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1963 – Fretz Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twelve-alarm fire was the largest in city history. 50 homes and multiple businesses destroyed along with original fire building. 1964 – The Bellflower Street Conflagration in Boston destroyed 19 apartment buildings and damaged 11. [citation needed]
Great New Orleans Fire (1788) Great New Orleans Fire (1794) Rossville Fire of 1963; Great Fire of New York (1776) Great Fire of New York; Great New York City Fire of 1845; 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster
1988 – Yellowstone fires of 1988 largest, most expensive wildfire in the history of the National Park Service, at the world's first national park. 1991 – Oakland firestorm of 1991 , Oakland, California, U.S., killed 25 people and injured 150 others.
September 11 – September 11 attacks – Two airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City sparked fires on multiple floors. 2,606 victims died as a result of the fires and the subsequent collapse of the towers. A third building, World Trade Center Building 7, which was not hit by a plane, but heavily ...
The NFPA's data shows that 25 wildfires in U.S. history have killed at least 10 people, including Hawaii's Lahaina fire of 2023 and major California fires in 2017, 2018, and 2020.
The fire started after a tree fell and hit an energized power line owned by Pacific Gas and Electric, California's largest power company. In 2024, a $45 million settlement was approved against PG ...
The 2017 BC fire season is notable for three reasons: first, for the largest total area burnt in a fire season in recorded history; second, for the largest number of total evacuees in a fire season (Estimated 65,000 evacuees); and third, for the largest single fire ever in British Columbia. [76] [77] 2017: 1,295,000 acres (524,000 ha)
Chongqing Waterfront Fire – "9–2 Fire" Chongqing, China: 1,670 25 May 1845 Theater fire Canton, China 900 June 1871 Theater fire Shanghai, China 800 30 December 1836 Lehman Theater fire St. Petersburg, Russia 694 18 February 1977 Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire: Xinjiang, China 658 13 February 1937 Antoung Movie Theater fire Nantong, China 614