List of Accidents and Disasters By Death Toll - Structural Fires

Structural Fires

1. 2000+ – Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, December 8, 1863)
2. 1995 – Theater fire (Kamli, China, 1893)
3. 1670 – Theater fire (Canton, China, May 25, 1845)
4. 900 – Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
5. 800 – Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
6. 667 – Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
7. 658 – Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, February 13, 1937)
8. 602 – Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903)
9. 600 – Theater fire (Tientsin, China, May 20, 1872)
10. 540 - Dabwali tent fire (Haryana, India, December 23, 1995)
11. 538 – Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, India, December 23, 1995)
12. 530 – Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, March 17, 2000)
13. 500 - Gran Circus Norte-Americano - Niterói circus fire - (Niterói - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, December 17, 1961)
14. 492 – Cocoanut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
15. 448 – Ring Theater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, December 8, 1881)
16. 430 – Circus Ferroni fire (Berdichev, Russia, January 13, 1883)
17. 422 – Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, August 20, 1978)
18. 400 - Coliseo theater fire (Saragossa, Spain, December 17, 1778)
19. 396 – Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, August 1, 2004)
20. 360 – Comayagua prison fire (Comayagua, Honduras, February 14, 2012)
21. 324 – Karamay theater fire (Karamay, China, December 10, 1994)
22. 322 – Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, April 21, 1930) / L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
23. 309 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, December 25, 2000)
24. 278+ – Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, December 5, 1876)
25. 250 – Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909)
26. 233 - A fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, January 27, 2013)
27. 225 – Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 14, 1960)
28. 209 – Rhythm Night Club fire (Natchez, Mississippi, April 23, 1940)
29. 208 – Hoteiza theater fire (Kucchan, Japan, March 6, 1943)
30. 200 - Carslruhe theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1847)
31. 200 - Banquet theater fire (Porto, Portugal, March 21, 1888)
32. 198 – Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
33. 194 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire (Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2004)
34. 188 – Joelma Building fire (São Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 1974)
35. 186 – Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, September 5, 1887
36. 175 – Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, March 4, 1908)
37. 171 – Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
38. 168 – Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944)
39. 167 – Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
40. 165 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, May 28, 1977)
41. 163 – Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, November 13, 1960)
42. 162 – 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea) / Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
43. 153 – Perm Lame Horse club fire, (Perm, Russia, December 4, 2009)
44. 148 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York City, New York, March 25, 1911)
45. 146 – 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)
46. 144 – Church fire in Costeşti, Romania, April 18, 1930
47. 139 – Wing On godown fire, Sai Wan, Hong Kong, 139 killed
48. 130 – Cinema fire in Kirin, China, March 18, 1930
49. 124 - 2010 Nimtoli Fire, Nimtoli, Old Dhaka, 3 June 2010.
50. 124 – 2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory (Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 24, 2012)
51. 119 – Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 1946)
52. 118 – Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, May 13, 1972
53. 109 – 1961 Elbarusovo school fire (Elbarusovo, Soviet Union, November 5, 1961)
54. 108 – Fire at San Pedro Sula's prison (San Pedro Sula, Honduras, May 17, 2004)
55. 104 – Cinema fire at the Chinkai Guard District, March 10, 1930 / Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, November 29, 1973)
56. 100 – The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
57. 99 – Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire, (Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 1955)
58. 97 – Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
59. 95 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, (Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1958)
60. 89 – AMRI hospital fire, India, December 9, 2011
61. 87 – Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990) / MGM Grand fire, (Paradise, Nevada, November 21, 1980)
62. 82 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, December 17, 1983)
63. 78 - Laurier Palace Theatre fire, (Montreal, Canada, January 9, 1927)
64. 64 – Restaurant fire in Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C., (February 15, 1995) / Cinema Statuto fire, (Turin,Italy, February 13, 1983)
65. 63 – Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
66. 59 (to 61) – Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2009)
67. 59 - Uphaar Cinema fire, India on Friday, June 13, 1997
68. 56 – Bradford City Football Club stadium fire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, 11 May 1985.
69. 48 – Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 1981)
70. 44 – Myojo 56 building fire, (Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2001)
71. 42 – Dromcolliher Cinema Fire, (County Limerick, Ireland, 5 September 1926)
72. 41 – Ballantynes Fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 November 1947.
73. 40 – The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
74. 38 - Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire. near Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 December 1942.
75. 37 - Blue Bird Café fire, Montreal, Canada, September 1, 1970
76. 35 – Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
77. 34 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30, 1971.
78. 33 – Hotel Polen fire, possibly after a burglary below the hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 9, 1977 / Hotel New Japan Fire, (Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 1982)
79. 31 – King's Cross Fire underground Tube Train station fire, London UK. 18 November 1987
80. 29 – Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)
81. 24 – 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
82. 21 – Hostel for homeless fire, Kamień Pomorski, Poland, April 13, 2009 / Andorinha Building fire (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 17, 1986) / St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28, 1915
83. 19 – Calderón Guardia Hospital fire, San José, Costa Rica, July 12, 2005 / Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fire, Los Angeles, California, September 4, 1982 / Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968
84. 17 – A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on April 20, 1937. / Top One Karaoke Fire (fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25, 1997)