List of building or structure fires

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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.

Antiquity through Middle Ages

16th century

17th century

  • 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

19th century

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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

1900s

1910s

1910

  • 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.[8][9]
  • 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

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1918

1919

1920s

1921

1922

  • 1922  Public Records Office fire during civil unrest at the Four Courts complex, Dublin, Ireland, destroyed much of seven centuries of Irish public records.[15]

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

  • 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

1930s

1930

1931

1932

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

1935

1936

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The Crystal Palace on fire on November 30, 1936

1937

1938

1939

1940s

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

  • 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.[39]
  • 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.[40]
  • December 7  Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 119 and injured 90.[41]

1947

1948

1949

1950s

1950

1951

1952

1953

  • March 29  Littlefield Nursing Home fire in Largo, Florida, killed 34.[51]
  • April 17  Haber Screw Company building fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 36.[52][53]

1954

1955

  • 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.[55]
  • December 13   Kindergarten fire in Vyazma (Smolensk Oblast, Soviet Union), killed 19.[56]

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960s

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

  • 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

  • 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.[64][65]

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

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The Hotel Polen on fire on May 9, 1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

  • January 14  Flying discothèque fire at Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, killed 43.[153]
  • 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.[154]

1991

1992

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

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

21st century

2000s

2000

2001

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

2002

  • 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.[185]
  • 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.[186]
  • December 1  La Guajira nightclub fire in Caracas, Venezuela, killed 47.[187][188]

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

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

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012

  • February 14  Comayagua prison fire. A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, killed over 361 inmates.[242]
  • February 19  A massive fire swept through a market in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroying between 500 and 1800 stalls, injured 11.[243]
  • June 26  A fire in a market in Moscow, Russia, killed 17 migrant workers.[244]
  • 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.[245]
  • May 28   2012 Villaggio Mall fire. A fire at a mall in Doha, Qatar, killed 19.[246]
  • 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.[247][248]
  • September 11  2012 Pakistan garment factory fires. A fire in a Lahore shoe factory killed 25 workers.[249]
  • 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.[250]
  • November 24  2012 Dhaka fire. A fire in a Tazreen Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 124.[251]
  • November 26  A fire a workshop for disabled people in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, killed 14.[252]

2013

2014

2015

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Clandon Park House on fire

2016

2017

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

2020

  • 19 January  A fire at a home for mentally disabled people in Vejprty, Czech Republic, killed eight and injured 30.[312]

2021

2022

2023

2024

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Old Stock Exchange fire, April 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark

2025

  • 4 January   A fire at at a vegetable market in Zhangjiakou, China, killed eight people and injured fifteen.[425]
  • 11 January  Most restaurant explosion. A fire and explosion at a restaurant in Most, Czech Republic, killed seven people and injured seven others.[426][427]
  • 20 January   An arson attack at a retirement home in Belgrade, Serbia, killed eight people and injured seven others.[428]
  • 21 January  2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire in Kartalkaya, Turkey, killed 78 people and injured 51 others.[429][430]
  • 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.[431]
  • 1 February   A fire in a retirement home in Bouffémont, France, killed three people and injured nine others.[432]
  • 5 February   A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Nigeria killed at least 17 children and injured at least 17 others.[433]
  • 14 February   A fire at a resort construction site in Busan, South Korea, killed six people and injured 25 others.[434]
  • 27 February   A fire at a three-storey residential building in Quezon City, Philippines, killed eight people and injured one.[435]

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