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| Incident |
Year |
month |
date |
place |
country |
type |
type 2 |
file |
file no. |
Tribune
Newspaper fire |
1845 |
February |
5th |
New
York |
America |
Fire |
Boy
lit stove |
Yes |
491 |
San
Francisco Conflagration |
1861 |
May |
3rd |
San
Francisco |
America |
Fire |
Carelessness |
Yes |
495 |
Coloured
Orphan Asylum |
1863 |
July |
13th |
New
York |
America |
Fire |
Rioters |
Yes |
517 |
The
Great Chicago Fire:300+dead |
1871 |
October |
8th-9th |
Chicago |
America |
Fire |
Fire
in barn |
Yes |
132 |
Robinsons
Open House:11dd Inj:30 |
1876 |
February |
5th |
Theatre,
Cincinnati |
America |
Fire |
False
Alarm |
No |
Cardex |
Chinese
Theatre: 19 dead |
1876 |
October |
30th |
San
Francisco |
America |
Fire |
|
No |
Cardex |
Mrs
Conways Theatre:283 dead |
1876 |
December |
5th |
Brooklyn |
America |
Fire |
|
No |
Cardex |
Grand
Central Theatre: 14 dead |
1892 |
April |
|
Philadelphia |
America |
Fire |
On
stage |
No |
Cardex |
Baltimore
Conflagration |
1904 |
February |
7th&8th |
Baltimore |
America |
Fire |
Not
Ascertained |
Yes |
134 |
Water
Crib Fire: 60 dead |
1909 |
January |
20th |
South
Chicago |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
Yes |
670 |
Triangle
Shirtwaist fire:146 dead |
1911 |
March |
25th |
New
York City |
America |
Fire |
Started
in cutting room |
Yes |
671 |
Dance
Hall : 39 dead |
1929 |
April |
|
West
Plains Missouri |
America |
Fire |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Morro
Castle (ship): 133 dead |
1934 |
September |
8th |
off
New Jersey Coast |
America |
Fire |
Cigarette |
Yes |
136 |
The
Oregon Statehouse Fire |
1935 |
April |
25th |
Oregon |
America |
Fire |
Started
in basement |
Yes |
672 |
The
Cocoanut Grove: 492 dead |
1942 |
November |
28th |
Boston |
America |
Fire |
Electrical
? |
Yes |
137 |
Luongo
Restaurant: 6 firemen killed |
1942 |
November |
|
Boston |
America |
Fire |
Electical
appliance |
Yes |
713 |
Barnum
& Bailey's Circus:168dd |
1944 |
July |
6th |
Connecticut |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Texas
City Disaster:576dd Inj:4000+ |
1947 |
April |
16th |
S.S.Grandcamp
Texas |
America |
Fire |
Ship
fire |
Yes |
138 |
Our
Lady of Angels: 93 dead |
1958 |
December |
1st |
at
a School, Chicago |
America |
Fire |
Started
in trash can |
Yes |
673 |
Hospital
destroyed: 35 dead |
1963 |
February |
10th |
Manila,
Philadelphia |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Rest
Home destroyed: 65 dead |
1963 |
November |
24th |
Norwalk,
Ohio |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Roosevelt
Hotel: 21+ dead |
1963 |
December |
29th |
Jacksonville,
Florida |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Jewish
Community Centre: 12 dead |
1965 |
December |
20th |
Yonkers,
New York |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Nursing
Home fire |
1970 |
January |
9th |
Marietta |
America |
Fire |
Cigarette |
No |
Cardex |
Three
story building |
1970 |
August |
5th |
Minneapolis,
Minnesota |
America |
Fire |
Wooden
porch |
No |
Cardex |
Downtown
Hotel |
1970 |
September |
13th |
Los
Angeles, California |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Brush
& Timber fires |
1970 |
September |
25-30th |
Los
Angeles,Ventura |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Pioneer
International Hotel |
1970 |
December |
20th |
Tucson,
Arizona |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Pennsylvania
House Hotel |
1972 |
January |
16th |
Tyrone,
Pennsylvania |
America |
Fire |
Electric
Overload |
No |
Cardex |
Carver
Convalescent Home |
1972 |
May |
6th |
Springfield,
Illinois |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Downtown
buildings |
1973 |
February |
2nd |
Eagle
Grove, Indiana |
America |
Fire |
Gas
explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Tenement
Buildings (4) |
1973 |
September |
29th |
Hoboken,
N. Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Wincrest
Nursing Home:23dd |
1976 |
January |
30th |
Chicago,
Illinois |
America |
Fire |
Arson
|
Yes |
654 |
Six
storey building alight |
1976 |
February |
4th |
New
York |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Lighter
fuel disaster |
1976 |
December |
24th |
Chicago,
Illinois |
America |
Fire |
Ignited
in error |
No |
Cardex |
Four
storey motel |
1977 |
January |
2nd |
Shamokin |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Four
storey hotel |
1977 |
January |
28th |
Breckenridge,Minnesota |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Three
storey hotel |
1977 |
April |
19th |
Galveston,
Texas |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Homosexual
Bath House |
1977 |
May |
25th |
(in
mattress) N.Y.City |
America |
Fire |
Fire
reignited |
No |
Cardex |
Beverly
Hills Supper Club:164d |
1977 |
May |
28th |
Southgate,
Kentucky |
America |
Fire |
Short
circuit |
Yes |
655 |
Cyanide
& Carbon Monoxide |
1977 |
June |
26th |
Maury
County Jail |
America |
Fire |
Prisoner |
No |
Cardex |
Tenement
Building:19dd |
1979 |
January |
20th |
Hoboken,
New Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Retirement
Home:25dd |
1979 |
April |
2nd |
Farmington,NewMexico |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Holiday
Inn: 10 dead |
1979 |
July |
31st |
Cambridge,
Ohio |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Home
for Elderly:14dd |
1979 |
November |
11th |
Pioneer,
Ohio |
America |
Fire |
Boy
4yrs old |
No |
Cardex |
Prison
fire: 10 dead |
1979 |
December |
27th |
Lancaster
County |
America |
Fire |
Prisoners |
No |
Cardex |
MGM
Grand Hotel: 84 dead |
1980 |
November |
21st |
Las
Vegas |
America |
Fire |
|
Yes |
148 |
Beachview
Rest Home:30d |
1981 |
January |
9th |
Keansburg,
New Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Home
alone children:11d |
1981 |
January |
11th |
E.St.Louis,Illinois |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Hilton
hotel: 8dead |
1981 |
February |
10th |
Las
Vegas, Nevada |
America |
Fire |
Busboy |
No |
Cardex |
Hotel
fire: 19dead |
1981 |
March |
14th |
Chicago,
Illinois |
America |
Fire |
Faulty
Wiring |
No |
Cardex |
Five
storey apartment |
1981 |
October |
24th |
Hoboken,
New Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Suffocated
in hotel:12 |
1982 |
March |
6th |
Houston,
Texas |
America |
Fire |
Thick
smoke |
No |
Cardex |
Four
storey hotel: 12dd |
1982 |
April |
30th |
Hoboken,
New Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Residential
home:10dead |
1982 |
May |
15th |
Baltimore,
Maryland |
America |
Fire |
Candle
Lit Sofa |
No |
Cardex |
Tenement
building:11dd |
1982 |
July |
5th |
Waterbury,Connecticut |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Tenement
house:18dd |
1982 |
September |
4th |
Los
Angeles, California |
America |
Fire |
Suspicious |
No |
Cardex |
County
jail fire: 27dead |
1982 |
November |
8th |
Biloxi,
Mississippi |
America |
Fire |
Inmate |
No |
Cardex |
Haunted
Castle fire |
1984 |
May |
11th |
6
Flags Grt Advntre Park |
America |
Fire |
Cigarette
Lighter |
No |
Cardex |
Transient
rooming house |
1984 |
July |
4th |
Beverly,
Massachusetts |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Alexander
Hamilton Htl |
1984 |
October |
18th |
Paterson,
New Jersey |
America |
Fire |
Resident |
No |
Cardex |
Old
wood & cinder house |
1987 |
September |
30th |
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Skyscraper:
1 dead |
1988 |
May |
5th |
Los
Angeles |
America |
Fire |
|
Yes |
151 |
Two
storey house |
1989 |
January |
1st |
Near
Remer, Minnesota |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Battleship
'Iowa' |
1989 |
April |
19th |
off
coast of Puerto Rico |
America |
Fire |
Explosion |
No |
Cardex |
Retirement
Home |
1989 |
December |
24th |
Johnson
City |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Happy
Land Social Club |
1990 |
March |
25th |
New
York City |
America |
Fire |
Arson |
No |
Cardex |
Oakland
Fire: 13 dead Inj: 29 |
1991 |
October |
20th-23rd |
California |
America |
Fire |
|
No |
Cardex |
Chicken
processing plant |
1991 |
September |
3rd |
Hamlet,
Nrth Carolina |
America |
Fire |
Line
ruptured |
No |
Cardex |
Three
storey building |
1991 |
December |
9th |
Chicago |
America |
Fire |
Improper
wiring |
No |
Cardex |
Boarding
House |
1992 |
June |
2nd |
Detriot,
Michigan |
America |
Fire |
Cigarette
? |
No |
Cardex |
Hotel
fire |
1993 |
March |
16th |
Chicago |
America |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Summer
Fires |
1994 |
July |
|
N.W.
America |
America |
Fire |
|
No |
Cardex |
Storm
King Mountain |
1994 |
July |
6th |
Nr.Glenwood
Springs |
America |
Fire |
Firestorm |
No |
Cardex |
Fireworks
store |
1996 |
July |
3rd |
Ohio |
America |
Fire |
Firework
Set off |
No |
Cardex |
Youths
killed in cabin:11dead |
1998 |
March |
22nd |
Miles,Pennsylvania |
America |
Fire |
Undetermined |
No |
Cardex
|
Oil
Tanker |
1991 |
May |
(late) |
off
coast of Angola |
Angola |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Nightclub
fire: 16 dead |
1979 |
December |
6th |
Rosario |
Argentina |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Mental
Hospital: 78 dead Inj: 150 |
1985 |
April |
26th |
Saavedra |
Argentina |
Fire |
|
No |
Cardex |
Prison
Fire: 33 dead Inj: 12 |
1990 |
May |
5th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Fire |
Inmates/arson |
No |
Cardex |
Fire
in back of bus |
1991 |
July |
21st |
Formosa |
Argentina |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Discotheque
fire |
1993 |
December |
20th |
Nr.
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Savoy
Hotel: 14 dead |
1975 |
December |
25th |
Kings
Cross, Sydney |
Australia |
Fire |
Elevator
Shaft |
No |
Cardex |
Land
& sheep destroyed |
1977 |
February |
(mid) |
Southern
Australia |
Australia |
Fire |
Bushfires |
No |
Cardex |
Australian
Bush Fire: 70+ dead |
1983 |
February |
16th |
Cockatoo,
Melbourne |
Australia |
Fire |
Temp.110
f. |
No |
Cardex |
Hostel
for Handicapped |
1991 |
August |
2nd |
|
Australia |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Bushfires:
3 dead Injured: 351 |
1993 |
/94Dec/Jan |
|
New
South Wales |
Australia |
Fire |
|
Yes |
156 |
Ring
Theatre:794 dead |
1881 |
December |
8th |
Vienna |
Austria |
Fire |
Gas
flame |
No |
Cardex |
Am
Augarten Hotel:25dd |
1979 |
September |
28th |
Vienna |
Austria |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Refugee
camp fire |
1986 |
April |
10th |
Near
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Barge
fire spreads |
1988 |
December |
31st |
Chittagong |
Bangladesh |
Fire |
Welding |
No |
Cardex |
Garment
Factory |
1990 |
December |
27th |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Motional
Chemical Factory:7dd |
1998 |
January |
22nd |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Fire |
Lighted
candle |
No |
Cardex |
Duc
de Brabant Hotel |
1977 |
May |
22nd |
(snack
bar) Brussels |
Belgium |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Forest
Fires: 150 dead |
1963 |
September |
6th |
Parana
State |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Pirani
Dept Store |
1972 |
February |
24th |
Sao
Paulo |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Largest
Oil Refinery |
1972 |
March |
30th |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Joelma
Building: 227 dead |
1974 |
February |
1st |
Sao
Paulo |
Brazil |
Fire |
Arson? |
Yes |
141 |
Hotel
convention centre |
1977 |
November |
27th |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Office
building: 17dead |
1981 |
February |
14th |
Sao
Paulo |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Shantytown
fire:500 dead |
1984 |
February |
25th |
Villa
Soco, Cubatao |
Brazil |
Fire |
Gasolene
Pipe |
No |
Cardex |
Offshore
oil platform |
1984 |
August |
16th |
off
coast of Brazil |
Brazil |
Fire |
Gas
caught fire |
No |
Cardex |
Office
building fire |
1986 |
February |
17th |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Fire |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Dupont
Plaza Hotel |
1986 |
December |
31st |
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