List of building or structure fires

This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires.


Notable building or structure fires
Pre-1500s
1500s
1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s
1910s: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
References

Antiquity through Middle Ages

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16th century

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17th century

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  • 1613 – Globe Theatre in London. During the performance, cannon misfire caught the thatched roof on fire and the Theatre burned down.[2]
  • 1652 – Town hall of Amsterdam burnt down. Treasures and important historical charters were destroyed.
  • 1671 – Much of the monastery of the Escorial outside Madrid burned in a fire lasting 15 days, destroying large numbers of artworks, books and manuscripts.
  • 1697 – The medieval "Tre Kronor" Royal Castle in Stockholm burned down and was eventually replaced by the present palace.
  • 1698 – The Tudor and Stuart Palace of Whitehall, London burned, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House. The ruins were demolished.

18th century

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19th century

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On the right, a white stone bridge arches over a wide river. On the far side and to the left, a gabled building is outlined in front of huge flames rising up to the night sky; they are reflected in the water and illuminate part of the bridge and a building with two towers in the background. There are several boats full of people in the river, and large crowds are assembled on the near bank and on the bridge.
J. M. W. Turner watched the Palace of Westminster fire in 1834 and painted several canvases depicting it, including The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835).

20th century

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1900s

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1910s

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1910

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  • March 25 – L. Fish Furniture Company fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12.
  • March 27 – Ököritófülpös, Hungary, fire in a barn during a dancing party killed 312 people.[10][11]
  • December 21–22 – Friedlander Leather Remnants factory fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 firemen and one policeman died in two separate collapses.
  • December 22 – Nelson-Morris & Company stockyards fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 21 firefighters.

1911

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1912

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1913

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1914

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1915

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1916

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1917

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1918

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1919

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1920s

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1921

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1922

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  • 1922 – Public Records Office fire during civil unrest at the Four Courts complex, Dublin, Ireland, destroyed much of seven centuries of Irish public records.[18]

1923

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1924

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1925

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1926

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1927

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1928

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  • September 22 – Teatro de Novedades theater fire killed 68 or maybe 110, in Madrid, Spain.
  • October 8 – Penitentiary fire in Junction City, Ohio, killed 17.

1929

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1930s

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1930

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1931

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1932

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1933

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Firemen struggle to extinguish the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933.
  • February 27 – Reichstag fire in Berlin, Germany, caused by arson, used to justify expansion of Nazi rule.

1934

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1935

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1936

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The Crystal Palace on fire on November 30, 1936

1937

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1938

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1939

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1940s

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1940

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1941

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1942

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1943

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1944

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1945

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1946

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  • January 3 – NKGB club fire [ru] in Minsk, USSR, killed at least 27 (according to unofficial data more than 100 people).
  • January 28 – Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, hangar fire, killed 10.
  • June 5 – LaSalle Hotel Fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 61.
  • June 19 – Hotel Canfield fire in Dubuque, Iowa, killed 19.[43]
  • October 7 - Apeldoorn, Netherlands. A Fairey Firefly crashed into a Christian HBS, causing a fire that killed 22 students and the pilot, whose mother died of a heart attack in turn.[44]
  • December 7 – Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 119 and injured 90.[45]

1947

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1948

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1949

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1950s

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1950

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1951

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1952

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1953

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  • March 29 – Littlefield Nursing Home fire in Largo, Florida, killed 34.[55]
  • April 17 – Haber Screw Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 36.[56][57]

1954

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1955

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  • February 12 – Barton Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 29.
  • February 16 – Elderly home for Catholic church fire in Yokohama, Japan, killed 100.
  • April 28 – Green Mill Hotel fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 12.
  • May 11 – Cinema fire in Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland, killed 58 and injured 20.[59]
  • December 13  – Kindergarten fire in Vyazma (Smolensk Oblast, Soviet Union), killed 19.[60]

1956

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1957

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1958

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1959

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1960s

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1960

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1961

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1962

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1963

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1964

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  • May 23 – All Hallows Church parish hall fire in San Francisco, California, killed 17.
  • December 18 – McGraw Nursing Home fire in Fountaintown, Indiana, killed 20.

1965

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  • December 11 – Seeley Club fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 13. Robert Lee Lassiter was found guilty of murder for setting the fire.
  • December 21 – Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire in Yonkers, New York, killed 12.[68][69]

1966

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1967

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1968

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1969

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1970s

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1970

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1971

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1972

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1973

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1974

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1975

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1976

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1977

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The Hotel Polen on fire on May 9, 1977

1978

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1979

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1980s

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1980

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1981

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1982

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1983

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1984

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1985

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1986

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990s

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1990

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  • January 14 – Flying discothèque fire at Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, killed 43.[156]
  • March 25 – Happy Land fire, arson fire in the Bronx, New York City, killed 87, the deadliest crime committed by a single person in the history of New York City.[157]

1991

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1992

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The Executive Council Building in flames during the Siege of Sarajevo in May 1992

1993

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1994

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1995

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1996

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1997

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1998

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1999

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21st century

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2000s

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2000

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2001

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The World Trade Center burning in the background during the September 11 attacks

2002

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  • June 16 – Lanjisu internet cafe fire in Beijing, China. Disgruntled youngsters set fire to the cafe after being banned. The fire killed 25 people and injured 13 others.
  • June 26 – Shreejee International footwear factory fire in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, killed 42.[188]
  • July 9 – Heppi Karaoke bar fire in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, killed 42.
  • October 29 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire in Vietnam, killed 60 and injured 90.
  • November 2 – Sidi Moussa prison fire in El Jadida, Morocco, killed 50.[189]
  • December 1 – La Guajira nightclub fire in Caracas, Venezuela, killed 47.[190][191]

2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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Fire at Alma College (Canada) in May 2008. Only a brick shell remained and was subsequently demolished.

2009

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2010s

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2010

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2011

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2012

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  • February 14 – Comayagua prison fire. A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, killed over 361 inmates.[245]
  • February 19 – A massive fire swept through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls, injured 11.[246]
  • June 26 – A fire in a market in Moscow, Russia, killed 17 migrant workers.[247]
  • May 6 – Explosions and a fire at Bangkok Synthetics Plant petrochemical plant for synthetic rubber, in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong Province, Thailand, killed 12 and injured over 100.[248]
  • May 28  – 2012 Villaggio Mall fire. A fire at a mall in Doha, Qatar, killed 19.[249]
  • August 24 – 2012 Venezuela Refinery Explosion. An explosion and fire at the Paraguaná Refinery Complex killed 48 and injured 151.
  • September 11 – 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Karachi garment factory killed at least 312 workers.[250][251]
  • September 11 – 2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Lahore shoe factory killed 25 workers.[252]
  • October 23 – An arson at the Beinan Branch of Xinyang Hospital, Taiwan, killed 13 patients. The perpetrator, in the final phase of cancer and upset by his illness, received the death penalty, dying during detention in April 2014.[253]
  • November 24 – 2012 Dhaka fire. A fire in a Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 124.[254]
  • November 26 – A fire a workshop for disabled people in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, killed 14.[255]

2013

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2014

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2015

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Clandon Park House on fire

2016

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2017

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2018

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Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire.

2019

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Notre-Dame de Paris fire

2020s

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2020

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2021

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2022

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2023

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2024

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Old Stock Exchange fire, April 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark

2025

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  • 4 January  – A fire at at a vegetable market in Zhangjiakou, China, killed eight people and injured 15.[428]
  • 11 January – Most restaurant explosion. A fire and explosion at a restaurant in Most, Czech Republic, killed seven people and injured seven others.[429][430]
  • 20 January – An arson attack at a retirement home in Belgrade, Serbia, killed eight people and injured seven others.[431]
  • 21 January – 2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire in Kartalkaya, Turkey, killed 78 people and injured 51 others.[432][433]
  • 21 January – A tank containing a highly flammable substance at the Port of Barcelona in Spain exploded and caused a fire, killing one person and injuring several others including one critically.[434]
  • 1 February – A fire in a retirement home in Bouffémont, France, killed three people and injured nine others.[435]
  • 5 February – A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Nigeria killed at least 17 children and injured at least 17 others.[436]
  • 14 February – A fire at a resort construction site in Busan, South Korea, killed six people and injured 25 others.[437]
  • 27 February – A fire at a three-story residential building in Quezon City, Philippines, killed eight people and injured one.[438]
  • 16 March – Kočani nightclub fire. A fire at a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killed 61 people and injured 196.[439][440]
  • 27 March – A fire at a hotel in Uludağ, Turkey, killed two people including alpine skier Berkin Usta, and injured four others.[441]
  • 8 April  – A fire at a nursing home in Chengde, China, killed 20 people.[442]
  • 29 April  – A fire at a restaurant in Liaoyang, China, killed 22 people.[443]
  • 29 April  – A fire at the Rituraj Hotel in Kolkata, India, killed 14 people.[444]

See also

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