List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died.

List

Rank Event Date Fatalities Coordinates Reference
1 September 11 attacks September 11, 2001 343 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
2 Great Fire of 1910 August 22, 1910 78[N 1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3]
3 1933 Griffith Park Fire October 3, 1933 29 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2]
4 Texas City disaster April 16, 1947 27 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
5 Chicago Union Stock Yards fire December 22, 1910 21 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
6 McKee refinery fire July 29, 1956 19 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
6 Yarnell Hill Fire June 30, 2013 19 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2]
8 Blackwater fire of 1937 August 21, 1937 15 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [4]
8 Rattlesnake Fire July 9, 1953 15 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
10 South Canyon Fire July 6, 1994 14 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
11 Strand Theatre fire March 10, 1941 13 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
11 Mann Gulch fire August 4, 1949 13 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
11 Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire December 21, 1910 13 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1]
14 Kingman Explosion July 5, 1973 12 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1]
14 23rd Street Fire October 16, 1966 12 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1]
16 West Fertilizer Company explosion April 17, 2013 10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [5]
17 Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire June 18, 2007 9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [6]
17 Hotel Vendome fire June 17, 1972 9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1][2]
17 Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, NY) February 3, 1939 9 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [7]
20 Great Boston Fire of 1872 November 9, 1872 8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [8]
21 1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire August 17, 1975 8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [9]
22 Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, PA) February 17, 1882 8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [10]
23 Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire December 3, 1999 6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1]

Notes

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Another source says that there were 86 deaths, but this seems to count almost all of the civilians as well.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Inferno http://library.thinkquest.org/C0119184/english/historical_fires_1910.shtml
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"
  8. ↑ "Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters", from the National Fire Protection Association
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"
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