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Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities.For notable fires that involved a single structure, see list of building or structure fires.  Other lists record wildfires (including forest fires) and transportation fires, though those that caused significant urban damage also appear on that list.Table of ContentsAntiquity to Middle Ages[edit]16th century[edit]17th century[edit]18th century[edit]19th century[edit]1800s[edit]1810s[edit]1820s[edit]1830s[edit]1840s[edit]1850s[edit]1860s[edit]1870s[edit]1880s[edit]1890s[edit]20th century[edit]1900s[edit]1910s[edit]1920s[edit]1930s[edit]1940s[edit]1950s[edit]1960s[edit]1970s[edit]1980s[edit]1990s[edit]21st century[edit]2000s[edit]2010s[edit]2020s[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Antiquity to Middle Ages[edit]587 BC\u00a0\u2013 The destruction of the Temple and city of Jerusalem330 BC\u00a0\u2013 Persepolis destroyed by fire after its capture by Alexander the Great.146 BC\u00a0\u2013 Carthage was systematically burned down over 17 days by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War64\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Rome, Italy79\u00a0\u2013 Lyon burned to ashes.[1]406\u00a0\u2013 A great fire burns down much of Constantinople.532\u00a0\u2013 The Nika riots result in the destruction of much of Constantinople by fire.798\u00a0\u2013 London nearly destroyed.[1]847\u00a0\u2013 Borgo, Italy, the area around Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, was devastated by fire.1041\u00a0\u2013 Fire destroys most of the old city of Bremen, Germany, including the cathedral.1046\u00a0\u2013 A fire in Hildesheim, Germany, destroys parts of the city, including the cathedral.1132\u00a0\u2013 In June, a huge fire in Hangzhou, China, destroyed 13,000 houses.[2]1135\u00a0\u2013 Great Medieval London Fire of 1135. The first of the two Great Medieval Fires of London. This blaze was so severe that it destroyed most of the city between St Paul’s and St Clement Danes in Westminster.1137\u00a0\u2013 A Great Fire in Hangzhou, China, destroyed 10,000 houses.[2]1157\u00a0\u2013 First Fire of L\u00fcbeck, Germany, destroys the city.1204\u00a0\u2013 Sack of Constantinople (1204). Constantinople was burned three times during the Fourth Crusade.1212\u00a0\u2013 the Great Fire of Suthwark London 1212. The second of the two Great Medieval Fires of London. As many as 3,000 people died on the London Bridge while trying to flee the city.1251\u00a0\u2013 Second Fire of L\u00fcbeck, Germany, triggers the use of stone as a fire-safe building material.1253\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Utrecht, the Netherlands, lasted for 9 days and destroyed much of the city.1276\u00a0\u2013 Third Fire of L\u00fcbeck, Germany, results in a comprehensive fire safety system. This was the last major fire in the city before bombing of WW\u00a0II.1327\u00a0\u2013 Fire of Munich, Germany, destroys one-third of the city, 30 deaths.1405\u00a0\u2013 Fire of Bern, Switzerland, destroys 600 houses, over 100 deaths.1421\u00a0\u2013 First Great Fire of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.1438\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Gouda, the Netherlands, almost destroys the entire city.1452\u00a0\u2013 Second Great Fire of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, destroys three-quarters of the city.16th century[edit]17th century[edit]1608\u00a0\u2013 First settlement in Jamestown, Virginia burnt.1615\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Wymondham, Norfolk, England, two simultaneous fires destroyed 300 properties.1624\u00a0\u2013 Oslo, Norway, destroyed by fire.1625\u00a0\u2013 First Great Stockholm Fire, Sweden, burned for three days and destroyed a fifth of the infrastructure.1652\u00a0\u2013  Glasgow, Scotland, a third of the city destroyed and over 1,000 families left homeless.[3]1653\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Marlborough, England, destroyed the Guildhall, St Mary’s Church, the County Armoury, and 224 dwellings.1656\u00a0\u2013 Fire of Aachen destroys 4,664 houses, kills 17.1657\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Meireki destroys two-thirds of the Japanese capital Edo (modern-day Tokyo).[4]1660\u00a0\u2013 Fire in Istanbul, Turkey, destroys two-thirds of the city and kills an estimated 40,000 people.[5]1663\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Nagasaki destroys the port of Nagasaki in Japan.[6]  1666\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of London of 1666, which originated in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane and destroyed much of London.1675\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Northampton, England. The blaze was caused by sparks from an open fire in St. Mary’s Street near Northampton castle. In 6 hours it devastated the town centre, destroying about 600 buildings (three-quarters of the town) including All Saints church. 11 people died and about 700 families were made homeless.1676\u00a0\u2013 Jamestown, Virginia was burned by Nathaniel Bacon and his followers during Bacon’s Rebellion to prevent Governor Berkley from using it as a base.1677\u00a0\u2013 Fire of Rostock, Germany, destroys 700 houses and accelerates the city’s economic decline at the end of the Hanseatic period.1678\u00a0\u2013 Hardegsen. Germany, experienced a fire during the Christmas fair that destroyed most of the town centre. There were no injuries as people were in church.1684\u00a0\u2013 Toompea (part of modern Tallinn), a fire destroyed most of the hilltop-town.1689\u00a0\u2013 Fire of Skopje of 1689, present-day capital of North Macedonia is burned.1692\u00a0\u2013 Two-thirds of Usingen, Germany, is razed, later replaced by a baroque town centre.1694\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Warwick, England1696\u00a0\u2013 St. John’s, Newfoundland, and 35 other settlements were burned by French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville.18th century[edit]1702\u00a0\u2013 Uppsala, Sweden, devastated in large part and the cathedral and Uppsala Castle severely damaged.1702\u00a0\u2013 Bergen, at the time the largest city in Norway, seven-eighths destroyed during a storm.1707\u00a0\u2013 X\u00e0tiva, the second most important city in the former Kingdom of Valencia, was burnt down as an exemplary punishment by the Bourbon king Philip V of Spain after besieging and conquering it.1711\u00a0\u2013 Great Boston Fire of 1711. Destroyed the First Town-House1726\u00a0\u2013 Reutlingen, Germany, Free Imperial City, 80% of all residential houses and almost all public buildings destroyed, making 1,200 families homeless.1728\u00a0\u2013 Copenhagen Fire of 1728, Denmark, two-fifths of the city burned down during three days. 3,650 families became homeless.1731\u00a0\u2013 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, a large majority of the town was destroyed on 4 June. The aftermath of this fire had an Act of Parliament passed stating that rebuilding work must be in brick and tile.1731\u00a0\u2013 Tiverton fire, Devon, England, burned nearly 300 houses.1734\u00a0\u2013 Montreal, New France1752\u00a0\u2013 Fire destroys 18,000 houses in Moscow, 5\u20136 May.1754\u00a0\u2013 The Great Fire of Hindon swept through the village of Hindon, Wiltshire, burning 144 houses and buildings to the ground.1759\u00a0\u2013 The Second Great Stockholm Fire  (Swedish: Mariabranden meaning brand = fire) in S\u00f6dermalm, Stockholm, Sweden, destroyed about 300 buildings.1760 \u00a0\u2013  Fire in the town of Porvoo, Finland (then part of Sweden) burned down most of the settlement on June 11. Propagated by long drought and strong wind.1760\u00a0\u2013 Great Boston Fire of 1760, 349 buildings destroyed1775\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Tartu, Estonia, nearly 200 buildings destroyed  1776\u00a0\u2013 First Great Fire of New York City of 17761776\u00a0\u2013 Around two-thirds of Vara\u017edin, the capital of Croatia at the time, destroyed in a fire of unknown origin.1787\u00a0\u2013 Great Boston Fire of 1787. 100 buildings destroyed in the southern part of Boston.[7]1788\u00a0\u2013 First Great New Orleans Fire of 1788, 856 out of 1,100 structures burned.1788\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Tenmei, Kyoto, Japan, 150 killed, 37,000 houses burned, on March\u00a06.[8]1793\u00a0\u2013 Cap Fran\u00e7ais (modern-day Cap-Ha\u00eftien, Haiti).1794\u00a0\u2013 Second Great New Orleans Fire of 1794, 212 structures destroyed.1795\u00a0\u2013 Copenhagen fire of 179519th century[edit]1800s[edit]1810s[edit]1820s[edit]1830s[edit]1840s[edit]1842\u00a0\u2013 Hamburg fire, about a quarter of the inner city destroyed, 51 killed, and an estimated 20,000 homeless.  Views of Pittsburgh the day after the 1845 Great Fire. Detail from William Coventry Wall print, “Great Conflagration at Pittsburgh”.1845\u00a0\u2013 Great New York City Fire of 1845, 345 buildings destroyed1845\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Pittsburgh destroyed over 1,000 buildings.1845\u00a0\u2013 A fire at La Playa, the city port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, wiped out most of the Ponce vicinity in March.[11][12][14]1846\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of 1846 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, destroyed about 2,000 buildings and left 12,000 homeless.1847\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Bucharest, Romania.1848\u00a0\u2013 Fire in Medina, Ohio, destroyed the entire business district.1849\u00a0\u2013 St. Louis Fire of 1849, saw the first US firefighter killed in the line of duty.1849\u00a0\u2013 First Great Fire of Toronto of 18491850s[edit]1850\u00a0\u2013 Krak\u00f3w Fire of 1850, Poland, affects 10% of the city area.1851\u00a0\u2013 San Francisco Fire of 1851 destroys 2,000 buildings.1852\u00a0\u2013 Vaasa, Finland1852\u00a0\u2013 Great Montreal Fire of 1852 in Montreal left 10,000 of the city’s 57,000 residents homeless.[15]1854\u00a0\u2013 The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead, England, started by a spectacular explosion, killed 53 and leveled substantial property in both towns.1858\u00a0\u2013 A large fire in Auckland, New Zealand, destroyed 3 hotels, 20 shops, more than 50 houses, the police station, theater, post office and several other buildings in the centre of town, an entire city block.[16] At the time Auckland had a population of about 6,300.[17]1860s[edit]1862\u00a0\u2013 Troy, New York, 671 buildings destroyed1864\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, burned over four city blocks with over 50 houses and dozens of businesses razed1861\u20131865\u00a0\u2013 The American Civil War involved several major city fires:1866\u00a0\u2013 Great Portland Fire of 1866, Maine, destroyed the commercial district and left 10,000 homeless.1868\u00a0\u2013 Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria. Arson destroyed 107 houses and 146 other buildings; 4 deaths.1869\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of Whitstable of 1869, Kent, England, fed by strong winds, destroying 71 buildings.1870s[edit]1870\u00a0\u2013 Fire in Medina, Ohio, started in a wooden building with a barber shop and consumed all but two blocks of the business district, nearly wiping out the entire town.1871\u00a0\u2013 Fires deliberately set during the Paris Commune in May destroyed the Royal Palace of the Tuileries, the Louvre Library, the Palais de Justice, the H\u00f4tel de Ville, the Gare de Lyon, and the Palais d’Orsay.1871\u00a0\u2013 Strong winds fed several simultaneous fires in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois on October 8\u20139:1872\u00a0\u2013 Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people.1874\u00a0\u2013 Chicago Fire of 1874, July 14, was in some respects very similar to the 1871 fire, but was stopped by a new fire-proof wall. It destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.1875\u00a0\u2013 Great Whiskey Fire, Dublin, 18 June, killed 13 people, and destroyed a malt house, a bonded warehouse, houses and a tannery in Mill Street and Chamber Street.1877 \u2013 Paris, Texas, the first of three fires that destroyed much of the town.1877\u00a0\u2013 Saint John, New Brunswick, fire destroyed 1,600 buildings.1878\u00a0\u2013 The Great Fire of Hong Kong [18] destroyed 350 to 400 buildings across more than 10 acres (40,000\u00a0m2) of central Hong Kong.1879\u00a0\u2013 Hakodate fire, Hakodate, Hokkaid\u014d, Japan, caused 67 fatalities, 20,000 homeless.[19]1880s[edit]1880\u00a0\u2013 On 25 September, another fire took place destroying most of the older civil records (births, baptisms, marriages, etc.) of the Ponce, Puerto Rico, parish.[20]1881\u00a0\u2013 Thumb Fire in Michigan burned over a million acres during a drought, 282 killed.1883\u00a0\u2013 In mid August, a Great Fire broke out in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, destroying the royal palace and 1,600 buildings, many housing gunpowder.[21][22]1886\u00a0\u2013 Fire in Calgary, Alberta1886\u00a0\u2013 Great Vancouver Fire, Vancouver, British Columbia1888\u00a0\u2013 Sundsvall Fire of 1888, Sweden, left 9,000 homeless.1889\u00a0\u2013 Great Seattle Fire, Washington, destroyed the central business district1889\u00a0\u2013 Great Spokane Fire, Washington, destroyed the downtown commercial district.[23]1889\u00a0\u2013 Great Ellensburg Fire, Washington, resulted in the city’s bid to become the state capital ending in failure.1889\u00a0\u2013 Great Bakersfield Fire of 1889, California, destroyed 196 buildings and killed 1 person.1889\u00a0\u2013 The First Great Fire of Lynn, Massachusetts, destroyed about 100 buildings and took over 2 weeks to put out.[24]  1890s[edit]1892\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of 1892 in St. John’s, Newfoundland1893\u00a0\u2013 Clarksville, Virginia, fire destroyed many of the blocks between the river (now the Kerr Reservoir) and 5th Street in the historic commercial core.1894\u00a0\u2013 Great Hinckley Fire, Minnesota was a firestorm that destroyed several towns; over 400 killed.1894\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire in Shanghai destroyed over 1,000 buildings.1896 \u2013 Paris, Texas, the second of three fires that destroyed much of the town.1897\u00a0\u2013 The Great Fire of Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, destroyed 80% of the town.1898\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of New Westminster, British Columbia1898\u00a0\u2013 Great fire of Park City, Utah1899\u00a0\u2013 El Polvorin Fire in Ponce, Puerto Rico, occurred on January 25.  The fire started at the U.S. Munitions Depot (on the lot currently occupied by the Ponce High School). The heroes in that fire are remembered with monuments and an obelisk in Plaza Las Delicias.[12][25]20th century[edit]1900s[edit]1900\u00a0\u2013 Hull\u2013Ottawa Fire of 1900, Canada. Starting in Hull, Quebec, the fire crossed the river to Ottawa, Ontario, and destroyed large areas of both cities.1900\u00a0\u2013 Sandon, British Columbia, Canada, destroyed by fire.1901\u00a0\u2013 Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida, destroyed the downtown area with flames seen for hundreds of miles.1902\u00a0\u2013 The Great Conflagration of 1902, Paterson, New Jersey[26]1904\u00a0\u2013 Great Baltimore Fire of 19041904\u00a0\u2013 Second Great Fire of Toronto of 19041904\u00a0\u2013 Yazoo City, Mississippi (USA) fire, 25 May, destroyed entire business district of ca. 125 buildings; US$2,000,000 in damages.[27]1904\u00a0\u2013 \u00c5lesund Fire, 850 buildings destroyed, c. 10,000 made homeless; the fire started during a violent storm.1906\u00a0\u2013 San Francisco earthquake and fire1906\u00a0\u2013 Dundee Fire of 1906, Scotland, began at a whiskey warehouse with alcohol explosions spreading flames, several blocks burned.1907\u00a0\u2013 Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, a fire that broke out in the evening of August 25 burned for six hours, destroying an estimated 60\u201370% of the city, leaving 60,000+ homeless and causing at least 8,000,000 yen in property damage, including many of the city’s historical buildings destroyed.[28][29][30][31][32][33]1908\u00a0\u2013 First Great Chelsea Fire on April 12.  Nearly half the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts, was destroyed.1909\u00a0\u2013 Phoenix, British Columbia destroyed by fire, then rebuilt.[citation needed]1910s[edit]1911\u00a0\u2013 Oscoda\/AuSable, Michigan[citation needed]1911\u00a0\u2013 Great Fire of 1911 in Bangor, Maine, destroyed hundreds of buildings.1911\u00a0\u2013 Great Porcupine Fire in Porcupine, Ontario. Destroyed up to 494,000 acres of forest.1912\u00a0\u2013 Houston, Texas, 56 city blocks; Houston’s largest fire1912\u00a0\u2013 Maryland Agricultural College, now the University of Maryland.1914\u00a0\u2013 Great Salem Fire of 1914, Massachusetts1916\u00a0\u2013 Bergen, Norway. About 300 buildings razed.1916\u00a0\u2013 Matheson Fire, Matheson, Ontario. Destroyed approximately 490,000 acres of land.1916\u00a0\u2013 Paris, Texas Fire of 1916. Largest of 3 historical fires that destroyed most of the central business district and a large residential section.1917\u00a0\u2013 The Halifax Explosion, the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb, sparked fires throughout Halifax, Nova Scotia.1917\u00a0\u2013 Great Atlanta fire of 1917, during which over 300 acres (1.2\u00a0km2, 73 blocks) were destroyed.1917\u00a0\u2013 Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917, Thessaloniki, Greece. About 9,500 buildings were destroyed.1917\u00a0\u2013  In Gy\u00f6ngy\u00f6s, Hungary, a fire destroyed a number of buildings, leaving around 8,000 people homeless.1920s[edit]1920\u00a0\u2013 The Burning of Cork, Ireland, a fire set on December 11by the British Auxiliaries in revenge after an ambush by the IRA destroyed much of the old city centre of Cork.1921\u00a0\u2013 Tulsa Race Riot resulted in the destruction of 35 city blocks and 1,256 residences by arson.1922 – The Fire of Manisa, Manisa, Greek Zone of Smyrna1922\u00a0\u2013 The Great Fire of Smyrna, Smyrna, Greek Zone of Smyrna, estimated at least 10,000 and up to 100,000 Greeks and Armenians killed1922\u00a0\u2013 Most of downtown Astoria, Oregon burns1922\u00a0\u2013 The Great Fire of 1922 in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, killed 43 people and burnt down 18 townships.1923\u00a0\u2013 1923 Tokyo fire following the Great Kant\u014d earthquake razed half the city with over 100,000 deaths.[34]1923\u00a0\u2013 1923 Berkeley Fire, California, destroyed at least 640 structures.1925\u00a0\u2013 1925 Decatur St. Fire, Atlanta, Georgia, left 6 firefighters dead, 8 others seriously injured.[35]1928\u00a0\u2013 Great Fall River fire of 1928, Massachusetts1930s[edit]1931\u00a0\u2013 Napier and Hastings, New Zealand. Fire engulfed much of these twin cities in the aftermath of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake.1931\u00a0\u2013 Downtown fire in Marshfield, Wisconsin, killed 6 on March 28.1931\u00a0\u2013 Half of downtown Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada, was destroyed by fire.1934\u00a0\u2013 Hakodate, Hokkaido, a household fire began on March 21 and spread to the surrounding areas including a local court, department store, school and hospital. Over two days 2,166 people lost their lives, with 9,485 injured, 145,500 people made homeless, and 11,055 buildings lost.1938\u00a0\u2013 1938 Changsha Fire, 56,000 buildings burned by the Chinese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War to prevent the Japanese from getting resources, 3,000 civilians killed.1939\u00a0\u2013 Luftwaffe Bombing of Warsaw on September 1, 1939, at the outbreak of World War\u00a0II, left an estimated 1,500 killed.[36]1939\u00a0\u2013 Great Lagunillas Fire at Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela, on November 14.1940s[edit]1940\u20131945\u00a0\u2013 Air raids during World War II resulted in many major city fires:1940\u00a0\u2013 Bombing of Rotterdam, 14 May, forcing the capitulation of the Dutch government. 800 killed, 24.000 houses destroyed, 80,000 left homeless.1940\u00a0\u2013 The Second Great Fire of London, one of the most-destructive air raids of The Blitz. 1,500 were killed.1942\u00a0\u2013 German air bombardment of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, resulting in firestorm and 955 fatalities (original Soviet estimate).1943\u00a0\u2013 Hamburg, 45,000 killed (largest in an air-raid on Germany)1943\u00a0\u2013 Kassel, 10,000 killed1944\u00a0\u2013 Braunschweig, 2,600 killed but 30,000 rescued1944\u00a0\u2013 Darmstadt, 12,000 killed1944\u00a0\u2013 Heilbronn, 6,500 killed1945\u00a0\u2013 Dresden, around 30,000 killed in firestorm during one of the most-controversial Allied air-raids.1945\u00a0\u2013 Pforzheim, a quarter of the town’s population (17,000) killed.1945\u00a0\u2013 Hildesheim, 1,500 killed1945\u00a0\u2013 Tokyo, causing the largest urban conflagration in history, with over 100,000 killed.1945\u00a0\u2013 W\u00fcrzburg, 5,000 killed1945\u00a0\u2013 Kobe, 8,800 killed1945\u00a0\u2013 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 105,000 to 120,000 killed; large fires in each city.1941\u00a0\u2013 The great fire of Santander, Spain, destroyed the greater part of the medieval town centre.1944\u00a0\u2013 Destruction of Warsaw by the German army and Waffen SS, as a reprisal for the Warsaw Uprising, included the deliberate burning of many buildings.[37]1946\u00a0\u2013 Bandung, a city in West Java, Indonesia, was burned on March 24 by Indonesians to prevent the Dutch from retaking the city, an event called “Bandung sea of fire”.1947\u00a0\u2013 Texas City Disaster, two ships explode, igniting fires throughout the city and chemical works, 460\u2013600 killed.1948\u00a0\u2013 Fukui earthquake with fire, 46,000 buildings and houses lost on June 28.1949\u00a0\u2013 A fire burned for 18 hours in Chongqing’s waterfront and banking district, on September 2, killed 2,865 people[38] and left more than 100,000 homeless. 7,000 buildings were destroyed.[39]1950s[edit]1953\u00a0\u2013 Shek Kip Mei fire in a squatter area in Hong Kong left 58,000 homeless.[40]1954\u00a0\u2013 1954 Iwanai Fire, an affective strong wind by Typhoon Marie in Hokkaido on 26 September, according to a Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 38 persons perished, 551 persons were hurt, total 261.4 acres were lost.[41]1955\u00a0\u2013 The Freeman Pier Fire in Seaside Heights & Seaside Park, New Jersey, United States.  At least 30 businesses lost, 50 residents evacuated, no major injuries.[42][43][44]1956\u00a0\u2013 Franklin Street fire in New Haven, Connecticut, killed 15 on January 25.1960s[edit]1961\u00a0\u2013 Bukit Ho Swee Fire, flames erupt in a squatter settlement in Singapore, making 16,000 homeless.1961\u00a0\u2013 Brentwood-Bel Air fire in Los Angeles, burned 6,090 acres (24.6\u00a0km2) and destroyed 484 homes.[45]1963\u00a0\u2013 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\u00a0\u2013 The Bellflower Street Conflagration in Boston destroyed 19 apartment buildings and damaged 11.[citation needed]1966\u00a0\u2013 Fire in Iloilo City, the Philippines, devastated most of the downtown area.1970s[edit]1973\u00a0\u2013 Second Great Chelsea Fire on October 14 destroyed 18 city blocks.1974\u00a0\u2013 Chelsea, Massachusetts, a May 24 fire at the American Barrel Company spread to several other businesses in a two block area.1980s[edit]1981\u00a0\u2013 Arson-initiated firestorm in Lynn, Massachusetts levelled downtown factory area under redevelopment.[46]1982\u00a0\u2013 Keane fire, Alberta, Canada, consumed more than 500,000 hectares of forest[47][clarification needed]1982\u00a0\u2013 Village of Lopez, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States, entire business district, including two hotels and the fire department leveled by a wind-whipped fire. It also sparked a 100 acre forest fire nearby.1983\u00a0\u2013 1983 Buffalo propane explosion in Buffalo, New York kills five firefighters and two others and destroys millions in property.1983\u00a0\u2013 Dushore, Pennsylvania A fire destroyed two blocks of the historic business district, eight businesses and four homes. The fire was intentionally set.1984\u00a0\u2013 Oil spill set fire to the shantytown of Vila Soc\u00f3, Cubat\u00e3o, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, on February 25; official death toll is 93 people although speculation is more than 200.[citation needed]1985\u00a0\u2013 MOVE incident in Philadelphia destroyed 65 houses on Osage Avenue and left 250 homeless.1985\u00a0\u2013 Annanar forest fire, Portugal, 1,500\u00a0km2 destroyed, killing 14.1986\u00a0\u2013 Chu Ku Tsai village fire, Hong Kong, left 2,000 homeless on Lunar New Year holiday.[40]1986\u00a0\u2013 Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter fire, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 150 vessels destroyed, 1,700 homeless and 2 injured on December 25.[40]1988\u00a0\u2013 Great Lashio Fire, Lashio, Myanmar, killed 134 and destroyed 2,000 buildings.1988\u00a0\u2013 A fire in Lisbon, Portugal, destroyed 7 blocks of houses (7,500\u00a0m2) on August 25.1988\u00a0\u2013 The Perkasie, Pennsylvania, fire destroyed one and a half blocks of its historic downtown.1990s[edit]21st century[edit]2000s[edit]2001\u00a0\u2013 Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.  Of the initial casualties, approximately 2,600 deaths (including 343 firefighters and 71 law enforcement officers) were caused by fires that followed the crashes of jetliners into the World Trade Center towers in New York. At the Pentagon in Washington, DC, 125 people were killed by the plane crash and subsequent fire.2002\u00a0\u2013 Lagos armoury explosion caused fires in Northern Lagos, Nigeria, which killed at least 1,100 people.2002\u00a0\u2013 Edinburgh Cowgate fire, Scotland, 150 people fled their homes but there were no injuries.[48]2002\u00a0\u2013 Rodeo\u2013Chediski Fire2003\u00a0\u2013 Canberra bushfires killed 4 and destroyed over 500 homes2003\u00a0\u2013 Cedar Fire, San Diego, tenth-largest California brush fire that killed 15 and destroyed 2,232 homes.2007\u00a0\u2013 Greek forest fires destroyed 2,100 buildings.2008\u00a0\u2013 Camden Market Fire, which caused severe damage to one of North London’s most famous shopping districts.2009\u00a0\u2013 February Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia, resulted in 173 deaths2010s[edit]2010\u00a0\u2013  2010 Thai political protests in Bangkok, burned BEC TV3, CentralWorld and many buildings.2010\u00a0\u2013 Dhaka fire kills 117 people in the Nimtali area of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.2011\u00a0\u2013 Devastating fire in Manila, Philippines,[49] leaves about 8,000 people homeless and 9 injured in a Makati  squatter community.2012\u00a0\u2013 Hurricane Sandy caused a six-alarm fire that destroyed 121 homes in Breezy Point, Queens, New York.2013\u00a0\u2013 Yarnell Hill Fire burned over 13 square miles, destroyed over 100 homes,[50] and killed 19 firefighters.[51]2013\u00a0\u2013 Lac-M\u00e9gantic derailment caused an explosion and fire in the town centre that destroyed over 30 buildings and killed 46.[52][53] The event was the deadliest train accident in Canada since 1864.[54]2013\u00a0\u2013 Boardwalk fire in Seaside Heights & Seaside Park, New Jersey, US.  At least 19 buildings destroyed, 30 businesses lost, no major injuries.[55]2014\u00a0\u2013 Valpara\u00edso wildfire devastated several areas of Valpara\u00edso, Chile, destroying 2,500 homes and killing at least 15 people.2015\u00a0\u2013 Tianjin Port fire and explosions killed at least 173 people, damaged 300 buildings and over 10,000 vehicles.2016\u00a0\u2013 Fort McMurray wildfire in Alberta destroyed approximately 2,400 homes and buildings, and forced a complete evacuation.[56]2016\u00a0\u2013 The Gatlinburg Fire began as a wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and spread into the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, killing 14.[citation needed]2017\u00a0\u2013  October 2017 Iberian wildfires. A fire started in Galicia, a province with high risk of wildfire and spread dangerously quick thanks to Hurricane Ophelia (2017) through Spain and Portugal.2017\u00a0\u2013 In October, 17 separate fires raged across five counties in Northern California, causing extensive damage in Sonoma and Napa Counties.  The fires burned 160,000 acres, destroyed 5,700 buildings, and killed 43. The two largest fires were the Tubbs Fire and Atlas Fire. The city of Santa Rosa, California sustained heavy damage, with over 2,800 buildings destroyed.2018\u00a0\u2013 Kemerovo fire at the Winter Cherry complex mall in Kemerovo, Russia, killed 60 people. The blaze started on the top floor of the four-story complex, and people were seen jumping from windows to escape it.[57][58]2018\u00a0\u2013 Camp Fire. California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire left at least 81 people dead and torched more than 152,000 acres. The fire burned through the towns of Paradise and Concow and other populated areas including Magelia, CenterVille and Butte Creek Canyons, and destroyed the historic Honey Run Covered Bridge, one of the last three-tier bridges that stood in the United States.2018\u00a0\u2013  Between July 23 and July 25 Greece experienced a national tragedy when a huge fire near Marathon in Attika killed 100 people. The inefficient fire service is said to have been a major factor for the disastrous outcome. The fire broke out in a nearby forest and quickly expanded to the surrounding towns.2019\u00a0\u2013 Another Dhaka fire kills 78 people on February 20 in Churihatta, Chawkbazar area of old Dhaka, Bangladesh.2020s[edit]2020 \u2013 The Almeda Drive Fire in Jackson County, Oregon burned down the towns of Talent and Phoenix.2020 \u2013 The Beachie Creek Fire in Marion County, Oregon destroyed the towns of Detroit and Gates. The fire erupted due to historic winds causing downed powerlines throughout the Santiam Canyon on September 8, causing the death of 5 people.2020 \u2013 Arson damage from 164 structure fires during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis\u2013Saint Paul resulted in one death.2021 \u2013 The Lytton Creek Wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia burned the town of Lytton.2021\u2013 The Caldor Fire That burned Grizzly Flats, California and Omo Ranch, California.2021 \u2013 A fire broke out in the town of El Cayo on the cay of Bonacca which is part of an island named Guanaja. The fire injured 4 residents and destroyed more than 200 structures.2021 \u2013 50+ MPH winds blew the West Wind Fire into Denton, MT burning 25 homes and several other outbuildings including the town’s grain elevators.2021 \u2013 Over 1,000 homes burned, and at least one person died in Marshall, Superior and Louisville Colorado in the Marshall fire.See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. 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