| Date | Location | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 1835, Dec 16 | New York City, 500 buildings destroyed | n.a. |
| 1845, May | Canton, China, theater | 1 670 |
| 1871, Oct 8 | Chicago, 17 000 buildings destroyed | 250 |
| 1871, Oct 8 | Forest fire, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, USA | 1 182 |
| 1872, Nov 9 | Boston, USA, 800 buildings destroyed | n.a. |
| 1876, Dec 5 | Theater, Brooklyn, New York, USA | 295 |
| 1877, Jun 20 | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | 100 |
| 1881, Dec 8 | Ring Theater, Vienna | 850 |
| 1887, May 25 | Opera Comique, Paris | 200 |
| 1887, Sep 4 | Exeter, England, theater | 200 |
| 1894, Sep 1 | Forest fire, Minnesota, USA | 413 |
| 1897, May 4 | Paris, charity bazaar | 150 |
| 1900, Jun 30 | Docks, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA | 326 |
| 1902, Sep 20 | Church, Birmingham, Alabama, USA | 115 |
| 1903, Dec 30 | Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 602 |
| 1908, Jan 13 | Rhoads Theater, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, USA | 170 |
| 1908, Mar 4 | School, Collinwood, Ohio, USA | 176 |
| 1911, Mar 25 | Triangle Shirtwaist factory, New York City, USA | 146 |
| 1913, Oct 14 | Mid Giamorgan, Wales, colliery | 439 |
| 1918, Apr 13 | Norman, Oklahoma, state hospital | 38 |
| 1918, Oct 12 | Forest fire, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA | 400 |
| 1919, Jun 20 | Mayaguez Theater, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 150 |
| 1923, May 17 | School, Camden, South Carolina, USA | 76 |
| 1924, Dec 24 | School, Babb's Switch, Oklahoma, USA | 35 |
| 1929, May 15 | Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA | 125 |
| 1930, Apr 21 | Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, USA | 320 |
| 1931, Jul 24 | Home for aged, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA | 48 |
| 1934, Dec 11 | Hotel Kerns, Lansing, Michigan, USA | 34 |
| 1938, May 16 | Terminal Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 35 |
| 1940, Apr 23 | Dance hall, Natchez, Mississippi, USA | 198 |
| 1942, Nov 28 | Cocoanut Grove, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 491 |
| 1942, Dec 12 | Hostel, St, John's, Newfoundland, Canada | 100 |
| 1943, Sep 7 | Gulf Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA | 55 |
| 1944, Jul 6 | Ringling Circus, Hartford, Connecticut, USA | 168 |
| 1946, Jun 5 | LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 61 |
| 1946, Dec 7 | Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 119 |
| 1946, Dec 12 | New York City ice plant, tenement | 37 |
| 1949, Apr 5 | Hospital, Effingham, Illinois, USA | 77 |
| 1950, Jan 7 | Mercy Hospital, Davenport, Iowa, USA | 41 |
| 1953, Mar 29 | Nursing home, Largo, Florida, USA | 35 |
| 1953, Apr 16 | Metalworking plant, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 35 |
| 1957, Feb 17 | Home for aged, Warrenton, Missouri, USA | 72 |
| 1958, Mar 19 | New York City loft building | 24 |
| 1958, Dec 1 | Parochial school, Chicago, Illinois, USA | 95 |
| 1958, Dec 16 | Store, Bogota, Colombia | 83 |
| 1959, Jun 23 | Resort hotel, Stalheim, Norway | 34 |
| 1960, Mar 12 | Chemical plant, Pusan, Korea | 68 |
| 1960, Jul 14 | Mental hospital, Guatemala City | 225 |
| 1960, Nov 13 | Movie theater, Amude, Syria | 152 |
| 1961, Jan 6 | Thomas Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA | 20 |
| 1961, Dec 8 | Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA | 16 |
| 1961, Dec 17 | Circus, Niteroi, Brazil | 323 |
| 1963, May 4 | Theater, Diourbel, Senegal | 64 |
| 1963, Nov 18 | Surfside Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | 25 |
| 1963, Nov 23 | Rest home, Fitchville, Ohio | 63 |
| 1963, Dec 29 | Roosevelt Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida, USA | 22 |
| 1964, May 8 | Apartment building, Manila, Philippines | 30 |
| 1964, Dec 18 | Nursing home, Foutaintown, Indiana, USA | 20 |
| 1965, Mar 1 | Apartment, LaSalle, Quebec, Canada | 28 |
| 1965, Aug 11-16 | Watts riot fires, California, USA | 30+ |
| 1966, Mar 11 | 2 Ski resorts, Numata, Japan | 31 |
| 1966, Aug 13 | Hotel, Melbourne, Australia | 29 |
| 1966, Oct 17 | New York City building (firefighters) | 12 |
| 1966, Dec 7 | Barracks, Erzurum, Turkey | 68 |
| 1967, Feb 7 | Restaurant, Montgomery, Alabama, USA | 25 |
| 1967, May 22 | Store, Brussels, Belgium | 322 |
| 1967, July 16 | State prison, Jay, Florida, USA | 37 |
| 1968, Feb 26 | Hospital, Shrewsbury, England | 22 |
| 1968, May 11 | Wedding hall, Vijayawada, India | 58 |
| 1968, Nov 18 | Factory, Glasgow, Scotland | 24 |
| 1969, Dec 2 | Nursing home, Notre Dame, Canada | 54 |
| 1970, Jan 9 | Nursing home, Marietta, Ohio, USA | 27 |
| 1970, Nov 1 | Dance hall, Grenoble, France | 145 |
| 1970, Dec 20 | Hotel, Tucson, Arizona, USA | 28 |
| 1971, Mar 6 | Psych. clinic, Burghoezli, Switzerland | 28 |
| 1971, Apr 20 | Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand | 24 |
| 1971, Dec 25 | Hotel, Seoul, South Korea | 162 |
| 1973, May 13 | Nightclud, Osaka, Japan | 116 |
| 1972, Jul 5 | Hospital, Sherborne, England | 30 |
| 1973, Feb 6 | School, Paris, France | 21 |
| 1973, Jun 24 | Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | 32 |
| 1973, Nov 6 | Train, Fukui, Japan | 28 |
| 1973, Nov 29 | Department store, Kumamoto, Japan | 107 |
| 1973, Dec 2 | Theater, Seoul, South Korea | 50 |
| 1974, Feb 1 | Bank building, Sao Paulo, Brazil | 189 |
| 1974, Jun 30 | Discotheque, Port Chester, New York, USA | 24 |
| 1974, Nov 3 | Hotel & disco, Seoul, South Korea | 88 |
| 1975, Dec 12 | Tent city, Mina, Saudi Arabia | 138 |
| 1976, Oct 24 | Social club, Bronx, New York, USA | 25 |
| 1977, Feb 25 | Rossiya hotel, Moscow, Russia | 45 |
| 1977, May 28 | Nightclub, Southgate, Kentucky, USA | 164 |
| 1977, Jun 9 | Nightclub, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire | 41 |
| 1977, Jun 26 | Jail, Columbia, Tennessee, USA | 42 |
| 1977, Nov 14 | Hotel, Manila, Philippines | 47 |
| 1978, Jan 28 | Coates House Hotel, Kansas City, USA | 16 |
| 1978, Aug 19 | Movie theater, Abadan, Iran | 425+ |
| 1979, Jul 14 | Hotel, Saragossa, Spain | 80 |
| 1979, Dec 31 | Social club, Chapais, Quebec, Canada | 42 |
| 1980, May 20 | Nursing home, Kingston, Jamaica | 157 |
| 1980, Nov 21 | MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 84 |
| 1980, Dec 4 | Stouffer Inn, Harrison, New York, USA | 26 |
| 1981, Jan 9 | Boarding home, Keansburg, New Jersey, USA | 30 |
| 1981, Feb 10 | Las Vegas Hilton, Nevada, USA | 8 |
| 1981, Feb 14 | Discotheque, Dublin, Ireland | 44 |
| 1982, Sep 4 | Apartment house, Los Angeles, California, USA | 24 |
| 1982, Nov 8 | County jail, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | 29 |
| 1983, Feb 13 | Movie theater, Turin, Italy | 64 |
| 1983, Dec 17 | Discotheque, Madrid, Spain | 83 |
| 1984, May 11 | Great Adventure Amusement Park, New Jersey, USA | 8 |
| 1985, Apr 21 | Movie theater, Tabaco, Philippines | 44 |
| 1985, Apr 26 | Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 79 |
| 1985, May 11 | Soccer stadium, Bradford, England | 53 |
| 1986, Dec 31 | Dupont Plaza Hotel, Puerto Rico | 96 |
| 1987, May 6-Jun 2 | N China forest fire | 193 |
| 1987, Nov 17 | Subway, London, England | 30 |
| 1988, Mar 20 | 2 000 building, Lashio, Burma | 134 |
| 1990, Mar 25 | Social club, Bronx, New York, USA | 87 |
| 1991, Mar 3 | Munitions dump, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 260+ |
| 1991, Sep 3 | Processing plant, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA | 25 |
| 1991, Oct 20-21 | Wildfire, Oakland, Berkeley, California, USA | 24 |
| 1993, Apr 19 | Cult compound, Waco, Texas, USA | 72 |
| 1994, MAy 10 | Toy factory, Bangkok, Thailand | 213 |
| 1994, Jul 4-10 | Glenwood Springs, Colorado (firefighters) | 14 |
| 1994, Dec 8 | Theater, Karamay, China | 300 |
| 1994, Nov 2 | Burning fuel flood, Durunka, Egypt | 500 |
| 1995, Oct 28 | Subway train, Baku, Azerbaijan | 300 |
| 1995, Dec 23 | School, Mandi Dabwali, India | 500+ |
| 1996, Mar 19 | Nightclub, Quezon City, Philippines | 150+ |
| 1996, Mar 28 | Shopping mall, Bogor, Indonesia | 78 |
| 1996, Apr 11 | Airport, Dusseldorf, Germany | 16 |
| 1996, Oct 22 | Jail, Caracas, Venezuela | 25 |
| 1996, Nov 20 | Building, Hong Kong | 39 |
| 1997, Feb 23 | Worship site, Baripada, India | 164 |
| 1997, Apr 15 | Encampment, Mina, Saudi Arabia | 343 |
| 1997, Jun 7 | Temple, Thanjavur, India | 60+ |
| 1997, Jun 13 | Movie theater, New Dehli, India | 60 |
| 1997, Jul 11 | Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand | 90 |
| 1997, Sep 29 | Children's home, near Colina, Chile | 30 |
| 1998, Mar 26 | School dorm, Mazeras, India | 22 |
| 1998, Dec 3 | Orphanage, Manila, Philippines | 28 |
| 1999, Feb 10 | Police headquarters, Samara, Russia | 23 |
| 1999, Mar 24 | Mont Blanc tunnel, France and Italy | 40 |
| 1999, Jun 30 | Camp dormitory, Hwasung, South Korea | 23 |
| 1999, Oct 30 | Inchon, S. Korea, karaoke salon | 55+ |
| 2000, Mar 10 | Vitupo, Tuvalu, school | 18 |
| 2000, Mar 17 | Kanungu, Uganda, church | 530 |
| 2000, Jun 23 | Queensland, Australia, hostel | 15 |
| 2000, Oct 20 | Mexico City, Mexico, nightclub | 20 |
| 2000, Dec 25 | Luoyang, China, shopping center | 309 |
| 2001, Jan 1 | Volendam, Netherlands, cafe | 10 |
| 2001, Mar 6 | Central China, school | 41 |
| 2001, Mar 26 | Machakos, Kenya, school | 64 |
| 2001, Aug 6 | Madras, India, home for mentally ill | 27 |
| 2001, Aug 18 | Quezon City, Philippines, hotel | 73 |
| 2001, Sep 1 | Tokyo, Japan, nightclub | 44 |
| 2001, Oct 24 | Swiss Alps, St. Gotthard Tunnel | 11 |
| 2001, Dec 29 | Lima, Peru, fireworks accident | 291 |
| 2002, Mar 11 | Mecca, Saudi Arabia, girls' school | 15 |
| 2002, Jun 16 | Beijing, China, internet cafe | 24 |
| 2002, Jul 7 | Donetsk region, Ukraine, coal mine | 34+ |
| 2002, Jul 20 | Lima, Peru, disco | 25+ |
| 2002, Jul 31 | Donetsk region, Ukraine, coal mine | 20 |
| 2003, Feb 20 | Warwick, RI, USA nightclub (pyrotechnics) | 100 |
| 2003, Sep 15 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at al-Haer prison | 94 |
| 2004, Dec 31 | Buenos Aires club, Argentina, at 10:50 pm | 175 |