List of accidents and disasters by death toll


This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents. Purposeful disasters, such as terrorist attacks, are omitted; those events can be found at List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

Amusement parks

DeathsDateAttractionAmusement parkLocation
2814 February 2004Transvaal Park ; the roof of the indoor water park collapsedTransvaal ParkYasenevo, Moscow, Russia
1527 June 2015Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injuredFormosa Fun CoastBali, New Taipei, Taiwan
811 May 1984Haunted Castle; a fire caused by a cigarette lighter igniting the flammable foam-rubber walls of the facilitySix Flags Great AdventureJackson Township, New Jersey, United States
79 June 1979Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotageLuna Park SydneySydney, Australia
714 August 1981Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injuredHamburger DomHamburg,
613 August 1944Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injuredPalisades Amusement ParkCliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
629 June 2010Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injuredOCT EastYantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
530 May 1972Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injuredBattersea ParkBattersea, London, England
523 June 2017Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming poolKuzuluk AquaparkAkyazi, Turkey
424 July 1930Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injuredKrug ParkOmaha, Nebraska, United States
425 October 2016Thunder River Rapids Ride; one of the rafts at the ride flipped upside down and became wedged under a conveyor beltDreamworldGold Coast, Queensland, Australia
314 June 1986Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillarGalaxylandEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
326 July 1978Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the groundSix Flags St. LouisEureka, Missouri, United States

Aviation

DeathsDateIncidentLocation
58327 March 1977Pan Am Flight 1736 and
KLM Flight 4805
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
52012 August 1985Japan Airlines Flight 123Ueno, Japan
34912 November 1996Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and
Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907
Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India
3463 March 1974Turkish Airlines Flight 981Fontaine-Chaalis, France
32923 June 1985Air India Flight 182Waterville, Ireland
30119 August 1980Saudia Flight 163Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
29817 July 2014Malaysia Airlines Flight 17Hrabove, Ukraine
27519 February 20032003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crashKerman, Iran
27325 May 1979American Airlines Flight 191Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
26512 November 2001American Airlines Flight 587Queens, New York, United States
26426 April 1994China Airlines Flight 140Japan-KomakiKomaki, Japan

Cable Transport

DeathsDateIncidentLocation
15511 November 2000Kaprun disasterKaprun, Austria
439 March 19761976 Cavalese cable car disasterCavalese, Italy
201 June 1990Tbilisi cable car disasterTbilisi, Georgia
203 February 19981998 Cavalese cable car disasterCavalese, Italy
201 July 1999Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car disasterSaint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
1312 July 1972Bettmeralp cable car disasterBettmeralp, Switzerland
1229 June 2017Charra Pani cable car disasterCharra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan
1113 February 1983Champoluc cable car disasterChampoluc, Italy
926 October 1972Les Deux Alpes cable car disasterLes Deux Alpes, Isère, France
95 September 2005Sölden cable car disasterSölden, Austria
813 January 1989Vaujany cable car disasterVaujany, France
725 December 1965Le Mont-Dore cable car disasterLe Mont-Dore, France
729 January 1983Singapore Cable Car disasterSingapore
719 January 20032003 Pavagadh cable car disasterPavagadh, India
725 June 2017Gulmarg cable car disasterGulmarg, India
629 August 1961Aiguille du Midi cable car accidentAiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
61 March 1987Luz-Ardiden cable car accidentLuz-Ardiden, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
58 December 1970Merano cable car accidentMerano, Italy
41 August 1971Alagna Valsesia cable car accidentAlagna Valsesia, Italy
49 July 1974Ulriken cable car accidentUlriken, Norway
426 March 1976Vail cable car accidentVail, Colorado, United States
415 April 1978Squaw Valley cable car accidentOlympic Valley, California, United States
429 January 1992Nassfeld cable car accidentNassfeld, Austria
419 October 2003Darjeeling cable car accidentDarjeeling, India
424 April 20162016 Pavagadh cable car accidentPavagadh, India
326 July 1978Skyway cable car accidentEureka, Missouri, United States
32 April 2004Yerevan funicular accidentYerevan, Armenia
215 August 1960Monte Faito cable car accidentMonte Faito, Italy
25 September 1965Lincoln cable car accidentLincoln, Nebraska, United States
29 July 1966Aiguille du Midi cable car accidentAiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
214 December 1985Keystone cable car accidentKeystone, Colorado, United States
224 November 1991Pico Espejo cable car accidentPico Espejo, Mérida, Venezuela
223 December 1995Whistler Blackcomb cable car accidentWhistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
23 August 2013Gross Aubrig cable car accidentGross Aubrig, Switzerland
11 September 19431943 Angels Flight funicular accidentAngels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
19 April 1947Monte Serrate funicular accidentMonte Serrate, São Paulo, Brazil
126 July 1956Mount Rowe cable car accidentMount Rowe, New Hampshire, United States
110 August 1957Cogne cable car accidentCogne, Val d'Aosta, Italy
115 June 1968Raton Pass cable car accidentRaton Pass, New Mexico, United States
122 October 1979Texas State Fair cable car accidentDallas, Texas, United States
14 February 1984Big Powderhorn Mountain cable car accidentBig Powderhorn Mountain, Michigan, United States
123 December 1989Maple Mountain cable car accidentMaple Mountain, Michigan, United States
14 April 1993Sierra-at-Tahoe cable car accidentSierra-at-Tahoe, Twin Bridges, California, United States
128 August 1993Monte Solaro cable car accidentMonte Solaro, Anacapri, Italy
112 October 1996Quebec funicular accidentOld Quebec Funicular, Quebec, Canada
18 December 1996Snow Valley cable car accidentSnow Valley, Ontario, Canada
114 December 1996Riederalp cable car accidentRiederalp, Switzerland
126 December 1999Crans Montana cable car accidentCrans Montana, Switzerland
13 January 2001Table Mountain cable car accidentCape Town, South Africa
14 January 2001Powder Ridge cable car accidentPowder Ridge, Kimball, Minnesota, United States
11 February 20012001 Angels Flight funicular accidentAngels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
127 July 2004Abisko National Park cable car accidentAbisko National Park, Sweden
124 May 2007Zillertal cable car accidentZillertal, Mayrhofen, Austria
128 November 20072007 Heavenly cable car accidentHeavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
13 January 2008Grindelwald cable car accidentGrindelwald, Switzerland
12 March 2008Chamonix cable car accidentChamonix, France
11 September 20092009 Heavenly cable car accidentHeavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
12 June 2010Glenwood Canyon cable car accidentGlenwood Canyon Resort, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
112 April 2014Jinggangshan cable car accidentJinggangshan, Jiangxi, China

Elevator incidents

DeathsInjuriesDateIncidentLocation
200–400 111 September 2001Two hijacked planes were flown into both towers of the World Trade Center, causing severe damage to the elevator system, which had 198 elevators in total. Some elevators fell when their cables were severed, while others were engulfed in flames or stuck until the buildings collapsed. An estimated 200 to 400 people died, most of whom were in express elevators or in elevators near the top floors. At least 21 people were trapped but managed to escape while 80 others survived because the doors happened to be open. At least one of those who survived was in a burning elevator, causing burns over 40% of his body.New York City, New York, U.S.
104010 May 1995A locomotive crashed through a safety barrier and fell into a mine shaft, hitting an elevator which was carrying 104 workers and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft.Orkney, South Africa
52031 August 1987A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.Welkom, South Africa
19013 September 2012An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.Wuhan, China
12030 October 2008An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.Xiapu County, China
11225 April 2019An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.Hengshui, China
11429 July 2011A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.Makiivka, Ukraine
1006 September 2014An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.Istanbul, Turkey

Explosions

DeathsDateIncident
20,000Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people.
3,000A lightning bolt caused the Brescia explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia, destroying one-sixth of the city
3,000?Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948. Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.
1,400–2,280Ammunition warehouse explodes and kills almost all of Oaxaca brigade, in San Andres Chalchicomula, Mexico, during the first days of Second French intervention in Mexico.
1,950Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada
1,500Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia.
256–1,500+Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior, district of Portalegre, Portugal.
1,300+Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia.
1,200Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China
1,121Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion, ship sank on 9 June.
1,100Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic.
1,082Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria.
1,007Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium.
1,000+Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France.
843Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship.
800Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.
738British pre-dreadnought battleship destroyed due to a magazine explosion.
700Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
621Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil.
600+Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured.
590Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, at the port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, with over 2000 injured.
581Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured.
575Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
565Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed
542SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured
500+San Juanico Disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico
372Ammunition ship exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371
370+Powder magazine in Negro Fort in Spanish Florida exploded during battle with United States forces.
339Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine while at port
322Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States
300 An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté
296+New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States
246+Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
235+Fireworks stand explosion in Lima, Peru. 235 bodies recovered, 144+ taken to hospital due to burns.
234PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China
233Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion
230+South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
220Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.
219Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
217Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
207:de:Kesselwagenexplosion in der BASF|1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured
206Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
200+Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta
200+Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
200+Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana
200Gas explosion in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
200Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, United States, caused by a dust explosion
200Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
189Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo Chemie ammonium nitrate explosion, Belgium
181Series of explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, China
180Tuzla, Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia
171A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
166Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
163West Loch Disaster, where the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch, Hawaii, United States while handling ammunition
160Vågen explosion in Norway
159Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
154Ryongchon disaster in North Korea
153Tacoa Disaster
151Gunpowder ship disaster in Leiden, the Netherlands
151Hausdorf, Germany
150Gunpowder explosion in Abbeville, France
150Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain
150Jaʿār munitions factory explosion in Abyan Governorate, Yemen
147Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.
1462014 Kunshan explosion, a dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
140Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion in Kenya
139Munitions plant in Pennsylvania, United States
135A fuel pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
134Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, United Kingdom
130Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
126Dublin Gunpowder Disaster in Dublin, Ireland
125+Accidental explosion at disposal of ammunition, just at the time of Japanese soldiers and civilians withdrawal from Manchuria at that time, Mishan, Heilongjiang, China.
121Road tanker explosion in Okobie, Nigeria
118Explosion on the French battleship Iéna
1172007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique.
117Electrical transformer explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh
116Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England
115Explosion on the gunpowder ship Tamaemaru, which also engulfed a dock warehouse in Sakai, Tottori, Japan.
112A large naval mine of unknown origin drifted ashore and exploded when local residents tried to dispose of it, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
110A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
107US military ammunition transport ship exploded docking in Iejima, Okinawa, Japan.
106+Kollam temple accident at Puttingal temple in Kollam
106Pinar de Antequera ammunition dump explosion in Valladolid, Spain
10524 liquefied petroleum gas storage units exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey
103 catapult explosion, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island
103Gas explosions by subway construction in Taegu, South Korea
102Munitions factory explosion in Reinsdorf, Germany
102Explosion of German tanker Altmark at Yokohama-bay, Japan killed Kriegsmarine soldiers, Chinese labors and Japanese.
101Gas explosions in Taegu, South Korea
100+Fireworks stand explosion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
100Delft Explosion in the Netherlands
100Gunpowder explosion in Limerick, Ireland
100Gunpowder explosion in Wrocław, Poland
100Chemical plant in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, United States
100T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion in Sayreville, New Jersey, United States.
100Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China
100Pakistani Army ammunition dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan
100NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria
98A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
94Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan
94Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
92Nedelin catastrophe, at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
90Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China
90A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran
79Gas explosions by subway construction in Osaka, Japan
782019 Yancheng chemical plant explosion, Jiangsu, China
78Allegheny Arsenal exploded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War
78Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore
75Underground ammunition store explosion at Fauld, Staffordshire, England
74Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, United States
73Silvertown explosion in London, England
73Arzamas train disaster, where a railroad station exploded in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
70Vergarolla explosion at Pula, Italy
70Shenzhen factory explosions in Shenzhen, China. A chain reaction of explosions rippled through factory district originating from an army-owned factory.
70Fireworks explosion in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
68Explosion caused by children playing with fireworks destroys market area in Mexico City, Mexico
63A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand
63St. Helena Gold Mine explosion by methane gas in Welkom, Free State, South Africa
63A large naval mine of unknown origin had drifted ashore and exploded just as the local residents were trying to dispose of it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.
61Park Place Building explosion in New York City, United States
60+Water intake tunnel explosion under Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, United States
60+Chlorine tank explosion at a cellulose plant in Zarnesti, Romania
60Army laboratory
60Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
60Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria
59Freight train with dynamite exploded at the Iri railroad station, Iri, North Jeolla, South Korea
58Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
57Kenyon-Connell and Butte Hardware Company warehouses explosion in Butte, Montana, United States
51297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.
51An explosion at a Beijing General Research Institute of Mining & Metallurgy explosives manufactruing plant in Chambishi, Copperbelt Province, Zambia.
50+Fuel tanker exploded after overturning in Benue State, Nigeria
50DuPont Powder Mill explosion in Fontanet, Indiana, United States
50Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, New York, United States
50Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland
50Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al Jazira, northern Syria
49Tangerang fireworks disaster: an explosion in a fireworks plant kills 49 and injures 46 at Jakarta, Indonesia
49Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, Warsaw Poland
49Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain
48Vostok rocket explosion
48Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion, Falcón State, Venezuela
47USS Iowa turret explosion
47Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, freight train derailment, explosion and fire in Quebec, Canada.
45Fireworks ignite storage tanks in Atlatlahuaca, Mexico
45Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall in Osasco, Brazil. Another 482 were injured
44Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
43Explosion of rail car that was leaking natural gas condensate in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.
43TNT explosion at a munitions factory in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
42+An explosion at a coal mine in Iran
42Corn Products Starch factory explosion in Pekin, Illinois, United States
41Hercules Powder Company plant explosion in Hercules, California, United States
41Fuerte de Cabrerizas ammunition dump explosion in Melilla, Spain
41Richmond, Indiana explosion; more than 150 were injured, United States
41Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
40Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands
40Lapua ammo factory explosion in Finland
39Hekimbaşı garbage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey
38Om Siva Sakthi Crackers, Sivaksi, Tamil Nadu, India More than 75 injured badly
37Detroit Journal building explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
37Dance Hall explosion in West Plains, Missouri, United States
36Grain dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company elevator in Westwego, Louisiana, United States
36Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil
35Ammunition factory near Leeds, England
35Haber Corporation factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
35A potassium chlorate explosion in a dried-longan factory, San Pa Tong, Chiang Mai, Thailand
33+Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil
33Explosion of the Alum Chine in Baltimore harbor, United States
33Explosion of the Petragen One at a refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain
33Humberto Vidal explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico
322017 NTPC power plant explosion, India
322009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion in Italy
322014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
30Penberthy Injector Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
29Naptha explosion at Sheridan Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
29Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant explosion in Delray, Detroit, Michigan, United States
29Thiokol-Woodbine explosion in Brunswick, Georgia, United States
29AZF chemical factory explosion in Toulouse, France
29Blast in ammunition depot in Albania
28Pittsburgh gasometer explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
28Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England
28Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
27Indian Refining Company plant explosion in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States
27LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria
26+Locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, United States
262013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
25Dust explosion in grain elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
252012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey
25Tarata bombing, Lima, Peru
24Cerro Zulema ammunition dump explosion in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
24Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium
23Explosion in a New York Telephone Company building in New York City, United States
23Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, United States
23Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas, United States
23Fireworks factory
23Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
22Gunpowder factory explosion, Valletta, Malta
22"Great Mill Disaster", flour dust explosion at the Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
22Gumry Hotel boiler explosion in Denver, Colorado, United States
22Woodward Iron Company furnace explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, United States
22Gateway Restaurant/Isaly's Ice Cream Parlor explosion, Andover, Ohio, United States
22Fireworks store, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22Gas explosion in tower block,
22Gas explosion in pipeline,
22Park Central Hotel explosion in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
22United States Cartridge Company explosion in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States
22Lake Huron tunnel construction explosion near Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States
222016 Dangyang explosion in Dangyang, Hubei, China
21+Briggs Automobile Manufacturing plant explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
21Boston Molasses Disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21Swift and Company plant explosion in Sioux City, Iowa, United States
21National Guard armory explosion in Keokuk, Iowa, United States
21Fireworks explosion in Hallet, Oklahoma, United States
21Arsenal dump in New Jersey, United States
21Brazilian rocket explosion
20+Gas main explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
20+Husted Milling Company explosion in Buffalo, New York, United States
20+Curtis & Harvey ammunition plant explosion in Dramon, Quebec, Canada
20+Fireworks factory explosion in Samarang, Java
201924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster in Nixon, New Jersey, United States
19An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, leaves 19 people dead and 12 others injured.
19Armour meat processing plant explosion in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
19McKee refinery fire in Sunray, Texas, United States
19Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, United States Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless
19Whisky warehouse explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
19Weirton Steel Company explosion near Weirton, West Virginia, United States
18Sri Krishna Fireworks Namaskarithanpatti, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
18Chautauqua Lake Ice Company ice house explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
18Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France
18Grain elevator explosion in Galveston, Texas, United States
18Mihăileşti explosion in Romania
17Fireworks explosion in downtown shop/tenement house in Paterson, New Jersey, United States
17Parco refinery explosion in Sinclair, Wyoming, United States
17Home Packing Company plant explosion in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
17Arco Chemical Company plant explosion in Channelview, Texas, United States
16F.A. Reynolds & Company dynamite factory explosion in White Pigeon, Michigan, United States
16Lariat Cafe explosion in Monticello, Utah, United States
16Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion, United States
16Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England
15Fireworks explosion at Madison Square in New York City, United States
15Climax Fuse Works explosion in Avon, Connecticut, United States
15Illinois Steel Company coke oven explosion in Gary, Indiana, United States
15Preble Box Toe shoe factory in East Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
15Public Service Electric and Gas Company plant explosion in Camden, New Jersey, United States
15Triumph Explosives Company plant explosion in Elkton, Maryland, United States
15Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, United States
15Gas explosions from an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka, Japan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka#Post-war Shizuoka
15West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, United States
15Eastman Chemical Company explosion, in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States
15Formosa Fun Coast explosion in Taiwan was caused by corn starch powder.
14Hercules Powder Company explosion in Pinole, California, United States
14Jones and Laughlin Company blast furnace explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
14American Sheet & Tin Plate Company explosion in Canton, Ohio, United States
14U.S. Corn Products plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois, United States
14Repauno Chemical Company explosion in Gibbstown, New Jersey, United States
14Truck filled with dynamite explodes in downtown Roseburg, Oregon, United States
142008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
14Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, United States
13Swift & Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
13Export Box and Sealer Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
13Beauty parlor explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
13Shell Oil refinery explosion in Wood River, Illinois, United States
13Brush factory explosion in Buenos Aires, Argentina
13Fireworks explosion destroys school in Puebla, Mexico
13Doxol Propane Company tank explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States
13Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
12+Sporting goods store explosion in Moscow, Russia
12C. N. Romaine & Brothers fireworks factory explosion in Petersburg, Virginia, United States
12American Sugar Refining Company plant explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
12Western Cartridge Company plant explosion in East Alton, Illinois, United States
12Vida Sugar refinery explosion in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States
12Edgewood Arsenal explosion in Edgewood, Maryland, United States
12Hercules Powder factory explosion in Hercules, California, United States
12Gas explosion in Villa Rica, Georgia, United States
12DuPont chemical plant explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
12Jaipur oil depot fire, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
11+Harlan-Morris Manufacturing Company plant explosion in Jackson, Tennessee, United States
11Nubian Paint & Varnish Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois. United States
11Rochester Fireworks Company explosion in Perinton, New York, United States
11Ordnance plant explosion in Ravenna, Ohio, United States
11Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas, Texas, United States
11Novadel-Agene Corporation plant explosion in Tonawanda, New York, United States
11Kent Manufacturing Company explosion in Chestertown, Maryland, United States
11Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Texarkana, Texas, United States
11Combustible dust explosion at the Morningstar Paisley complex in Hawthorne, New Jersey, United States
11Benton fireworks disaster at illegal fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee, United States
11Koryo restaurant explosion in Frankfurt, Germany
11Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta
10+Kimberly Clark mill explosion in Kimberly, Wisconsin, United States
10Jessup & Moore Paper Company explosion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States
10J. A. Denn Powder Company explosion in Olympia, Washington, United States
10American Pyroloxion Waste Company plant explosion in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States
10WPA tunnel project explosion in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
10Stockton Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School explosion in Stockton, California, United States
10Fireworks factory explosion in Clinton, Missouri, United States
10Koppers Company tar and chemical plant explosion in Kearny, New Jersey, United States
10Downtown natural gas explosion in Aiken, South Carolina, United States
10Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10Maumee Chemical Company plant explosion in Toledo, Ohio, United States
10El Paso Pipeline explosion, two families camping 20 miles north of Carslbad, New Mexico, United States, off the Pecos River.
9Opera house explosion in Mexia, Texas, United States
9Box factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
9Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
9Cornhusker Ordnance plant explosion in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
9Explosion at Buzzards Bay tourist area in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States
9Hapeville Day Nursery explosion in Atlanta, Georgia
9Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Benton, Tennessee, United States
9Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States
9Fireworks stand explosion in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
9Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
9 ship explosion in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California, United States
8Market Street subway explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
8Ritz Tower Hotel explosion in New York City, United States
8Central Railways Signal Company explosion in Versailles, Pennsylvania, United States
8Dow Chemical Company plant explosion in Midland, Michigan, United States
8Du Pont Munitions plant explosion in Barksdale, Wisconsin, United States
8J.C. Penney store explosion in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States
8Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
8Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland
8Explosion at Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States
8IMC fertilizer plant explosion in Sterlington, Louisiana, United States
8Wyman Gordon Forging Company plant explosion in Cypress, Texas, United States
8Ammunitions factory explosion in Riobamba, Ecuador
82010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States
7An explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
7Winchester Repeating Arms shop explosion in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
7Hickson and Parsons Chemical factory explosion in Castleford, England
7General Motors plant explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
7Gieseke Hardware Store explosion in Roselle, Illinois, United States
7Mountainville Inn explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
7Atherton's Drug Store explosion in Marietta, Georgia, United States
7Thompson Chemical plant explosion in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
7North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, New York, United States
7Illegal fireworks that were being disposed by the Maltese patrol boat C23 exploded killing seven and injuring another
7Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, United States
6Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6Southside Beverly Recreation Hall explosion and fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States
6Ideal Laundry and Cleaners explosion in Greenville, South Carolina, United States
6Forbidden Palace restaurant explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6Bottled fuel gas explosion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Dakota, United States
6Reynolds Metals Company plant explosion in McCook, Illinois, United States
6Shooter's Paradise gun shop explosion in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, United States
6Ingram Industries munitions plant explosion in Kiln, Mississippi, United States
6Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City, Minnesota, United States
6Goodpasture grain elevator explosion in Galena Park, Texas, United States
6Natural gas pipeline explosion at mobile home park in Calhoun, Louisiana, United States
6Amoco chemical plant explosion in New Castle, Delaware, United States
6Dow Chemical plant explosion in Freeport, Texas, United States
6Explosion at the Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, United States
6River Restaurant explosion in Derby, Connecticut, United States
6Albright & Wilson Americas Inc. plant explosion near Charleston, South Carolina, United States
5An explosion in Qingzhou, Shandong, China
5An explosion in southern Iran
5Post office explosion in Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States
5Luncheonette explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
5Wieboldt's Bakery explosion in River Forest, Illinois, United States
5Fuelgas Corporation plant explosion in Hudson, Ohio, United States
5Faulty boiler explosion in the Sunday school wing of First Baptist Church in Marietta, Ohio, United States
5Gate City Day Care Center explosion in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5Mining Services International Inc. explosives manufacturing plant explosion in Grantsville, Utah, United States
5DeBruce grain elevator explosion in Haysville, Kansas, United States
5Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, the second fatal explosion at this factory in three months, United States
5Clara Barton Terrace Convalescent Center explosion in Flint, Michigan, United States
4An explosion in Yilong County, Sichuan, China.
4DuPont Powder Line Explosion in Louviers, Colorado, United States
2PEPCON rocket fuel chemical plant explosion in Henderson, Nevada, United States
11980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Van Buren County, Arkansas.
11983 Newark explosion in Newark, New Jersey, claims 1 life and injures 22–24. The explosion is notable because it was felt 100–130 miles away from the epicenter.

Industrial disasters

DeathsDateIncident
3,787–19,000+2–3 December 1984Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
1,54926 April 1942Benxihu Colliery explosion, China
1,13424 April 2013Collapse of the Rana Plaza, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
1,09910 March 1906Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France
68715 December 1914Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster, Kyūshū, Japan
6829 May 1960Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China
58116 April 1947Texas City Disaster, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
51228 August 1899Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan
500+19 November 1984San Juanico Disaster, Mexico City, Mexico
476–1,0001931Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States
4589 November 1963Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
43914 October 1913Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Senghenydd, Wales
43721 January 1960Coalbrook mining disaster, Coalbrook, South Africa
4266 June 1972Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
42228 November 1914New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
40520 February 1946Bergkamen mining disaster, West Germany
38812 December 1866Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, England
37621 December 1917Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
37528 May 1965Mine explosion caused by Methane gas near Dhanbad, Bihar, India
37227 December 1975Chasnala mining disaster, Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India
36520 July 1907Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
3626 December 1907Monongah Mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
34421 December 1910Pretoria Pit Disaster, Westhoughton, England
31931 May 1892Marie ore mine fire, Příbram, Austria-Hungary
30113 May 2014Soma mine disaster, Manisa, Turkey
300+11 September 20122012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan
300+9 May 1993Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
2997 February 1962Luisenthal Mining Disaster, Saarland, West Germany
2778 September 20082008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill in Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China
26811 September 1878Abercarn colliery disaster Abercarn, Wales
26622 September 1934Gresford Disaster Gresford, Wales
26322 October 1913Dawson, New Mexico, U.S.
2633 March 1992Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
2628 August 1956Marcinelle, Belgium
25913 November 19091909 Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry, Illinois, U.S.
25411 November 1937Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan
2435 August 1909Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
24325 December 2003PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China
23919 December 1907Darr Mine Disaster, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.
2361 June 1965Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan
23514 June 1894Larisch's mines, Karviná, Austria-Hungary
22028 March 1965El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile
21619 May 1902Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.
21415 February 20052005 Sunjiawan mine disaster, Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China
21015 June 1899Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
20416 January 1862Hartley Colliery Disaster, New Hartley, Northumberland, England
20225 May 1917Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic
200+25 February 1984Vila Socó oil spill fire, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
200+1 May 1900Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S.
200+27 February 1908Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
18919 June 1914Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada
1833 February 1942Chosei, Ube, Japan
18117 August 2007Mine disaster with flooding, Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China
18026 August 1990Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
17716 September 1986Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa
177March 1941Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan
1693 June 1903Hanna Mine Disaster, Hanna, Wyoming, U.S.
1688 June 1917Speculator Mine disaster, Butte, Montana, U.S.
1676 July 1988Piper Alpha oil rig disaster North Sea
16628 November 2004Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
160+19 December 1982, Vargas State, Venezuela
15926 September 2000Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
15512 January 1918Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK
15331 March 1969Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico
1519 July 1930Hausdorf, Germany, now Jugów, Poland
1503 May 1887Nanaimo mine explosion, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
14820 October 2004Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China
14721 April 1991Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China
14625 March 1911Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City
1462 August 20142014 Kunshan explosion, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
14421 October 1966Aberfan landslide disaster, Wales
1423 January 1934Nelson, Osek, Czechoslovakia
13427 March 1927Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan
13427 November 2005Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China
12526 February 1972Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, West Virginia, U.S.
12521 February 1891Springhill mining disaster, Canada
12515 July 1977Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia
12420 June 2002Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China
1238 February 1923Dawson, New Mexico, U.S.
12327 March 1980Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway
1236 August 2005Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China
12127 April 1917Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, near Ludlow, Colorado, U.S.
11925 December 1951Orient No. 2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S.
11125 March 19471947 Centralia mine disaster, Centralia, Illinois, U.S.
1106 September 1869Avondale Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
10930 April 1927Everettville, West Virginia, U.S.
10819 March 2007Ulyanovskaya coal mine, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Region, Siberia, Russia
1087 July 1961Dukla coal mine, Havířov, Czechoslovakia
1085 March 1885Jan, Karviná, Austria-Hungary
10511 May 1995Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa
1055 December 2007Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China
10415 August 1947William pit disaster, Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom
10118 November 2007Methane explosion Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine
1008 March 1983Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
945 December 1984Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan
9316 October 1981Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan
9220 May 1919Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czechoslovakia
9218 November 1989Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia
9222 July 2001Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
925 June 1919Baltimore Colliery explosion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
9127 November 1996Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China
9110 January 1940Bartley, West Virginia, U.S.
912 May 1972Hard rock mine fire Sunshine mine, Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.
8911 March 1997Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China
8613 May 2003Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China
8415 February 1982Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada
849 December 1911Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, U.S.
8318 January 1984Mitsui Miike coal mine, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
8313 July 2005Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang, China
8211 March 2000Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine
825 November 1930Millfield Mine disaster, Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, U.S.
7820 November 1968Farmington Mine disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, U.S.
7612 October 1978Spyros disaster, Singapore
7423 October 1958Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
7427 February 1943Smith Mine disaster, Bearcreek, Montana, U.S.
7317 June 2010San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia
7216 March 1940Willow Grove No. 10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S.
727 April 1911Price-Pancoast Colliery fire, Throop, Pennsylvania, U.S.
719 March 1961Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan
7116 February 1882Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England
682 March 1960Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea
682 December 1997Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia
6616 October 1889Mossfield, Longton, Staffordshire, U.K.
6524 February 2006KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh
6526 March 1896Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand
6519 February 2006Pasta de Conchos mine disaster, Coahuila, México
654 September 1981Pluto, Louka u Litvínova, Czechoslovakia,
642 April 1979Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
6328 April 1904La Reunión Mine explosion, Villanueva del Río y Minas, Sevilla, Spain
6331 August 1987St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa
634 April 1998Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine
6315 July 1940Sonman Mine explosion, Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S.
6229 July 1867Hlubina, Ostrava, Austria-Hungary
613 January 1981Trojice, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
6022 November 2004Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China
6028 May 1997Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China
5920 March 2005Xishui mine, Shanxi, China
5926 March 1885Bettina, Orlová, Austria-Hungary
5828 June 1896Twin Shaft Disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
567 May 1991Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
5525 April 2008Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco
5422 May 1960Hlubina, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
541860Františka, Záluží, Austria
5424 December 19321932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, U.S.
5317 March 1898Santa Isabel Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
5313 May 1993Middelbult Colliery explosion, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa
5219 August 2001Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine
485 June 1942Joliet Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Elwood, Illinois, United States
4718 September 1959Moodiesburn#Auchengeich mining disaster, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
4521 March 2011Surran range, Quetta, Balochistan Pakistan
4528 June 1960Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
4330 December 1976Staříč, Czechoslovakia
4324 February 2003Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
4013 April 1976Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, Finland
391 November 1956Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
3830 December 1970Hurricane Creek mine disaster, Hyden, Kentucky, U.S.
3726–27 June 1971Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Poland
364 October 1950Michálka, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
3619 July 2004Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine
3626 January 1924Lancashire Mine, Shanktown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
3515 October 1970West Gate Bridge collapse, Melbourne, Australia
341 December 1907Naomi Mine explosion, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
3410 April 1944Clara de l'Espà Mine explosion, Saldes, Barcelona, Spain
349 June 1970Dukla mine, Šardice, Czechoslovakia
331890Anna, Souš, Austria-Hungary
3221 October 1994Seongsu Bridge collapse, Seoul, South Korea
3116 August 1968Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain
3122 March 1977ČSA, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
303 November 1975La Consolación Mine explosion, Fígols, Barcelona, Spain
307 September 1985Osceola Mine fire, copper mine fire in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, U.S.
302 July 1937Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK
3018 October 1990Barbora, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
3011 January 2008Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
291 April 1868Santa Elisa Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
2921 September 2001AZF factory explosion, Toulouse, France
2919 November 2010Pike River Mine disaster, Greymouth, New Zealand
295 April 2010Upper Big Branch mine explosion, Montcoal, West Virginia, U.S.
2931 October 1941Nordegg, Alberta, Canada
281 June 1974Flixborough disaster, England
264 April 1970Paskov, Paskov, Czechoslovakia
269 May 1992Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada
257 May 1985Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
257 February 1881Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, England
2413 November 2003Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi, China
2412 February 1949Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
2323 October 1989Phillips Disaster, Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
2321 November 2006Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, Poland
2214 September 1997Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
2115 January 1919Boston Molasses Disaster, Massachusetts, U.S.
215 November 1962Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway
217 January 1963Santa Eulalia Mine explosion, Langreo, Asturias, Spain
2010 August 20092009 Handlová mine blast, Handlová, Slovakia
1910 January 1990Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska Poland
1919 January 1967Gas explosion in Strongman Mine, Greymouth, New Zealand
1720 February 1947O'Connor Electro-Plating Company explosion in Los Angeles, California
1724 December 2008Gas leak, Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., Hebei, China
1722 February 1994Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, Virginia, Free State, South Africa
178 June 1925Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, U.S.
164 March 1942Ordnance plant explosion in Burlington, Iowa, United States
1616 October 2008Ningxia, China
1517 April 2013West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, U.S.
1523 March 2005BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
114 October 1960Kingsport, TN Chemical Plant Explosion
1123 May 1975Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
117 May 2020LG Polymers gas leak, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
1127 May 1983Benton fireworks disaster, illegal fireworks operation in Benton, Tennessee, U.S.
1120 April 2010BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, Gulf of Mexico
72 April 2010Tesoro Refinery, Anacortes, Washington, U.S.
69 December 1948Tecumseh power plant of the Kansas Power & Light Company explosion in Topeka, Kansas
52 October 2007Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire, Georgetown, Colorado, U.S.

Maritime

DeathsIncident
1,565–4,400. Casualty estimates vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers
2,750–3,920. Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board
1,863
1,168Sultana
1,600Tek Sing
1,573MV Spice Islander I
1,514
1,500Taiping,
1,159Tōya Maru
1,024
1,021
1,012MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98,
1,000SS Kiche Maru
1,000SS Hsin-Yu
~1,000
900Wusung
900HMS Victory
894
852
844
832 capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, 21 June 2008
829HMS Ramillies
826Lefort
800+
746
741
737
736
731
702Slave trade ship Leusden
673HMS Queen Charlotte
~640 and SS Bywell Castle
644San Telmo
627
6251947 Ramdas Ship Disaster
608Novorossiysk
600+List of vessels lost on the Haak Sand on 24 December 1811
600+
600
6001986 MV Shamia ferry incident
600+
583HMS Defence
580Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2
575
570
565
564
558SS Principe de Asturias
550Cahaya Bahari
546
533Ertuğrul
528MV Nazreen 1
520HMS Namur,
500HMS Ardent
500–700Ferry Neptune
500–600Shamia
500Atlas Star
498HMS Sussex,
497Ebisu Maru
496Saint-Philibert
491HMS York
488
481Cahaya Bahari
480
480
473
469Cospatrick
464
461
459Royal Charter
450
445Principe de Asturias
442MV Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized on the
438Baccha Singh
432Rival
429,
423SS Admiral Nakhimov
420Reina Regenta
400
400
400Cataraqui
400+
397Toyo Maru 10
387
387+Chagas
392SS Himera
389Pomona
389Filipino ferry capsized during Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, 24 October 1988
380–400Elizabeth
380
377Driver,
376
372Arniston
364Sea Horse
361KM Bimas Raya 2
360Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
350
358Drummond Castle,
358
35710th of Ramadan
355
353SIEV-X
350Annie James
347HMS Athenienne
343
340Salahuddin 2
340
338Gurita
334SS Elbe
325Harta Limba
319Yoshino
314Principessa Mafalda
314Dashun
313Harta Rimba
308Namyong-Ho
307–400Cazador
304Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy conditions
304MV Sewol-Ho capsized off South-Korea
300+White Ship
300–400Steamer SS Hsin Wah sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China
300Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized
300
300The London
300Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, 11 October 1968
299Kapunda
293–500+
293Northfleet
292A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county 10 October 1993
289A boat of clandestine immigrants F174 sank near Portopalo, Italy, 25 December 1996
284New Era,
283Evening Star
281
280Unebi
280Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, 24 November 1999
280Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280Myanmar passenger ferry U Hla Myist sunk by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, 2 July 1993
276Hollandia
275–300SS Hermann
274 it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
273
272Turkish ferry capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, 1 March 1958
272Kenyan ferry MV Likoni Ferry sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 29 April 1994
269–276SMS Grosser Kurfurst
269
260Earl of Abergavenny
260Nuestra Señora de Atocha
259Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, 8 July 1961
256"Vliegend Hert"
254Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 22 November 1978
251+Cleopatra
250Pennsylvania
250Powhattan sunk off New Jersey, 16 April 1854
250Russian liner Ogoza sank in the Black Sea, 1928
250Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, 20 August 1994
250
250Chinese steamer Lee Cheong sank in a storm off Swabue
249Chang Tyong-Ho
247Doddington
242
241SS G. P. Griffith burned and sank in Lake Erie, 17 June 1850. The number of lives lost may have been as high as 289.
241Exmouth of Newcastle wrecked against the Isle of Islay 28 April 1847.
240+ sinking
238Negotie
238
237
233
232
230Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized
230Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
226Ville du Havre
225–400Sovnarkom
225Brother Jonathan
224+MV Nyerere
224Neva sunk off
220
220
220Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, 24 January 1996
217 Official death toll; exact fatality count unknown
215Myanmar double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 7 April 1990
212Aquidabã
211, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, 27 July 1909
210Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
209Naval transport ship Angamos sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, 6 July 1928
209Seven Japanese fishing boats sunk by Super typhoon Carmen
206Matsushima
206Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May 1963
206
205HMS Iolaire
205 Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada 19 February 1860
200Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer Pa Shi, 1931
200Victoria
200Aagtekerke
200+Prince of Patuakhali
200Lightning Sun
200Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, 7 July 2005
200Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, 27 December 1988
200SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong
193Herald of Free Enterprise
192Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
192Portland
191
190–250Phoenix
190Boadicea
189MV Maharaj
189Waterloo
189,
189Nathalie
186
185Batavia includes both drowned and murdered
182Victoria
182Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 27 November 2003
180Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 31 March 1998
178Ocean Monarch,
177Russian cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, 5 June 1983
177Russian monitor Rusalka
176MV Don Juan
176,
175–223Golden Gate
173
173
173,
171Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 20 August 1985
170–265Lady of the Lake
170Staffordshire
168Shiun Maru
167Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 26 January 1958
167Dona Cassandra sunk by typhoon Orchid
166Halsewell
165Tamil refugee boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, 20 February 1997
163Dieu Merci
161Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sunk by collision with Bulgarian barge Peter Karaminchev at Danube River, Galaţi, Romania, 10 September 1989
160Madagascar
159Scandinavian Star
158Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, 3 August 2007
150–250American paddle steamer Atlantic sunk after a collision on Lake Erie, 20 August 1852
150–200Larchmont
150Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, 7 May 1991
150
150Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso Island, Sierra Leone, 25 March 1999
150
150A pontoon ferry sank after overturning on the Shire River, Malawi, 23 May 1965
150
150
150Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3 September 1961
149Package ship John Rutledge
148French frigate Méduse
147Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on 2 March 1983
147
147Mayakovsky,
146–165MV Rabaul Queen
144
144Whydah Gally
143
140Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 10 April 1991
140
140Two African immigrants boats sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 8 December 2007
140Filipino ferry capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, 2 December 1994
139Lexington
137
136
136
136Finnish steamer capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, 7 September 1929
134Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, 6 March 1990
134 struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890
133,
132Pamir
131Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000
131Tararua
130SS Hankow fire
130
130
130Hoop
130–172
130Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1 September 1997
130Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, 9 March 1992
129
129
128
128Ferry struck the pier near Hook of Holland, 21 February 1907
128
128Greek cruise ship sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, 22 December 1963
125
125
125
125
124
124Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, 6 April 2006
124–195
123
123RMS Rhone
122+Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, 10 July 2011
121Pulau Kidjang
121Dunbar
120HMS Vipere
120Ghanaian motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, 7 April 2006
120French battleship Iéna
120São João
118–139 SS Noronic caught fire while docked in Toronto, Ontario, 17 September 1949
118+
118
118Vergulde Draeck
117–181
117Kinka Maru
116+
116SuperFerry 14
114Auguste
113Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, 12 April 1957
111Samson
111
110Star of Bengal,
108Orazio
107
106
105Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 14 March 1970
105
104Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, 9 September 1952
103
102Pelican
102.
100–125
100
100Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1 January 1989
99
99Meikle Ferry capsize, Dornoch Firth, Scotland, 16 August 1809
92Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sunk by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, 1 October 1933
90
89 wrecked off South Australia, Australia, 6 August 1859
86Princess Amelia
85Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
84Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
82STV Royston Grange
81MS Express Samina
81Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, 4 April 1953
80Pamir
80Hong Kong ferry sunk by Typhoon Rose, 17 August 1971
78Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, 12 October 1978
78MV George Prince ferry sank after colliding with the Norwegian tanker on the Mississippi River, 20 October 1976
74 sunk while on a regular ferry service in Tonga due to the combined effects of the boats age and lack of maintenance leading to its unseaworthiness, 5 August 2009.
70Ming 361
68General Grant
61Turkish fishing boat carrying illegal migrants sank after hitting rocks
58Bahrain wooden pleasure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, 8 July 1959
54
53Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
51
51
51Marchioness. 131 people on board leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger Bowbelle
48Danish passenger ship Kjøbenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, 11 June 1948
48Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, 4 May 2008
46PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette
45SS Elingamite
44British bulk carrier capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, 9 September 1980
42Masbate, Philippines crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on 4 November 2008.
39Lamma IV, collision by Sea Smooth
36FV Gaul
36Ellan Vannin, December 1909
34"Dive Ship Conception"
35
33Costa Concordia
32Sanchi oil tanker collision
32River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster
31SS Carnatic
29
28Soviet submarine K-19
27Sinking of Hableány
23Pajtás passenger boat
22Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire
20Ethan Allen
18Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece
171979 Fastnet race
16Whippoorwill The tourist boat was struck by an F1 tornado, causing it to capsize and sink. 16 people were killed.
16MS Sleipner
14Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, 15 January 1944
13Essex
13MS Norman Atlantic The ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea off Corfu, Greece and was burnt out. 13 of the 478 people on board were killed, 2 during salvage.
8AHTS Bourbon Dolphin The ship capsized and sank three days later.
6Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Nuclear and radiation accidents

DeathsDateIncidentLocation
200–6,00029 September 1957Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion. 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
100–24010 October 1957Windscale fireWindscale, Seascale, Cumbria, England
95–4,000+26 April 1986Chernobyl disaster. The official report is 31 immediate deaths, 64 recorded cancer deaths by 2008, and potentially up to, but no more than 4,000 total cancer deaths. have been made, but are disputed.Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
17August 2000 March 2001Instituto Oncologico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.Panama City, Panama
1319961996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.San José, Costa Rica
11December 19901990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, Zaragoza, Spain
1010 August 1985Soviet submarine K-431 accident, near Vladivostok, Russia
101974–1976Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuriesColumbus, Ohio, United States
924 May 1968Soviet submarine K-27 accident.
84 July 1961Soviet submarine K-19 accident. More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation.
8March 19841984 Moroccan radiation accidentMorocco
71980Houston radiotherapy accidentHouston, Texas, United States
59 August 2004Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipeMihama, Fukui, Japan
55 October 1982Lost radiation source, 13 injuriesBaku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
4September 1987Goiânia accident, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
419621962 Mexico City radiation accidentMexico City, Mexico
31961SL-1 reactor explosion and melt-down National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho
31985–1987Software and engineering errors in the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine result in patients receiving massive overdoses of radiation. and three people dying as a result of the overdose.
3February 2000Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled.Samut Prakan Province, Thailand
230 September 1999Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant Tōkai, Ibaraki, Japan

Rail accidents and disasters

DeathsIncident
1,700+Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
600–1,000Ciurea rail disaster
675-800Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
235–800Bihar train derailment
600–700Vereshchyovka train disaster
600+Guadalajara train disaster
575Ufa train disaster
521–600+Balvano train disaster
200–500+Torre del Bierzo rail disaster
428Awash rail disaster
383Al Ayatt train disaster
370Stará Kremnička derailment,
3601981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash,
358Firozabad rail disaster
338Rongjiawan train disaster
320Nishapur train disaster
307Sukkur rail disaster
300Changsha rail disaster
300~Montemorelos,
300Tolunda rail disaster
300Gambar train crash,
289Baku Metro fire
285Gaisal train disaster
281Igandu train disaster
278Genthin rail disaster
248El Virilla train accident,
230Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster,
226Quintinshill rail crash
212Khanna rail disaster
208Saltillo, Coahuila
207BASF tank car explosion,
200Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster. Not confirmed by any official source, cf.
192Daegu subway fire
192Muamba rail disaster
189Nishinari train fire,
185Aracaju train crash,
184Komagawa train disaster
162Mikawashima train crash
161Tsurumi rail accident
160Rzepin train disaster ; Unconfirmed.
156Bintaro train crash
155Kaprun disaster
154Ryongchon disaster
154Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster,
153Zagreb express train crash
151Tangiwai train disaster
1501965 Durban commuter train disaster,
150Pukhrayan train derailment,
148Gyaneshwari Express train derailment,
142–236Benavidez rail disaster
100–140Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy, 1944
139Yasanti River train crash,
135Maizdi Khan trains disaster
132Ghotki rail crash
131Bouhalouane train crash,
130Rafiganj train disaster
130Barwałd Średni trains disaster,
128Mirshah trains disaster,
128Mangueira train disaster,
125Railway bridge collapse,
120Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
120Yaoundé train explosion
119Anchieta rail disaster
118Stéblová train disaster
118Moimenta-Alcafache train crash,
114Veligonda train disaster
114Ngai Ndethya
112Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash
112San Rafael River train disaster
112Nebukawa, derailment caused by the Great Kantō earthquake,
110Tsuchiura triple trains crash
108Tangua train disaster,
107Patna train derailed
107Vierzy tunnel trains derailed,
107Amagasaki rail crash
107Peruman railway accident
106Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire
106Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster
106Yangzhuang station trains disaster,
105Tama river trains disaster,
103Šakvice train disaster,
93–102Malbone Street Wreck,
102Aßling train disaster,
102Wuntho train disaster,
101Markdorf train disaster,
101Eschede train disaster
101Great Train Wreck of 1918
100Col des Nuages derailment,
100Benaleka train crash,
99St-Hilaire train disaster,
97Eden train wreck,
96Great Wellington train disaster,
94Langenweddingen level crossing disaster,
93Harmelen train disaster,
92Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster,
91Lewisham rail crash,
91Arzamas train disaster,
90Hunan rail disaster,
52–200Versailles rail accident,

Road

DeathsDateIncidentLocation
–2,7003 November 1982Salang Tunnel fireSalang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
2302 July 2010Sange road tanker explosionSange, South Kivu, DRC
21925 June 2017Bahawalpur explosionBahawalpur, Pakistan
21711 July 1978Los Alfaques disasterTarragona, Spain
17115 February 1991Thung Maphrao truck explosionThung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
1256 December 1965Sotouba truck collisionSotouba, Togo
12112 July 2012Okobie road tanker explosionOkobie, Nigeria
115+6 January 1967Manila bus collisionManila, Philippines
11331 January 2009Molo road tanker fireMolo, Kenya
11012 March 1995Tamil Nadu truck collisionSriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
10418 August 1968Gero bus crashGero, Gifu, Japan
100–2005 November 2000Ibadan road tanker explosionIbadan, Lagos, Nigeria
9915 November 2008Boromo bus collisionBoromo, Burkina Faso
9828 March 2007Kagarko truck explosionKagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
948 June 1999Karnataka bus crashKarnataka, India
9015 November 1976Mafeteng bus crashMafeteng, Lesotho
9029 June 1980Kashmir bus crashKashmir, India
9024 June 2004Zahedan bus crashZahedan, Iran
893 August 1991Nyanga bus accidentNyanga, Zimbabwe
8030 January 1984Rapar bus crashRapar, Punjab, India
8017 November 2016Caphiridzange explosionCaphiridzange, Tete, Mozambique
785 July 2017Bambari truck crashBambari, Central African Republic

Smog

Space exploration

DeathsDateIncident
2122 August 20032003 Alcântara VLS accident, Alcântara, Brazil occurred on ground before launch
728 January 1986Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, over Florida, U.S.
71 February 2003Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, over Texas/Louisiana, U.S.
327 January 1967Apollo 1, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. occurred on ground before launch
330 June 1971Soyuz 11, space
124 April 1967Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia
115 November 1967X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S.
131 October 2014VSS Enterprise, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S.

Sporting events

DeathsDateIncident
1,112140 ADCollapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus,
61426 February 1918Happy Valley Racecourse fire,
32824 May 19641964 Lima football riot tragedy,
~20020 January 1980Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980
9615 April 1989Hillsborough stadium crush
9312 March 1988Hailstorm & Stadium crush
8411 June 19551955 Le Mans disaster
791 February 2012Port Said Stadium disaster
7123 June 1968Puerta 12 crush
662 January 1971Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush
6620 October 1982Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR
611 January 2013Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster
5611 May 1985Bradford City stadium fire
4311 April 2001Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush
4417 September 1967Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism
3929 May 1985Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism
323 October 20142014 Patna stampede
339 March 1946Burnden Park disaster
289 September 1928Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand,
265 April 1902First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse
2415 November 2014Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 18 November 1982
2229 November 1900Spectators on roof of glass factory observing 1900 Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse, causing deaths from falls and burns
218 February 1981Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens
185 May 1992Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille,.
1719791979 Fastnet yachting race storms
1616 August 198016 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Recognized as the Football Lover's Day.
1510 September 19611961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza : Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience
1312 May 1957Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and nine spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators.. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race.
1318 January 19531953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 January 1953
1314 September 20082008 Congo football riots: Democratic Republic of the Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 September 2008
1331 August 1952Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; 31 August 1952
121969Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital.
128 August 1903Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, 8 August 1903
111911Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd,
1116 September 20112011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands
918 July 1909:de:Rennbahnkatastrophe von Berlin|The Racetrack Disaster of Berlin 9 killed, 52 injured in a cycling event when a motorcycle pacemaker crashed into spectators at a newly built velodrome
919921992 Le Mans Moto accidents, 9 dead and 50 injured in a chain of road accidents involving motorcyclists in the surrounding area during the running of the race
811 January 1999Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, 11 January 1999
819031903 Paris–Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.
815 August 20102010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off-road truck rolled into the gallery
619981998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after being caught in a large storm
624 April 1977Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.
68 September 1912Vailsburg Motordrome, two riders including Eddie Hasha and four spectators died and 17 injured through a chain of events that began when Hasha collided into a rail.

Stampedes

DeathsIncident
6,000Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. A multitude of civilians fleeing from an advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river passing over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.
4,000Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation
2,2682015 Mina stampede in a Mina street en route to the stoning of the devil ritual
1,4261990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel
1,389Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II
953Baghdad bridge stampede,
8001954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival
357Phnom Penh stampede
354Galleria delle Grazie
362Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
328Estadio Nacional disaster,
270Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
258Mandher Devi temple stampede
251Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
245Bridge stampede,
2242008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple
200Stampede in the central place of Nagpur
183Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush
173Bethnal Green tube station panic
162Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster
1301994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building
124New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine
123Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko football match crush
118Pilgrims trampled to death
115Shiloh Baptist Church stampede,
1152013 Madhya Pradesh stampede,
110Carnival tragedy of 1823
105Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China,
1022011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage
100The Station nightclub fire, fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history
96Hillsborough disaster crush
93Kathmandu stadium disaster,
84Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush
78PhilSports Arena stampede,
77Stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station
73Italian Hall disaster
72River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12
71Ram Janki Temple stampede,
70Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema,
671959 Busan stadium stampede disaster: Typhoon Billie forced the evacuation of thousands of people through tight corridors of a stadium
66Second Ibrox disaster crush
66Luzhniki disaster, football match crush
61Abidjan stampede disaster,
60Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster,
60A tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade
531999 Sabarimala stampede,
53Niamiha metro station stampede
52Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China
51Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster
50Mahamaham stampede disaster
46,
45Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure
44Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster
42Ellis Park Stadium Disaster
39Heysel Stadium disaster
37Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster
36Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster,
362013 Kumbh Mela stampede
362014 Shanghai stampede
33Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster
29Mosque stampede
28Chengguan Primary School stampede
26Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster
25A stampede by building collapse, during Shiva ratri festival
24Covento Franciscano de la Villa partial building collapse during a heavy hail storm with 1,300 people inside caused panic and rush down the stairs to the exit.
24Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster
23al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony
22At least 22 people are killed and over 30 are seriously injured in a rush hour stampede on a footbridge between the Parel and Prabhadevi railway stations.
21Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster
21Love Parade stampede
212003 E2 nightclub stampede
20Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster
20Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster
19Synagogue stampede during the fast of Yom Kippur
19Stampede disaster after Christina Nilsson's appearance at a window of Grand Hôtel
19At least 21 people are killed in a stampede at a nightclub in Caracas, Venezuela. The stampede was reportedly triggered when a tear-gas canister was set off during a brawl. Eight people were arrested.
16Antananarivo stampede
13News Divine nightclub stampede disaster
13Throb Nightclub stampede disaster
12Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening
11Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum
11Eleven killed and 247 injured in a pedestrian crush after a fireworks festival
11Alexandria Stadium football match stampede disaster
10All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster
9Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival

Structural collapses

DeathsIncident
171,000failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin
20,000+Amphitheater collapse,
5,000–10,0001979 Machchhu dam failure,
2,209Johnstown Flood,
1,9101963 Vajont Dam Disaster,
1,129Collapse of the Rana Plaza
1,000+Tigra Dam failure,
1,000Panshet Dam failure,
941Iruka Lake Dam failure,
608Puentes dam collapsed flooding Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 30 April 1802
502Sampoong Department Store collapse
500–1500Eitai Bridge collapse,
423Malpasset Dam failure,
400–600+St. Francis Dam failure,
356Gleno Dam failure,
268Val di Stava dam collapse,
250–434Koshi Barrage failure,
244Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure,
238Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood,
226Angers Bridge collapse,
206+Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine,
200+Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse, North Korea, 31 October 2017
~200Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980
169Manila Film Center collapsed, Pasay, Philippines, 17 November 1981
~160Uyo church collapse, Uyo, Nigeria, 10 December 2016
145Pemberton Mill collapse,
144Vega de Tera dam collapsed flooding Ribadelago, Zamora, Spain, 9 January 1959
140Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on 19 November 1974
139Mill River dam failure,
139a six-story apartment collapsed at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on 13 September 1976
135Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel
128Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse near Bogota, Colombia, 28 July 1983
125Buffalo Creek flood,
125a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, 8 November 1984
120a nuns' school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on 1 February 1963
120–180Kantale Dam failure,
117Heiwa Lake Dam failure,
115Synagogue Church Building collapsed at Lagos State, Nigeria, on 12 September 2014
114Hyatt Regency walkway collapse,
112Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on 20 August 1963.
111Mecca crane collapse, at Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 11 September 2015.
111Dam failure,
108Taisho Lake Dam failure,
107–500Dam failure,
100Walnut Grove Dam failure,
100Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 16 June 1990
98Knickerbocker Theatre weight of snow causes building collapse, Washington, D.C., 28 January 1922
98+Situ Gintung Dam failure,
94Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on 2 February 2004
94Pétionville school collapse,
891971 Certej dam failure,
84Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on 27 December 1938
82Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on 27 December 1627
81Bilberry reservoir dam failure,
79Yarmouth Bridge collapse,
78Austin Dam failure,
75Quebec Bridge, Quebec, Canada, 29 August 1907
74Cinema theatre roof collapse, Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938
74Fengcheng power station collapse, Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China, 24 November 2016
73Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on 16 April 1955
71Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 October 1985
70A three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 4 May 1992
70Shaikdor Dam failure, Pasni, Pakistan, 10 February 2005
69Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse
67Collapse of Kotewall Court, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972
67Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
65Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse in Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006
64Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, 27 October 1996
62Desná Dam failure,
612013 Mumbai building collapse,
61Apartment building under construction collapsed at Moulivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 28 June 2014
60Horonai Dam failure,
60Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on 26 September 2007
60Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006
60Under-construction Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on 13 August 2007
59116-year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on 4 March 2001
58Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on 15 September 1959
56Market roof collapse
56Los Ángeles de San Rafael restaurant building collapse
55Point Ellice Bridge disaster,
542013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse
52–59Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge,
51Willow Island disaster
51Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, 6 September 2008
50+Black Forest Hotel collapse in Nagold,, 5 April 1906
50Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, 17 January 1982
50+Jiantuo River bridge collapse,
49Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May 1963
48Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 December 1993
48Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse
47Miles City, Montana bridge collapse
46Silver Bridge Collapse
45Under-construction Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India, on December 2009.
43Ponte Morandi highway bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy
43Cavalese cable-car disaster,
42Grandstand collapse at Boy Scout review in Bucharest, Romania, 8 June 1936
42Interstate 880
40–80Guaíra Falls bridge collapse
392018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
39Kelly Barnes Dam collapse at Toccoa Falls College, Toccoa, Georgia, 1977
35West Gate Bridge collapse,
35Illegally built seven-story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, 24 December 2007
34Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Apulia, Taranto, Italy, 7 February 1985
33Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March 1986
32Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, 31 July 1988
32Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October 1994
30+A gold mine collapse, Afghanistan, on 6 January 2019
29Under-construction Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on 20 December 1996
28Offshore defense radar facility, Texas Tower 4 collapsed in Atlantic Ocean, southeast of New York City, United States, 15 January 1961
28L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, 23 April 1987
28Transvaal Park roof collapsed, Moscow, Russia, 14 February 2004
27The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 17 June 1958
26Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide
24Ritz Cafe collapse in Phenix City, Alabama, United States, 21 April 1938
24Unlicensed construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, 3 May 1984
23City Hall auditorium collapse in London, Ontario, Canada, 3 January 1898
23Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding, 24 May 2001
22Ford's Theatre floor collapse in Washington, D. C., United States, 9 June 1893
21At least 21 miners died when a roof collapsed in a coal mine in Shenmu, China, 12 January 2019
20Cavalese cable car disaster, cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996
20Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, 25 December 2007. Another 15 missing
19a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on 1 July 2008
19Iron ore tailings dam collapse at Bento Rodrigues district in Mariana municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November 2015
17+At least 17 people are killed in a building collapse in Mumbai, India, 26 July 2017
17Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 17 January 1982
15Wonderland Theatre collapse in Detroit, Michigan, 5 November 1898
14La Tienda Amigo clothing outlet collapse in Brownsville, Texas, 7 July 1988
14Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995
14I-40 bridge disaster collapse,
13John G. Myers Company store collapse in Albany, New York, on 8 August 1905
13Apartment balcony collapse in Chicago, Illinois, 2003
13I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse,
12Schlitz Brewing Company warehouse collapse in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1942
12Bridge ramp collapse near East Chicago, Indiana, 1982
12School's ceiling collapse, Nawanshahr, India, 1987
12Texas A&M 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, College Station, Texas, 1999
11Harbor Cay Condominium collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1981
11Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions
11Erie Tunnel collapse in Bergen Hill, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1910
10+Amsden Building collapse in South Framingham, Massachusetts, 1906
10Consumers Power Company building wall collapse in Jackson, Michigan, 1956
10Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse in Florida, New York, 1987
9Crystal Restaurant collapse in Akron, Ohio, 1916
9Dance pavilion collapse at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1924
9Stone arch collapse in Texcoco, Mexico, 1951
9Heron Road Bridge collapse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1966
8Hatchie River Bridge collapse near Covington, Tennessee, 1989
8Torre Annunziata building collapse, 7 July 2017
7Johanns Steamship Provisions Company building collapse in New York City, 1917
7Television transmitting tower collapse in Shoreview, Minnesota, 1971
7Lake Keowee dam collapse at Seneca, South Carolina, 1978
7Edifício Enseada de Serrambí collapse at Olinda, Pernambuco
6Foothill Freeway bridge collapse near Pasadena, California, 1972
6Collapse of the canopy of Wearbest Building, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong, 1990
6Collapse of a wall in Wing On Department Store, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, 1994
6Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse near Sweetwater, Florida, 2018
5Interstate highway bridge collapse near Rapid City, South Dakota, 1962
5Reservoir roof collapse in Hillsboro, Oregon, 1962
5Rosemont Horizon roof collapse in Rosemont, Illinois, 1979
5Bridge collapse near Port Isabel, Texas, 2001
42000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse in Boston, Massachusetts, 1971
4Collapse of a Tong lau on Ma Tau Wai Road, Hong Kong, 29 January 2010
3Drugstore collapse in Flora, Illinois, 1954
3Baseball stadium wall collapse in Augusta, Georgia, 1955
3Illinois State Fair grandstand roof collapse in Springfield, Illinois, 1966
3Turia disco lights collapse

Structural fires

DeathsDateIncidentLocation
2,000+8 December 1863Church of the Company FireSantiago, Chile
1,9952 August 1893Theater fireKamli, Canton, China
1,67025 May 1845Theater fireCanton, China
900June 1871Theater fireShanghai, China
8001836Lehman Theater fireSt. Petersburg, Russia
6671977Cinema fireXinjiang, China
65813 February 1937Antoung Movie Theater fireNantong, China
61427 February 1918Happy Valley Racecourse fireHong Kong
60230 December 1903Iroquois Theater FireChicago, Illinois
60020 May 1872Theater fireTientsin, China
53823 December 1995Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fireMandi Dabwali, Haryana, India
53017 March 2000Kanungu church fireKanungu, Uganda
50017 December 1961Gran Circus Norte-Americano Niterói circus fireNiterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
49228 November 1942Cocoanut Grove fireBoston, Massachusetts
4488 December 1881Ringtheater FireVienna, Austria-Hungary
43013 January 1883Circus Ferroni fireBerdichev, Russia
40017 December 1778Coliseo theater fireZaragoza, Spain
3961 August 2004Paraguay supermarket fireAsunción, Paraguay
36014 February 2012Comayagua prison fireComayagua, Honduras
326+30 June 19001900 Hoboken Docks fireHoboken, New Jersey, United States
32410 December 19941994 Karamay fireKaramay, China
32221 April 1930Ohio Penitentiary fireColumbus, Ohio, United States
32222 May 1967L'Innovation Department Store FireBrussels, Belgium
3121910Barn fireÖköritófülpös, Hungary
30925 December 2000Dongdu Commercial shopping center fireLuoyang, China
29129 December 2001Mesa Redonda fireLima, Peru
28928 October 19951995 Baku Metro fireBaku, Azerbaijan
278+5 December 1876Brooklyn Theatre fireBrooklyn, New York, United States
257+11 September 20122012 Karachi garment factory fireKarachi, Pakistan
25015 February 1909Flores Theater fireAcapulco, Mexico
24227 January 2013Kiss nightclub fire in Santa MariaRio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23427 November 1994Discothèque fireFuxin, China
22514 July 1960Mental hospital fireGuatemala City, Guatemala
20923 April 1940Rhythm Night Club fireNatchez, Mississippi
2086 March 1943Hoteiza theater fireKucchan, Japan
2001847Carslruhe theater fireSt. Petersburg, Russia
20021 March 1888Banquet theater firePorto, Portugal
19430 December 2004República Cromagnon nightclub fireBuenos Aires, Argentina
1881 February 1974Joelma Building fireSão Paulo, Brazil
18810 May 1993Kader Toy Factory fireNakhon Pathom, Thailand
1865 September 1887Theatre Royal, ExeterEngland, United Kingdom
1754 March 1908Collinwood school fireCollinwood, Ohio, United States
17113 January 1908Rhoads Opera House FireBoyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
1686 July 1944Hartford circus fireHartford, Connecticut, United States
1676 July 1988Piper Alpha oil platform explosionsNorth Sea
16528 May 1977Beverly Hills Supper Club fireSouthgate, Kentucky, United States
16313 November 1960Cinema fireAmude, Syria
16225 December 1971Daeyeonggak Hotel fireSeoul, South Korea
16218 March 1996Ozone Disco Club fireQuezon City, Philippines
15720 May 1980Eventide Home for the AgedKingston, Jamaica
1534 December 2009Perm Lame Horse club firePerm, Russia
15213 November 1960Cinema fireAmuda, Syria
15019 June 1919Teatro Yagüez fireMayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States
1461 November 1970Club Cinq-Sept fire night club fireSaint-Laurent-du-Pont, France
14625 March 1911Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fireNew York City, New York, United States
14419 April 19301930 Costești wooden church fireCostești, Romania
13922 September 1948Wing On godown fireSai Wan, Hong Kong
13018 March 1930Cinema fireKirin, China
1264 May 1897Bazar de la Charité fireParis, France
1243 June 20102010 Nimtoli FireNimtoli, Old Dhaka
12424 November 20122012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factoryDhaka, Bangladesh
12315 May 1929Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929Cleveland, Ohio, United States
120–1401184Fire at McDermott's Castle caused by lightning strikeLough Key, Ireland
120+13 June 2013Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fireDehui, China
1197 December 1946Winecoff Hotel fireDowntown Atlanta, Georgia, United States
11818 April 19301930 Costești wooden church fireCostești, Romania
11813 May 1972Sennichi department store fireOsaka, Japan
113–11726 May 1822Grue Church fireGrue, Norway
1095 November 19611961 Elbarusovo school fireElbarusovo, Soviet Union
10817 May 2004Fire at San Pedro Sula's prisonSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
10410 March 1930Cinema fireChinkai Guard District
10429 November 1973Taiyo department store fireKumamoto, Japan
10410 March 1930Jinhae Primary School fireJinhae, Korea
10211 July 1997Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fireJomtien Beach, Thailand
10016 February 1955Nursing home fireYokohama, Japan
10020 February 2003The Station nightclub fireWest Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
9917 February 1955Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fireYokohama, Japan
9912 December 1942Knights of Columbus Hostel fireSt John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
9831 December 1986Dupont Plaza Hotel arsonSan Juan, Puerto Rico
951 December 1958Our Lady of the Angels School FireChicago, Illinois, United States
9416 July 20042004 Kumbakonam School fireKumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
92+8 February 19811981 Bangalore circus fireBangalore, India
9023 September 1928Novedades Theater fireMadrid, Spain
899 December 2011AMRI hospital fireKolkata, West Bengal, India
893 November 1974Pu Lai Win Hotel fireSeoul, South Korea
8730 August 1947Cinema fireRueil-Malmaison, France
8725 March 1990Happyland FireBronx, New York City, New York, United States
8521 November 1980MGM Grand fireParadise, Nevada, United States
8617 March 1899Windsor Hotel fireNew York City, New York, United States
8217 December 1983Alcalá 20 nightclub fireMadrid, Spain
8120 November 1993Zhili Toy Factory fireShenzhen, China
8120 December 1937Primary School fireShirahama, Japan
80–888 February 1947Karlslust dance hall fireBerlin, Germany
8020 February 20192019 Dhaka fireDhaka, Bangladesh
8012 July 1979Hotel Corona de Aragón fireZaragoza, Spain
791985Saavedra Psychiatric Hospital fireBuenos Aires, Argentina
7914 February 1993Linxi department store fireTangshan, China
7828 March 1996Kebon Kembang shopping mall fireBogor, Indonesia
788 September 1727Barn fireBurwell, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
7827 May 1875Precious Blood Church fireHolyoke, Massachusetts, United States
789 January 1927Laurier Palace Theatre fireMontreal, Quebec, Canada
7716 May 1923Cleveland school fireCamden, South Carolina, United States
7524 September 1999Building fireYogyakarta, Indonesia
7517 August 2001Manor Hotel fireQuezon City, Philippines
7413 May 2015Kentex slipper factory fireValenzuela City, Philippines
7429 March 2000Tiantang cinema fireJiaozuo, China
7329 July 1979Lakshimki Talkies cinema fireTuticorin, India
7226 December 1811Richmond Theatre fireRichmond, Virginia, United States
7217 February 1957Warrenton Nursing Home FireWarrenton, Missouri, United States
7214 June 2017Grenfell Tower fireLondon, England, United Kingdom
7131 December 1929Glen Cinema disasterPaisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
7110 January 1883Newhall House Hotel fireMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
705 April 1949St. Anthony's Hospital fireEffingham, Illinois, United States
6826 March 2001Kyanguli Secondary school fireMachakos, Kenya
682 March 1960Manufacturing plant fireBusan, South Korea
661 January 2009Santika Club fireBangkok, Thailand
6524 February 2006KTS Composite Textile factory fireChittagong, Bangladesh
6415 February 1995Restaurant fireTaichung, Taiwan
6413 February 1983Cinema Statuto fireTurin, Italy
644 May 1963Le Monde theater fireDiourbel, Senegal
6319 March 2007Nursing home fireKrasnodar, Russia
6323 November 1963Golden Age Nursing Home fireFitchville Township, Ohio, United States
6329 October 1998Gothenburg nightclub fireGothenburg, Sweden
6330 October 2015Colectiv nightclub fireBucharest, Romania
628 February 1989Premier Studio of Mysore fireMysore, India
615 June 1946La Salle Hotel fireChicago, Illinois, United States
6113 December 1993Textile Factory fireFuzhou, China
611978Prison fireBuenos Aires, Argentina
608 June 1997Brihadiswara temple fireThanjavur, India
6029 October 2002Ho Chi Minh City ITC fireHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
6025 March 20182018 Kemerovo fireWinter Cherry complex, Kemerovo, Russia
59 1 January 2009Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fireBangkok, Thailand
5913 June 1997Uphaar Cinema fireGreen Park, Delhi, India
58+15 November 20102010 Shanghai apartment fireShanghai, China
5811 May 1955Cinema fireWielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland
5611 May 1985Bradford City Football Club stadium fireBradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
5630 October 1999Inchon, South Korea
5525 April 2008Rosamar Furniture factory fireCasablanca, Morocco
551980Mental hospital fireGórna Grupa, Poland
557 September 1943Gulf Hotel fireHouston, Texas, United States
5430 October 1999Building fireIncheon, South Korea
5316 February 2004Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fireJilin, China
5127 January 1903Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum fireLondon, England, United Kingdom
502 August 1973Summerland disasterDouglas, Isle of Man
502 November 2002Sidi Moussa prison fireEl Jadida, Morocco
495 June 20092009 Hermosillo daycare center fireHermosillo, Mexico
4814 February 1981Stardust fireArtane, Dublin, Ireland
481 January 1980Opémiska Community HallChapais, Quebec, Canada
441 August 1962Chau Street tenement house fireNew Kowloon, Hong Kong
441 September 2001Myojo 56 building fireTokyo, Japan
438 October 2017Northern California WildfiresSonoma County, Napa County, Mendocino County, California, United States
4314 January 1990Flying nightclub fireZaragoza, Spain
425 September 1926Dromcolliher Cinema FireCounty Limerick, Ireland
4126 January 20182018 Miryang hospital fireMiryang, South Korea
4120 November 1996The Garley Building fireTsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
4118 November 1947Ballantynes FireChristchurch, New Zealand
38+April 2020Icheon construction site fireIcheon, South Korea
3823 December 20172017 Davao City mall fireDavao City, Philippines
388 December 1942Seacliff Lunatic Asylum FireDunedin, New Zealand
371 September 1970Blue Bird Café fireMontreal, Quebec, Canada
3722 March 2013Karen refugee camp fireMae Hong Son, Thailand
362 December 20162016 GhostShip Oakland warehouse fireOakland, California, United States
3624 December 1924Babbs Switch fireBabbs, Oklahoma, United States
351 September 1973Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotelCopenhagen, Denmark
3418 July 2019Kyoto Animation arson attackKyoto, Japan
3430 October 1971Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fireAberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong
339 May 1977Hotel Polen fireAmsterdam, Netherlands
338 February 1982Hotel New Japan FireTokyo, Japan
3224 June 1973UpStairs Lounge arson fireNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
3118 November 1987King's Cross tube station fireLondon, England, United Kingdom
303 August 1966William Booth Memorial Home fireMelbourne, Australia
2920 December 1970Pioneer Hotel fireTucson, Arizona, United States
2921 December 20172017 Jecheon fireJecheon, South Korea
2920 July 2002Utopia nightclub fireLima, Peru
253 September 1991Imperial Foods processing plant fireHamlet, North Carolina, United States
2414 September 2017Islamic boarding school fireKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2430 June 1974Gulliver's nightclub firePort Chester, New York, United States
2428 January 20092009 Nakumatt supermarket fireNairobi, Kenya
2310 January 1976Pathfinder Hotel fireFremont, Nebraska, United States
2330 January 1976Wincrest Nursing Home fireChicago, Illinois, United States
2216 July 2017ChangshuJiangsu, China
2220 October 2000LobohomboMexico City, Mexico
2113 April 2009Hostel for homeless fireKamień Pomorski, Poland
2117 February 1986Andorinha Building fireRio de Janeiro, Brazil
2128 October 1915St. Johns School FirePeabody, Massachusetts, United States
2010 June 1978Hotel fireBorås, Sweden
1925 August 2018A hotel fire in kills 19 people while 23 are injuredHarbin, China
1912 July 2005Calderón Guardia Hospital fireSan José, Costa Rica
194 September 1982Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fireLos Angeles, California, United States
191968Knitting factory fire, spread to apartment above the factoryHong Kong
1720 April 1937A cinefilm fire in an elementary schoolKilingi-Nõmme, Estonia
1725 January 1997Top One Karaoke fire Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
1630 June 1999Sealand Youth Training Center FireHwaseong, South Korea