Historic fires

Want to know what materials we have relating to past fires? Try clicking on any of the links below and browse the list of results.

Links to LRC Titles

1910 Northern Rockies Fires | Idaho, Montana | July-August, 1910 | 87 fatalities ; including 78 firefighters | Browse library titles | About this incident |
23rd Street Fire | New York, NY | October 17th, 1966 | 12 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Beverly Hills Supper Club | Southgate, KY | May 28, 1977 | 165 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Bel Air Conflagration | Bel Air, CA | November 7, 1961 | 500 homes destroyed | LAFD Video - Design for Disaster |
Charles Berg Laboratory | Philadelphia, PA | October 28, 1954 | 10 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Charleston Sofa Super Store | Charleston, SC | June 18, 2007 | 9 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Cleveland Clinic Fire | Cleveland, OH | May 15, 1929 | 125 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Cocoanut Grove | Boston, MA | November 28, 1942 | 492 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Construction Site Explosion | Kansas City, MO | November 29, 1988 | 6 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Dupont Plaza Hotel | San Juan, Puerto Rico | December 31, 1986 | 97 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
East Bay Hills Fire | Oakland, CA | October 20, 1991 | 25 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Empire State Building 1945 | New York, NY | July 8, 1945 | 14 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
First Interstate Bank | Los Angeles, CA | May 4, 1988 | 1 fatality, 40 injuries | Browse library titles | About this incident |
General Slocum Steamship Disaster | New York, NY | June 15, 1904 | 1021 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Golden Age Nursing Home | Fitchville, OH | November 23, 1963 | 63 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Adventure Amusement Park Fire - | Jackson Township, NJ | May 11, 1984 | 8 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Baltimore Fire 1904 | Baltimore, MD | February 7, 1904 | $50 million damages | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Boston Fire 1872 | Boston, MA | November 9, 1872 | 20 fatalities; $73 million damages | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Chelsea Fire 1973 | Chelsea, MA | October 14th, 1973 | Destoyed 18 city blocks | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Chicago Fire 1871 | Chicago, IL | October 8-10, 1871 | circa 200-300 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Great Fire of Portland 1866 | Portland, ME | July 4th, 1866 | 1,500 buildings destroyed| Browse library titles | About this incident |
Gulf Hotel Fire | Houston, TX | September 7, 1943 | 55 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Gulf Oil Refinery | Philadelphia, PA | August 17, 1975 | 8 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Hackensack Ford Fire | Hackensack, NJ | July 1, 1988 | 5 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Happy Land Social Club Fire | New York, NY | March 25, 1990 | 87 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Hartford Circus Fire | Hartford, CT | July 6, 1944 | 168 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Hotel Lasalle | Chicago, IL | June 5, 1946 | 61 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Hotel Vendome | Boston, MA | June 17, 1972 | 9 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Imperial Foods Chicken Processing Plant - | Hamlet, NC | September 3, 1991 | 25 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Iroquois Theater | Chicago, IL | December 30, 1903 | 605 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Lakeview School Fire | Collinwood, OH | March 4, 1908 | 176 fatalities | Browse library titles| About this incident |
Mann Gulch | Helena National Forest, MT | August 5, 1949 | 13 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
McKee Refinery | Moore County, TX | July 29, 1956 | 19 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Mercy Hospital | Davenport, IA | January 7, 1950 | 41 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
MGM Grand Hotel | Las Vegas, NV | November 21, 1980 | 85 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
New London School | New London, TX | March 18, 1937 | 294 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Ohio State Penitentiary | Columbus, OH | April 21, 1930 | 322 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
One Meridian Plaza | Philadelphia, PA | February 23, 1991 | 3 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Our Lady of the Angels School | Chicago, IL | December 1, 1958 | 95 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Peshtigo | Peshtigo, WI | October 8, 1871 | ~ 1,500 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Pioneer Hotel | Tucson, AZ | December 20, 1970 | 29 fatalities | Browse library titles |
Roseburg Oregon Disaster | Roseburg, OR | August 7, 1959 | 13 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Rhythm Night Club Fire | Natchez, MS | April 23, 1940 | ~ 189 - 209 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Saint Anthony Hospital | Effingham, IL | April 5, 1949 | 70 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Sherwin Williams Paint Warehouse Fire | Dayton, OH | May 27, 1987 | $32 million property loss | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Station Nightclub | West Warwick, RI | February 20, 2003 | 100 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Storm King (a.k.a South Canyon Fire) | Glenwood Springs, CO | July 6, 1994 | 14 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Texas City Explosion 1947 - | Texas City TX | April 16-17, 1947 | 581 fatalities; 27 firefighter fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Triangle Shirtwaist Company | New York, NY | March 25, 1911 | 146 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Victoria Bushfires | Victoria, Australia | February 7, 2009 | 173 fatalities | Browse library titles |
Waverly Train Derailment - Waverly, TN, | February 22nd, 1978 | Browse library titles | About this incident |
Winecoff Hotel | Atlanta GA, | December 7, 1946 | 119 fatalities | Browse library titles | About this incident |