The following is a list of fires in high-rise buildings. A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings. Skyscraper fires are technically challenging for fire departments: they require unusually high degrees of organization and cooperation between participating firefighting units to contain and extinguish. Skyscraper fires are often multiple-alarm fires.

Notable fires in history

Building Height (m) City Country Date Death(s) Notes
Central Tower 91 m[1] San Francisco  United States April 18, 1906 ? Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Merchants Exchange Building 69 m[2]
Old Chronicle Building 95 m[3]
Mutual Bank Building
Asch Building 48 m[4] New York City March 25, 1911 146 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The Sherry-Netherland 171 m[5] New York City April 12, 1927 0 Occurred during construction
Empire State Building 381 m[6] New York City July 28, 1945 14 Plane crash
40 Wall Street 283 m[7] New York City May 20, 1946 5 Plane crash
La Salle Hotel Chicago June 5, 1946 61 Electrical fire likely
Winecoff Hotel 59 m[8] Atlanta December 7, 1946 119 Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history
Ronan Point 64 m[9] London  United Kingdom May 16, 1968 4 Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise.
1 New York Plaza 192 m[10] New York City  United States August 5, 1970 2 Sparked from a faulty computer connection[11]
Taeyongak Hotel 72.6 m Seoul  South Korea December 25, 1971 163 Daeyeonggak Hotel fire, deadliest hotel fire in history
Andraus Building 115 m[12] São Paulo  Brazil February 24, 1972 16 Sparked from an electrical overload[13]
Rault Tower New Orleans  United States November 29, 1972 6 Suspected arson[14]
Avianca Building 161 m Bogotá  Colombia July 23, 1973 4 Sparked on the 14th floor
City-Haus 142 m Frankfurt  West Germany August 23, 1973 0 Occurred during construction
Joelma Building 82.5 m São Paulo  Brazil February 1, 1974 179–189 Joelma fire
One World Trade Center 417 m New York City  United States February 13, 1975 0 Arson[15]
Campbell Shopping Complex 66 m Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia April 8, 1976 1 Campbell Shopping Complex fire
Bank Bumiputra Kuala Lumpur November 4, 1980
MGM Grand Hotel 85.8 m Las Vegas  United States November 21, 1980 84 MGM Grand fire
Las Vegas Hilton 114 m Las Vegas February 10, 1981 8 Arson
Torre Santa María Santiago  Chile March 21, 1981 11 Occurred when carpet glue ignited during carpet installation.[16]
Al Rasheed Hotel 59.4 m Baghdad  Iraq July 21, 1982 1 Plane crash-Suicide by F-4 Phantom during Iran-Iraq War
Northwestern National Bank 52.8 m Minneapolis  United States November 25–26, 1982 0 Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire
KOMTAR 248.7 m Penang  Malaysia January 23, 1983 0 Likely occurred due to welding sparks[17]
Prudential Tower 276 m Boston  United States January 2, 1986 0 A nine-alarm fire in the building spread because of the lack of a sprinkler system.[18][19]
Dupont Plaza Hotel Condado, Puerto Rico  United States December 31, 1986 97 Dupont Plaza Hotel arson
Schomburg Plaza New York City  United States March 22, 1987 7 Ignited from the plaza's trash compactor room[20]
Hotel International 85 m Zurich   Switzerland February 14, 1988 6 Deadliest high-rise fire in Swiss history
First Interstate Tower 261.52 m Los Angeles  United States May 4, 1988 1 First Interstate Tower fire
Peachtree 25th Building 33 m Atlanta June 30, 1989 1 Suspected to spark from a faulty electric panel[21]
One Meridian Plaza 150 m Philadelphia February 23–24, 1991 3 Occurred when rags ignited, fire spread uncontrollably after all fire protection systems failed.[22] Later torn down.
UNITIC Twin Towers 105.5 m Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina May 28, 1992 Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells.
Executive Council Building 69.3 m Sarajevo May 28, 1992 Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells.
Groeneveen and Kruitberg 33 m Amsterdam  Netherlands October 4, 1992 43 El Al Flight 1862 plane crash, Partial collapse
One World Trade Center 417 m New York City  United States February 26, 1993 6 Bombing which also resulted in 1,042 smoke related injuries
Stratosphere Tower 350.2 m Las Vegas August 30, 1993 0 Occurred during construction
White House (Moscow) Moscow  Russia October 8, 1993 187 Caught fire from tank shelling during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
Hotel Olympik 73 m Prague  Czech Republic May 25, 1995 8 Occurred on the 11th floor within a janitor's closet[23]
Tower 42 183 m London  United Kingdom January 17, 1996 0 Occurred during refurbishment
Garley building 52.8 m Hong Kong  Hong Kong November 20, 1996 41 1996 Garley Building fire
Ušće Tower 115 m Belgrade  Serbia and Montenegro April 21, 1999 0 Struck by NATO air strikes during the Kosovo War setting the upper floors on fire.
Immigration Tower 181 m Hong Kong  Hong Kong August 2, 2000 2 Arson
Ostankino Tower 540.1 m Moscow  Russia August 27, 2000 3 Tallest structure in Europe
1 and 2 World Trade Center 417 m / 415.1 m New York City  United States September 11, 2001 2,312 Plane crashes in the September 11 attacks, causing explosion, structural damage, and fires resulting in collapse.
7 World Trade Center 190 m New York City September 11, 2001 0 Full structural collapse caused by debris from the collapse of Building 1 (North tower) of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.
90 West Street 98.76 m New York City September 11, 2001 2 Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center: September 11 attacks
130 Cedar Street 50 m New York City September 11, 2001 0 Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center: September 11 attacks
Pirelli Tower 127 m Milan  Italy April 18, 2002 3 Plane crash
Cook County Administration Building Chicago  United States October 17, 2003 6 Seven other seriously injured, fire thought to have been arson[24][25]
Al Rasheed Hotel 59.4 m Baghdad  Iraq December 26, 2003 1 Twenty-eight 68 mm and 85 mm Katyusha rockets were fired at and struck the hotel
Parque Central Complex east tower 255 m Caracas  Venezuela October 17, 2004 0 Damage to 34th-44th floors
LaSalle National Bank Building 163.1 m Chicago  United States December 7, 2004 0 25 injured[26]
Harrow Court 56.1 m Hertfordshire  United Kingdom February 2, 2005 3 Harrow Court fire
Windsor Tower 106 m Madrid  Spain February 12, 2005 0 Partially collapsed; subsequently demolished
Tohid Town Residential 33 m Tehran  Iran December 6, 2005 106 Plane crash: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash
Transport Tower 112.2 m Astana  Kazakhstan May 30, 2006 0 Fire destroyed upper floors of 34-story government building
Belaire Apartments 156 m New York City  United States October 11, 2006 2 Plane crash
Fortune Tower Dubai  United Arab Emirates January 18, 2007 4 Occurred during construction, 57 injured
Shanghai World Financial Center 494.3 m Shanghai  China August 14, 2007 0 Occurred on 40th floor during construction
Deutsche Bank Building 157.6 m New York City  United States August 18, 2007 2 Occurred during dismantling, demolished due to damage from the September 11 attacks
The Water Club 125.4 m Atlantic City September 23, 2007 0 Occurred during construction.[27]
Monte Carlo Resort and Casino 110 m Las Vegas January 25, 2008 0 Fire affecting top six floors
TU Delft Faculteitsgebouw Bouwkunde 56 m Delft  The Netherlands April 13, 2008 0 A broken water pipe on the 8th floor caused a short circuit in a coffee machine a floor below, resulting in a fire. [28] The building was demolished afterwards.
Abraj Al Bait Towers 601 m Mecca  Saudi Arabia October 28, 2008 0 Occurred during construction; fire consumed nine floors
Beijing Television Cultural Center 159 m Beijing  China February 9, 2009 1 Beijing Television Cultural Center fire
Bashundhara City Tower 62.7 m Dhaka  Bangladesh March 13, 2009 4
Abraj Al Bait Towers Mecca  Saudi Arabia May 1, 2009 0 Occurred during construction
Rabobank Bestuurscentrum 105 m Utrecht  Netherlands June 27, 2010 0 Occurred on the 25th and 26th floor during the construction. The exact cause of the fire has never been identified. [29]
Lakanal House 46.2 m London  United Kingdom July 3, 2009 6 Lakanal House fire
Wooshin Golden Suites Busan  South Korea September 1, 2010 0 Wooshin Golden Suites fire
Unnamed high-rise apartment block 85 m Shanghai  China November 15, 2010 58 Occurred during renovation; 2010 Shanghai fire
Dynasty Wanxin building complex Towers A and B (Tower C was unaffected) Shenyang February 3, 2011 0 Started from fireworks during Chinese New Year Celebrations.[30]
EVN Headquarters Tower 1 147 m Hanoi  Vietnam December 15, 2011 0 Fire occurred during construction, 11 workers injured.[31]
Uncompleted high rise block Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia January 18, 2012 0 [32]
Fico Place Bangkok  Thailand March 3, 2012 0 Two firemen injured[33]
Federation Tower (East Tower) 450 m Moscow  Russia April 2, 2012 0 Occurred while the building was under construction
Al Tayer Tower Sharjah  United Arab Emirates April 28, 2012 0 [34]
Polat Tower Residence 138.6 m Istanbul  Turkey July 17, 2012 0 [35]
Tamweel Tower 160 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates November 18, 2012 0 [36]
Oko Tower 1 354.1 m Moscow  Russia January 25, 2013 0 Fire occurred on 24th floor during construction, one worker was injured.[37]
Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower 214 m Mexico City  Mexico January 31, 2013 33 Gas explosion affecting the main building's 14 story annex Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion
Grozny-City Towers 150 m Grozny  Russia April 3, 2013 0
Jianye Mansion Guangzhou  China December 15, 2013 0 [38]
The Strand New York City  United States January 5, 2014 1 [39]
One57 410 m New York City  United States March 15, 2014 0 Fire broke out in the loading dock, then spread to the courtyard and a neighboring property.
Lotus Park building Mumbai  India July 18, 2014 1 [40]
Lacrosse Apartments Melbourne  Australia November 25, 2014 0 Fire started on an 8th floor balcony and rapidly spread up the facade cladding.[41]
The Wedgwood 30 m Castle Hills  United States December 28, 2014 5 The fire occurred on one wing of the third floor causing extensive smoke damage.[42][43]
The Marina Torch 336.8 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates February 21, 2015 0 At least 7 people were injured.
Wisma Kosgoro Jakarta  Indonesia March 10, 2015 0 Fire destroyed floors 16–20.[44]
Unnamed Highrise Baku  Azerbaijan May 19, 2015 16 See 2015 Baku residence building fire
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas 184 m Las Vegas  United States July 25, 2015 0 Fire occurred on the pool deck fueled by cabanas and artificial trees; two people were treated for smoke inhalation.[45]
Unnamed Residential Tower Sharjah  United Arab Emirates October 1, 2015 0 Fire burned building facade, 19 treated for smoke inhalation.[46]
John Hancock Center 457 m Chicago  United States November 21, 2015 0 A two-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor. Five injured.[47]
The Address Downtown Dubai 306.2 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates December 31, 2015 1 Occurred on New Year's Eve, 14 injured.[48]
Sulafa Tower 288 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates July 20, 2016 0
Plasco Building 42 m Tehran  Iran January 19, 2017 21 The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured.[49]
Grenfell Tower 79.2 m London  United Kingdom June 14, 2017 72 The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building.[50] See Grenfell Tower fire
Pamchal Chitgar Building 66 m Tehran  Iran June 14, 2017 0 The residential 20-storey tower - four injured
Marco Polo Apartments 118.8 m Honolulu  United States July 14, 2017 3 Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36-story apartments. Fire quickly spread to three more floors, making it a 5-alarm fire. This is the deadliest high-rise fire in Hawaii's history.
Rotana Hotel Building 66 m Mashhad  Iran July 22, 2017 0 Under construction 20-storey hotel
The Marina Torch 336.8 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates August 4, 2017 0
Trump Tower 202 m New York City  United States April 7, 2018 1 6 firefighters injured
Almas Tower 360 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates April 22, 2018 0
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Baku) 108.9 m Baku  Azerbaijan April 28, 2018 0 Involved two separate fires the same day
Wilton Paes de Almeida Building 79.2 m São Paulo  Brazil April 30, 2018 7–9 Building collapsed shortly after blaze
Paramis Building 69.3 m Tehran  Iran July 22, 2018 0 21-storey residential building
Bank of Lisbon building 108 m Johannesburg  South Africa September 6, 2018 3 Building demolished/Imploded in 24 Nov 2019
FR Tower Dhaka  Bangladesh March 28, 2019 25 FR Tower fire
AXA Equitable Center 229.3 m New York City  United States June 10, 2019 1 2019 New York City helicopter crash
Unnamed Highrise 47.9 m Prešov  Slovakia December 6, 2019 8 Natural gas explosion, 40 injuries[51]
Abbco Tower United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates May 5, 2020 1 25 injuries, likely started by a discarded cigarette or shisha coals[52]
Tower block at 1158 Nerudova street 42.9 m Czech Republic  Czech Republic August 9, 2020 11 Bohumín arson attack
Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau apartment building 108.9 m South Korea  South Korea October 8, 2020 0 92 residents and 1 firefighter injured. Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau Fire[53]
Torre dei Moro 60 m Milan  Italy August 29, 2021 0 Fire event similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster[54]
Cheng Chung Cheng Building Kaohsiung  Taiwan October 14, 2021 46 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire
World Trade Centre Hong Kong Hong Kong  Hong Kong December 15, 2021 0 13 injured, over 300 trapped on roof[55]
Twin Parks North West, Site 4 New York City  United States January 9, 2022 17 2022 Bronx apartment fire
Lotus Garden China Telecom Building 218 m Changsha, Hunan  China September 16, 2022 0 (fire extinguished. Under investigation.)
The Centaurus 110 m Islamabad  Pakistan October 9, 2022 0 2022 The Centaurus Mall Fire Incident[56]
RiverCourt 108.1 m New York City  United States November 5, 2022 0
8 Boulevard Walk 123 m Dubai  United Arab Emirates November 7, 2022 0
Jixiangyuan community ~60 m (21 floors) Ürümqi  China November 26, 2022 11 2022 Ürümqi fire
The Kimpton 175 m Hong Kong  Hong Kong March 2, 2023 0 Occurred during construction
Unnamed Apartment Block Hanoi  Vietnam September 12, 2023 56 2023 Hanoi building fire
Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower 65.72 m Khartoum  Sudan September 17, 2023 Unknown Occurred during War in Sudan (2023)

See also

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