List of transportation fires

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This is a list of transportation fires where a ship or other transportation has caught on fire.

List of transportation fires

Ship fires

Train and rail fires

Bus fires

  • 1988 – Carrollton, Kentucky, bus collision—27 deaths on May 14, one of the deadliest bus disasters in US history
  • 1992 – Chien-Kang Bus Fire (健康幼稚園火燒車事件) – one bus carrying 50 kindergarten students, teachers, and parents caught fire at Taoyuan City (now Taoyuan District) on their way to the Leofoo Amusement Park, killing 23 and injuring 9
  • 1997 – Bus fire, Guangdong, China – bus caught fire on expressway, killing 39 passengers.
  • 2003 – Chun-Lung Bus Fire (尊龍客運高速公路火燒車事故)—A charter bus caught fire at Taipei County killing 6 and injuring 4
  • 2006 – A bus caught fire on a street in Rio Grande, Brazil. 28 people were injured, but no-one was killed. The cause of the fire was a can of paint thinner under the driver's seat, which ignited following a short-circuit.
  • 2007 – Comilla bus caught fire in Bangladesh, at least fifty-five killed on January 6.
  • 2008 – Lower Saxony: A bus caught fire presumably due to a passenger smoking in the toilet on the A2 Autobahn (Expressway) in Germany, 20 killed on November 4[8]
  • 2008 – Boromo bus caught fire in Balé Province, Burkina Faso, sixty-seven killed on November 15
  • 2008 – Firozabad bus caught fire in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing sixty-three on December 9.
  • 2009 – Chengdu bus fire, a mass murder–suicide attack Chengdu, Sichuan, China, results in 27 deaths on June 5
  • 2010 – During the Mount Carmel forest fire, a bus that was transporting prison guards was caught up in a wildfire as they made their way to evacuate a nearby prison, resulting in the death of 40 guards as flames overwhelmed the bus[9]
  • 2011 – Xinyang bus fire kills at least 41 people in Xinyang, Henan, China, on 22 July.
  • 2013 – A bus fire in Xiamen, China, believed to be an act of arson, killed 47 and injured 30.[10]
  • 2014 – Colombia bus fire killed 32 children who had just attended a church service in the city of Fundación 18 May 2014.[11]
  • 2014 – Six people died and dozens were injured in a bus terminal fire near Seoul, South Korea on 26 May 2014.[12]
  • 2016 – Taoyuan City coach fire killing 24 Mainland Chinese tourists with its Taiwanese driver and tour guide.[13]
  • 2016 – New York State Adirondack Trailways bus destroyed by brake fire.
  • 2018 – 52 passengers died in 2018 Kazakhstan bus fire, all Uzbek migrants travelling to Russia.

Road fires

Tanker truck fires and explosions

Other fires

See also

List of fires

References

  1. ↑ "SS Hankow gutted by fire after a typhoon. SS Hankow, a Hong Kong paddle steamer, pictured in harbour shortly after a fire gutted her interior, claiming 100 lives. Related photographs suggest the boat may have been one of many vessels affected by a devastating typhoon that struck Hong Kong on 18 September. Hong Kong, China, circa 14 October 1906., Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of, Eastern Asia, Asia". SuperStock. 1906-10-14. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  2. ↑ "Weathering the Storm" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. ↑ http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/images/osmrm/wlm3600pixel.jpg
  4. ↑ Fung, May; So, Sanna (1997-01-26). "Black days in HK's history". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  5. ↑ "Fatal Fire on Cruise Ship MS NORDLYS | MaritimeMatters | Cruise ship news and ocean liner history". MaritimeMatters. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Dramatic Video: Raging fire kills 2 on Norwegian cruise ship". YouTube. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  7. ↑ Train catches fire in Lynchburg, Va., derailment AOL.com article, April 30, 2014
  8. ↑ Stefan Simonsen/ddp (4 November 2008). "A2 bei Hannover: 20 Menschen sterben bei Bus-Brand". stern.de. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "40 prison guards dead after bus engulfed in fire | JPost | Israel News". JPost. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  10. ↑ "China bus fire kills 47". London: AP via The Guardian. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Colombia school bus catches fire, dozens of children killed". Herald Globe. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Fire in South Korea bus terminal leaves six dead". Seoul News.Net. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Breaking: 26 dead in tour bus blaze". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Disaster Story". Kingman Arizona Historic District. All About Kingman LLC. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
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