first at Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar king of the Babylonians
• 356 BC - Temple of Artemis at Ephesus burned by arson
• c. 50 BC - Library of Alexandria burned during siege (possibly accidental)
• 70 - Temple in Jerusalem the second at Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus
• 272 - Library of Alexandria possibly burned during occupation of Alexandria
• 391 - Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I
• 640 - Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Caliph Umar I

Note: evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed

• 1608 - First settelment in Jamestown burns
• 1613 - Globe Theatre, London burned due to mishap
• 1652 - Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down. Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed.
• 1666 - Great Fire of London
• 1697 - The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.
• 1794 - Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
• 1811 - Richmond Theatre Fire, Richmond, VA. 72 dead.
• 1814 - The White House and U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. burned by the British

Note: The White House was already named before the fire, not because scorch marks were painted over

• 1823 - Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome
• 1834 - Palace of Westminster, home to Parliament of the United Kingdom
• 1844 - St. Michael's & St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Churches Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (reportedly due to arson)
• 1845 - Theatre fire in Canton, China killed 1670
• 1846 - Nantucket July 13
• 1863 - Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús fire in Santiago, Chile, killed over 2000
• 1866 - The Great Fire in Portland, Maine on July 4
• 1871 - Peshtigo Fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin on October 8, killed over 1200 people and burned 1.5 million acres.
• 1871 - Port Huron Fire of 1871 killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan on October 8.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire on October 8.
• 1876 - Brooklyn Theater Fire, killed 295 in Brooklyn, NY.
• 1878 - The Eldkvarn flour mill in Stockholm.
• 1878 - The Washburn "A" Mill flour mill explosion and fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1881 - Ring Theater Fire, killed 850 in Vienna
• 1884 - Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
• 1887 - Paris Opéra Fire on May 25 killed 200
• 1887 - Theatre Royal, Exeter Fire, England on September 5 killed 186
• 1895 - The Rotunda, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia
• 1897 - Paris Bazaar Fire on May 4 killed 150
• 1899 - Windsor Hotel East 47th Street/5th Avenue Manhattan, New York - at least 33 and 45 people killed (estimates vary)
• 1900 - Hoboken Docks Fire on June 30 killed 326
• 1902 - Birmingham Church Fire on September 20 killed 115
• 1903 - Iroquois Theater Fire, Chicago, at least 600 died
• 1904 - Great Toronto Fire, Toronto
• 1908 - Rhoads Theater Fire, Boyertown, PA killed 170
• 1908 - Collinwood School Fire, Cleveland, Ohio on March 4
• 1911 - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City
• 1916 - Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario
• 1918 - Norman State Hospital Fire, Norman, OK
• 1919 - Mayaguez Theater Fire, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 1929 - Glen Cinema disaster, Paisley, Scotland killed 71 on December 31 [1]
• 1929 - Cleveland Clinic Disaster, Cleveland
• 1930 - Ohio State Penitentiary Fire, Columbus
• 1931 - Pittsburgh Nursing Home Fire
• 1933 - Reichstag fire in Berlin, caused by arson
• 1934 - Great Hakodate Fire, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan killed 2,166
• 1934 - Hotel Kerns Fire in Lansing, MI

• 1937 - Hindenburg disaster near Lakehurst, New Jersey
• 1937 - South Tomita Primary School fire, Shirahama, Japan, killed 81 on 20 December
• 1938 - Terminal Hotel Fire in Atlanta, GA
• 1940 - Rhythm Night Club Fire, Natchez, MS
• 1941 - Great fire of Santander, Santander,Cantabria, Spain
• 1941 - Booth's clothing factory fire in Huddersfield, England killed 49 on October 31 [2]
• 1942 - Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1943 - Gulf Hotel Fire in Houston, TX
• 1943 - Hoteiza Theater Fire in Kucchan (Japan) killed 205 on March 6
• 1944 - Hartford Circus Fire in Hartford, Connecticut
• 1946 - LaSalle Hotel Fire in Chicago
• 1946 - Winecoff Hotel Fire in Atlanta, GA
• 1949 - St. Anthony's Hospital Fire in Effingham, IL
• 1953 - Littlefield Nursing Home Fire in Largo, FL
• 1954 - Larkin Building Fire in Buffalo, New York First fire in Buffalo's history to go to a general alarm
• 1957 - Warrenton Nursing Home Fire in Warrenton, MO
• 1958 - Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, Chicago
• 1958 - Vida Store Fire in Bogotá
• 1960 - Guatemala Mental Hospital Fire, killed 225 on July 14
• 1960 - Syrian Movie Theater Fire in Amude (Syria)
• 1961 - Grand North American Circus arson in Niterói (Brazil) killed 323 on December 17
• 1963 - Surfside Hotel Fire in Atlantic City, NJ on November 18
• 1963 - Golden Age Nursing Home Fire in Fitchville, OH killed 63 on November 23
• 1963 - Hotel Roosevelt fire in Jacksonville, FL killed 22 on December 29
• 1967 - 1967 Tasmanian fires in Tasmania, Australia
• 1967 - Apollo 1 burned during ground tests at Cape Canaveral
• 1967 - L'Innovation Department Store Fire, in Brussels killed 322 on May 22
• 1967 - Florida State Prison Fire, in Jay, FL killed 37 on July 16
• 1971 - Taeyunkak Hotel Fire in Seoul, South Korea on December 25
• 1972 - Hotel Vendome Fire in Boston, 9 firefighters killed on June 17
• 1972 - Sennichi Department Store Fire in Osaka, Japan, killed 118 on May 13
• 1973 - National Archives Fire in St. Louis, Missouri
• 1973 - Summerland disaster in Douglas, Isle of Man killed 51 on August 2
• 1973 - Taiyo Department Store Fire in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, killed 104 on November 29
• 1974 - Joelma Fire kills 188 in São Paulo.
• 1977 - Beverly Hills Supper Club fire kills 165 in Southgate, Kentucky.
• 1978 - The Cinema Rex Fire kills over 400 in Abadan, Iran.
• 1980 - MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas, Nevada kills 87
• 1981 - Keansburg Boarding Home fire in Keansburg, New Jersey kills 30
• 1981 - Stardust Disaster, discotheque fire in Dublin kills 44
• 1981 - 1981 Bangalore circus fire, circus fire in Bangalore, India, kills 66
• 1982 - Connecticut Street Armory Fire in Buffalo, NY
• 1982 - Salang tunnel fire kills between 150 and 1,000 people in Afghanistan's only road tunnel
• 1982 - Caldecott Tunnel fire kills 6 and severely damages major road tunnel in Oakland, California
• 1982 - Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys the Northwestern National Bank building and former Donaldson's flagship store.
• 1983 - Turin Movie Theater fire in Turin kills 64
• 1983 - Madrid Discotheque fire in Madrid kills 83
• 1984 - Summit tunnel fire in West Yorkshire, England
• 1985 - Valley Parade Ground Stadium fire in Bradford, England, 56 die
• 1986 - Dupont Plaza Hotel fire, set by disgruntled employees, kills 97 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 1987 - King's Cross fire in the London Underground
• 1988 - Piper Alpha disaster, North Sea
• 1990 - Happy Land Fire (arson) in the Bronx, New York City, kills 87
• 1990 - 1991 Hamlet chicken plant fire kills 25 people
• 1991 - Meridian Plaza 22nd Fl. fire caused by oil-soaked rags, Philadelphia
• 1992 - Windsor Castle, England
• 1993 - Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas, Max Janu says about 80 killed
• 1993 - Kader Toy Factory fire, Bangkok, Thailand, 189 killed, May 10.
• 1994 - 1994 Karamay theater fire, Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 324 killed, December 10.
• 1995 - 衛爾康餐廳Wei Er Kang Restaurant at Taichung, Taiwan killing 64
• 1996 - Teatro La Fenice in Venice
• 1996 - Channel Tunnel fire between France and England
• 1996 - The Garley Building fire (20 Nov 1996), Hong Kong, 40 killed.
• 1998 - October 29, Gothenburg nightclub fire in Gothenburg, Sweden, killing 63
• 1999 - Mont Blanc Tunnel fire between France and Italy, 39 killed
• 1999 - The Worcester Cold Storage fire, 6 firefighters killed
• 2000 - December 25, Luoyang shopping center fire in Luoyang, Henan, China, killing 309
• 2001 - On January 3, the largest loss of life ever recorded in a single family dwelling occurs in Oak Orchard, Delaware when a pot of grease left unattended on a kitchen stove leads to the loss of 11 family members.
• 2001 - September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City (two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center and sparked several fires, which led to the center's destruction) and Arlington, Virginia (one fire: the Pentagon)
• 2001 - Volendam, fire in a bar/discoteque; killing 14, injuring 180 (many with lasting scars)
• 2001 - Fan Lin school explosion, fire breaks out in firework store, resultant explosion kills 41 children.
• 2002 - Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, Vietnam, over 60 killed, over 100 missing and 500 injured in a luxurious department store fire and collapse
• 2003 - Daegu subway fire in Daegu (South Korea)
• 2003 - The_Station_nightclub_fire 96 died at the scene; 4 died from injuries at local hospitals in West Warwick, Rhode Island
• 2003 - Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University, Moscow
• 2004 - Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fire, Jilin, northeastern China, killed 53 on 16 February
• 2004 - Sri Krishna Aided Higher Secondary School fire, Kumbakonam, Tamil-Nadu, India, killed 94 on 16 July
• 2004 - Asunción supermarket fire kills at least 464
• 2004 - República Cromagnon nightclub fire in Buenos Aires kills 194, injures 714.
• 2005 - Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom, a major explosion injures 43.
• 2005 - 11 die at a fire in the detention center of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
• 2005 - Windsor Tower The Windsor Tower Building Fire, 14-15 February 2005 Spain [3][4]
• 2006 - 2006 Kolkata leather factory fire kills at least nine people in India.
• 2006 - Moscow hospital fire kills 45 drug addicts in a rehabilitation centre.
• 2006 - Fire at store in Ormoc City, Philippines kills 24 [5]
• 2007 - Warehouse fire in Charleston, SC; 9 firefighters were killed battling the blaze.
• 2007- Warehouse fire in Atherstone-on-Scour, Warwickshire when four firefighters were killed
• 2007 - Warehouse fire in Mexico City, Mexico where five people were killed

• 847 - Borgo, the area around Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
• 1204 - Constantinople burned three times during the Fourth Crusade
• 1421 - First Great Fire of Amsterdam
• 1452 - Second Great Fire of Amsterdam, three quarters of the city destroyed
• 1547 - Moscow fire which sparked a rebellion
• 1571 - Moscow fire occurred when the forces of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray raided the city
• 1657 - Great Fire of Meireki - Edo (modern-day Tokyo)
• 1666 - Great Fire of London
• 1676 - Jamestown, Virginia Nathanial Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown to prevent Governor Berkley from using it as a base.
• 1694 - the Great Fire of Warwick
• 1696 - St. John's, Newfoundland and 35 other settlements burned by French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
• 1702 - Uppsala, Sweden, large parts of the city devastated and the cathedral and Uppsala Castle severely damaged.
• 1728 - Copenhagen Fire of 1728, two fifths of the city burned down during three days. 3,650 families became homeless.
• 1734 - Montreal, New France
• 1776 - First Great Fire of New York City
• 1788 - Great New Orleans Fire
• 1794 - New Orleans
• 1795 - Copenhagen fire of 1795
• 1805 - Detroit
• 1812 - Moscow, to deny shelter to Napoleon
• 1812 - Buffalo, New York burned during the War of 1812
• 1813 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• 1813 - York, Upper Canada burned during the War of 1812
• 1814 - Burning of Washington during the War of 1812
• 1817 - St. John's, Newfoundland
• 1821 - Paramaribo (Suriname) over 400 houses destroyed
• 1827 - Great Fire of Turku
• 1835 - Second Great Fire of New York City
• 1845 - Great Fire of Pittsburgh destroyed over 1000 buildings
• 1846 - St. John's, Newfoundland
• 1849 - St. Louis Fire, first US firefighter killed in the line of duty
• 1849 - Toronto, Ontario
• 1850 - Kraków, Poland, 10% of the city area
• 1852 - Vaasa, Finland
• 1854 - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead: a spectacular explosion leads to the great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, killing 53 and levelling substantial property in both towns.
• 1862 - Troy, New York, over 500 buildings destroyed
• 1864 - Atlanta burned after time given for evacuation of citizens by order of William Tecumseh Sherman
• 1865 - Columbia, South Carolina burned while being occupied by troops commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman
• 1865 - Richmond, Virginia burned by retreating Confederates.
• 1871 - Great Chicago Fire, destroyed the downtown area and paved the way for new building ideas
• 1871 - Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire, several towns destroyed in a firestorm, 1500-2500 dead, same day as Chicago Fire
• 1872 - Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people.
• 1877 - Saint John, New Brunswick Fire destroyed 1600 buildings
• 1883 - Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 1886 - Great Vancouver Fire, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1886.
• 1889 - Great Seattle Fire
• 1892 - St. John's, Newfoundland
• 1894 - Great Fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings are destroyed

City of St. John's after the Great Fire of 1892

• 1901 - Great Fire of 1901, Jacksonville, Florida
• 1904 - Great Baltimore Fire
• 1904 - Great Toronto Fire
• 1904 - Ålesund Fire
• 1906 - San Francisco earthquake and fire
• 1910 - The Big Blowup or Great Fire of 1910, Washington, Idaho and Montana, over 3 million acres (12,000 km²), 85 dead. This fire set new policies, and created new organizations for fighting wildfires.
• 1914 - Great Salem Fire of 1914
• 1916 - Matheson Fire, Matheson, Ontario
• 1917 - The Halifax Explosion, largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb
• 1917 - Over 300 acres (1.2 km²) (73 blocks) destroyed in Great Atlanta fire of 1917
• 1917 - Great Fire of 1917, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, 35 city blocks; 1,256 residences were destroyed by arson
• 1923 - Tokyo following the Great Kantō earthquake
• 1933 - Tillamook Burn
• 1934 - Great Hakodate Fire, Hakodate, Japan, killed 2166
• 1940 - The Second Great Fire of London, one of the most destructive air raids of the London Blitz.
• 1941 - Santander, Cantabria
• 1945 - Bombing of Dresden in World War II, which caused a firestorm
• 1945 - Bombing of Tokyo in World War II, causing the largest urban conflagration in history.
• 1945 - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing two large city fires, one in Hiroshima and one in Nagasaki
• 1947 - Texas City Disaster, two ships explode, igniting chemical works, 460 - 600 killed
• 1949 - Mann Gulch fire
• 1951 - Tung Tau fire, fire in a squatter area in Hong Kong, up to 25,000 homeless, led to the Comfort Mission riot
• 1953 - Shek Kip Mei Fire, fire in a squatter area in Hong Kong, 58,000 homeless
• 1961 - Bukit Ho Swee Fire, flames erupt in a squatter settlement in Singapore, making 16,000 homeless
• 1981 - Arson fire in Lynn, Massachusetts levels downtown factory area under redevelopment; no conviction; $80 million damage estimate[6]
• 1983 - North Division Street explosion in Buffalo, New York kills 5 firefighters and 2civilians and destroys millions in property.
• 1988 - Yellowstone fires of 1988 largest, most expensive wildfire in the history of the National Park Service, at the world's first National Park
• 1988 - Great Lashio Fire, Lashio, Myanmar, killed 134, 2000 building destroy.
• 1991 - Kuwaiti oil fires following the Persian Gulf War
• 1991 - Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3469 homes and apartments
• 1994 - South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mt. near Glenwood Springs, Colorado kills fourteen firefighters on July 6.
• 2000 - Jasper Fire in The Black Hills of South Dakota burns 93,000+ acres (380 km²), the largest fire in Black Hills history
• 2002 - Lagos armoury explosion causes fire which destroys half of Lagos and killed 1,100 people
• 2002 - Edinburgh Cowgate fire
• 2002 - Rodeo-Chediski fire
• 2003 - Canberra bushfires fire that killed 4 and destroyed over 500 homes
• 2006 - Day Fire, Los Angeles and Ventura counties in California.
• 2007 - 2007 Greek forest fires large fire in Greece

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Ship fires

See also: List of ship and ferry disasters

• 1800 - English warship Queen Charlotte — 700 deaths
• 1840 - Steamship Lexington in Long Island Sound — 139 deaths
• 1893 - Freighter Cabo Machichaco in Santander, Spain — 500 deaths .
• 1904 - Steamship General Slocum in New York City — 1,021 deaths
• 1917 - Munitions ship Mont-Blanc burned, drifted and detonated in the Halifax Explosion — roughly 2,000 deaths
• 1934 - SS Morro Castle off Asbury Park, New Jersey — 137 deaths, ship gutted and beached
• 1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor, sinking USS Arizona and several other ships; extensive fires generated aboard and around ships
• 1941 - SS Normandie in New York City, ship capsized and sank at pier
• 1949 - SS Noronic in Toronto, Canada — 118 to 139 deaths
• 1963 - Lakonia near Madeira — 128 deaths
• 1965 - SS Yarmouth Castle near Nassau, Bahamas — 90 deaths
• 1972 - RMS Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong, ship sank in harbour
• 1987 - Doña Paz in the Philippines — an estimated 4,000 deaths
• 1990 - M/S Scandinavian Star off Norway — 159 deaths
• 1994 - Achille Lauro near Somalia
• 2006 - Star Princess in the Caribbean — 1 death
• 2007 - Cutty Sark, 19th-century clipper in dry dock as a museum ship in Greenwich, London extensively damaged while undergoing restoration on May 21

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Other fires

• 1913 - Ais Gill rail crash in England kills 14 chiefly through fire on September 1
• 1915 - Quintinshill rail crash in Scotland kills 227 chiefly through fire on May 22
• 1916 - Black Tom explosion (fires led to the explosion)
• 1962 - Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire begins
• 1978 - Taunton train fire on British Rail kills 12 on July 6
• 1992 - 健康幼稚園火燒車事件Chien-Kang Bus Fire one bus carrying 50 kindergarten students, teachers, and parents caught fire at Taoyuan on their way to the Leofoo Amusement Park killing 23 and injuring 9.
• 1998 - Yaounde train explosion fuel train explosion, kills 120 people.
• 2000 - Ibadan tanker truck explosion multiple car pile-up explodes 100-200 killed.
• 2000 - Kaprun disaster, Austrian funicular train fire, kills 155 people
• 2002 - Al Ayatt train disaster, Egypt
• 2003 - Ladhowal train fire, India
• 2003 - 尊龍客運高速公路火燒車事故 Chun-Lung Bus Fire- a charter bus caught fire at Taipei County killing 6 and injuring 4.