Skyscraper fire
A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings. Skyscraper fires are one of the most technical fire-suppression challenges posed to modern fire departments, and require a high degree of organization and cooperation among participating units to be successfully contained and extinguished. Skyscraper fires are often multiple-alarm fires.
Notable fires
Building | Height (m) | City | Country | Date | Death(s) | Notes | |
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Central Tower | 91 m[1] | San Francisco | April 18, 1906 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake | ||
Merchants Exchange Building | 69 m[2] | San Francisco | April 18, 1906 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake | ||
Old Chronicle Building | 95 m[3] | San Francisco | April 18, 1906 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake | ||
Mutual Bank Building | San Francisco | April 18, 1906 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake | |||
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 | ||
Winecoff Hotel | 59 m[8] | Atlanta | December 7, 1946 | 119 | Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history | ||
Ronan Point | 64 m[9] | London | May 16, 1968 | 4 | Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise. | ||
1 New York Plaza | 192 m[10] | New York City | August 5, 1970 | 2 | |||
Taeyongak Hotel | Seoul | December 25, 1971 | 163 | Daeyeonggak Hotel fire, deadliest hotel fire in history | |||
Andraus Building | 115 m[11] | São Paulo | February 24, 1972 | 16 | |||
Rault Tower | New Orleans | November 29, 1972 | 6 | ||||
Joelma Building | São Paulo | February 1, 1974 | 179–189 | Joelma fire | |||
One World Trade Center | New York City | February 13, 1975 | 0 | ||||
Campbell Shopping Complex | Kuala Lumpur | April 8, 1976 | 1 | Campbell Shopping Complex fire | |||
Bank Bumiputra | Kuala Lumpur | November 4, 1980 | |||||
MGM Grand Hotel | Las Vegas | November 21, 1980 | 84 | MGM Grand fire | |||
Las Vegas Hilton | Las Vegas | February 10, 1981 | 8 | Arson | |||
Torre Santa María | Santiago | March 21, 1981 | 11 | Occurred when carpet glue ignited during carpet installation.[12] | |||
Al Rasheed Hotel | Baghdad | July 21, 1982 | 1 | Plane crash-Suicide by F-4 Phantom during Iran-Iraq War | |||
Northwestern National Bank | Minneapolis | November 25–26, 1982 | 0 | Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire | |||
KOMTAR | Penang | January 23, 1983 | 0 | ||||
Prudential Tower | Boston | January 2, 1986 | 0 | A nine-alarm fire in the building spread because of the lack of a sprinkler system.[13][14] | |||
Dupont Plaza Hotel | Condado, Puerto Rico | December 31, 1986 | 97 | Dupont Plaza Hotel arson | |||
Hotel International | Zurich | February 14, 1988 | 6 | Deadliest high-rise fire in Swiss history | |||
First Interstate Tower | Los Angeles | May 4, 1988 | 1 | First Interstate Tower fire | |||
Peachtree 25th Building | Atlanta | June 30, 1989 | 1 | ||||
One Meridian Plaza | Philadelphia | February 23–24, 1991 | 3 | ||||
UNITIC Twin Towers | Sarajevo | May 28, 1992 | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | ||||
Executive Council Building | Sarajevo | May 28, 1992 | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | ||||
Bijlmermeer Apartment Complex | Amsterdam | October 4, 1992 | 43 | El Al Flight 1862 plane crash, Partial collapse | |||
One World Trade Center | New York City | February 26, 1993 | 6 | Bombing which also resulted in 1,042 smoke related injuries | |||
Stratosphere Tower | Las Vegas | August 30, 1993 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |||
White House (Moscow) | Moscow | October 8, 1993 | unknown | Caught fire from tank shelling during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis | |||
Hotel Olympik | Prague | May 25, 1995 | 8 | ||||
Tower 42 | London | January 17, 1996 | 0 | Occurred during refurbishment | |||
Garley building | Hong Kong | November 20, 1996 | 41 | 1996 Garley Building fire | |||
Ušće Tower | Belgrade | April 21, 1999 | 0 | Struck by NATO air strikes during the Kosovo War setting the upper floors on fire. | |||
Immigration Tower | Hong Kong | August 2, 2000 | 2 | Arson | |||
Ostankino Tower | Moscow | August 27, 2000 | 3 | Tallest structure in Europe | |||
1 and 2 World Trade Center | New York City | September 11, 2001 | 2312 | Plane crashes in the September 11 attacks, causing full structural collapse. | |||
7 World Trade Center | New York City | September 11, 2001 | 0 | Full structural collapse caused by debris from the collapse of Buildings 1 and 2 (North and South towers) of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. | |||
90 West Street | New York City | September 11, 2001 | 2 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Two World Trade Center: September 11 attacks | |||
Pirelli Tower | Milan | April 18, 2002 | 3 | Plane crash | |||
Cook County Administration Building | Chicago | October 17, 2003 | 6 | Seven other seriously injured, fire thought to have been arson[15] [16] | |||
Al Rasheed Hotel | Baghdad | 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 | Caracas | October 17, 2004 | 0 | Damage to 34th-44th floors | |||
LaSalle National Bank Building | Chicago | December 7, 2004 | 0 | 25 injured[17] | |||
Harrow Court | Hertfordshire | February 2, 2005 | 3 | Harrow Court fire | |||
Windsor Tower | Madrid | February 12, 2005 | 0 | Partially collapsed; subsequently demolished | |||
Tohid Town Residential | Tehran | December 6, 2005 | 106 | Plane crash: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash | |||
Transport Tower | Astana | May 30, 2006 | 0 | Fire destroyed upper floors of 34-storey government building | |||
Belaire Apartments | New York City | October 11, 2006 | 2 | Plane crash | |||
Fortune Tower | Dubai | January 18, 2007 | 4 | Occurred during construction, 57 injured | |||
Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | August 14, 2007 | 0 | Occurred on 40th floor during construction | |||
Deutsche Bank Building | New York City | August 18, 2007 | 2 | Occurred during dismantling, demolished due to damage from the September 11 attacks | |||
The Water Club | Atlantic City | September 23, 2007 | 0 | Occurred during construction.[18] | |||
Monte Carlo Resort and Casino | Las Vegas | January 25, 2008 | 0 | Fire affecting top six floors | |||
Abraj Al Bait Towers | Mecca | October 28, 2008 | 0 | Occurred during construction; fire consumed nine floors | |||
Beijing Television Cultural Center | Beijing | February 9, 2009 | 1 | Beijing Television Cultural Center fire | |||
Bashundhara City Tower | Dhaka | March 13, 2009 | 4 | ||||
Abraj Al Bait Towers | Mecca | May 1, 2009 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |||
Lakanal House | London | July 3, 2009 | 6 | Lakanal House fire | |||
Wooshin Golden Suites | Busan | September 1, 2010 | 0 | Wooshin Golden Suites fire | |||
Unnamed high-rise apartment block | Shanghai | 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.[19] | |||
Unnamed Highrise | Hanoi | December 15, 2011 | 0 | Fire occurred during construction, 11 workers injured.[20] | |||
Uncompleted high rise block | Kuala Lumpur | January 18, 2012 | 0 | [21] | |||
Fico Place | Bangkok | March 3, 2012 | 0 | Two firemen injured[22] | |||
Federation Tower (East Tower) | Moscow | April 2, 2012 | 0 | Occurred while the building was under construction | |||
Al Tayer Tower | Sharjah | April 28, 2012 | 0 | [23] | |||
Polat Tower Residence | Istanbul | July 17, 2012 | 0 | [24] | |||
Tamweel Tower | Dubai | November 18, 2012 | 0 | [25] | |||
Oko Tower 1 | Moscow | January 25, 2013 | 0 | Fire occurred on 24th floor during construction, one worker was injured.[26] | |||
Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower | Mexico City | January 31, 2013 | 33 | Gas explosion affecting the main building's 14 story annex Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion | |||
Grozny-City Towers | Grozny | April 3, 2013 | 0 | [27] | |||
Jianye Mansion | Guangzhou | December 15, 2013 | 0 | [28] | |||
The Strand | New York City | January 5, 2014 | 1 | [29] | |||
One57 | New York City | March 15, 2014 | 0 | Fire broke out in the loading dock, then spread to the courtyard and a neighboring property. | |||
Lotus Park building | Mumbai | July 18, 2014 | 1 | [30] | |||
Lacrosse Apartments | Melbourne | November 25, 2014 | 0 | Fire started on an 8th floor balcony and rapidly spread up the facade cladding.[31] | |||
Wedgwood Apartments | Castle Hills, Texas | December 28, 2014 | 5 | [32] | |||
The Marina Torch | Dubai | February 21, 2015 | 0 | At least 7 people were injured. | |||
Wisma Kosgoro | Jakarta | March 10, 2015 | 0 | Fire destroyed floor 16-20.[33] | |||
Unnamed Highrise | Baku | May 19, 2015 | 16 | See 2015 Baku residence building fire | |||
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | Las Vegas | July 25, 2015 | 0 | Fire occurred on the pool deck fueled by cabanas and artificial trees, two people were treated for smoke inhalation.[34] | |||
Unnamed Residential Tower | Sharjah | October 1, 2015 | 0 | Fire burned building facade, 19 treated for smoke inhalation.[35] | |||
John Hancock Center | Chicago | November 21, 2015 | 0 | A two-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor. Five injured.[36] | |||
The Address Downtown Dubai | Dubai | December 31, 2015 | 1 | Occurred on New Year's Eve, 14 injured.[37] | |||
Plasco Building | Tehran | January 19, 2017 | 21 | The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured.[38] | |||
Grenfell Tower | London | June 14, 2017 | 71 | The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building.[39] See Grenfell Tower fire | |||
Pamchal Chitgar Building | Tehran | June 14, 2017 | 0 | The residential 20-storey tower - four injured | |||
Marco Polo Apartments | Honolulu | July 14, 2017 | 3 | Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36th story apartment. 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 | Mashhad | July 22, 2017 | 0 | Under construction 20-storey hotel | |||
The Marina Torch | Dubai | August 4, 2017 | 0 | ||||
Trump Tower | New York City | April 7, 2018 | 1 | 6 firefighters injured | |||
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Baku) | Baku | April 28, 2018 | 0 | Involved 2 separate fires the same day | |||
Wilton Paes de Almeida Building | São Paulo | April 30, 2018 | 1 | Building collapsed shortly after blaze | |||
Paramis Building | Tehran | July 22, 2018 | 0 | 21-storey Residental building | |||
Gallery
- Central Tower burns after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911
- Dupont Plaza Hotel arson in 1986
- Aftermath of the El Al Flight 1862 crash in 1992
- Aftermath of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
- UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers after the Siege of Sarajevo in 1996
- Executive Council Building during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992
- Ostankino Tower fire in 2000
- The north face of Two World Trade Center (south tower) immediately after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11 attacks
- 7 World Trade Center burns after the collapse of the Twin Towers
- Windsor Tower after the 2005 fire
- Aftermath of the 2006 New York City plane crash
- Deutsche Bank Building fire in 2007
- Aftermath of the Harrow Court fire in 2007
- Wooshin Golden Suites fire in 2010
- Aftermath of the Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion in 2013
- Fire at One57 in 2014.
- Plasco Building on fire prior to collapse in 2017.
- Grenfell Tower in the early morning of 14 June 2017.
See also
References
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- ↑ "Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, San Francisco". EMPORIS. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
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