List of disasters in Romania by death toll

The list of disasters in Romania by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place on Romanian soil and resulted in at least five fatalities:

Disasters represented below:
Disaster below:
Plague
Earthquakes
Train wrecks
Storms
Floods
Structural fire
Explosions
Plane crashes

Disasters
Date Disaster Type Death toll Ref
1812-1813 June. Caragea's plague Epidemic 90,000 [1]
4 March 1977 Vrancea earthquake Natural Disaster 1,578 [2]
14 January 1917 Ciurea rail disaster Train wreck 600 [3]
10 September 1940 Vrancea earthquake Natural Disaster 593 [2]
10 September 1989 Sinking of the Mogoşoaia Ship wreck 239 [4]
May–June 1970 Romanian floods Natural Disaster 209
18 April 1930 Costești wooden church fire Structural fire 118 [5]
30 October 1971 Certej dam failure Flood 89 [6]
January–February 2012 European cold wave Cold wave 86 [7]
30 April 1922 Lupeni mine disaster Mine explosion 82 [8]
11 January 1838 Vrancea earthquake Natural DIsaster 73 [9]
30 October 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire Structure fire 64 [10]
31 March 1995 TAROM Flight 371 Plane crash 60 [11]
29 June 1980 Huțani bus accident Bus crash 48 [12]
1 September 1979 Brașov explosion Foundry failure 47 [13]
September 1974 Broșteni bridge truck accident Mobile accident 31 [14]
August 2005 Romanian floods Flood 31
10 November 1979 Bucharest drugs factory explosion Explosion 27 [15]
21 August 1988 Fărăoani truck accident Truck accident 27 [16]
June–July 2010 Romanian floods Natural disaster 23
24 May 2004 Mihăilești explosion Vehicle explosion 18 [17]
23 March 1847 Great Fire of Bucharest Fire 15 [18]
14 August 2009 Scânteia train accident Train collision 14 [19]
15 November 2008 Petrila mine disaster Mine explosion 13 [20]
8 September 2013 Valea Lupului train accident Train collision 11 [21]
30-31 May 1990 Vrancea earthquakes Natural disaster 8 [22]
17 September 2017 Timișoara storm Natural disaster 8 [23]
26 July 2010 IAF Sikorsky CH-53 crash Plane crash 7 [24]
16 August 2010 Giulești maternity fire Structure fire 6 [25]

References
  1. Cătălina Slujitoru, Emilia Sava. "Ciuma lui Caragea ucidea 300 de bucureșteni pe zi. Iată unde erau îngropați ciumații!". Historia (in Romanian).
  2. E.-S. Georgescu, A. Pomonis. "Building Damage vs. Territorial Casualty Patterns during the Vrancea (Romania) Earthquakes of 1940 and 1977" (PDF).
  3. "The world's worst train disasters". railway-technology.com. January 2, 2014.
  4. Valentin Trufașu (March 22, 2016). "Naufragii cumplite pe Dunăre. Secretele scufundării navei "Mogoșoaia", cea mai mare tragedie din istorie, care a curmat 239 de vieți". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  5. "87 de ani de la tragedia de la biserica din Costești. 116 copii au ars de vii în incendiul din Vinerea Mare". Libertatea (in Romanian). April 13, 2017.
  6. Daniel Guță (October 30, 2013). "Certej 30 octombrie 1971: povestea dezastrului ecologic care a ucis 89 de oameni". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  7. "Frigul continuă să ia vieți: 86 de decedați prin hipotermie". TION (in Romanian). February 15, 2012.
  8. "Minerii de la Lupeni au comemorat 90 de ani de la cea mai mare catastrofă minieră din Valea Jiului, în care au murit 82 de oameni". Mediafax (in Romanian). April 27, 2012.
  9. Ștefan Borcea (November 8, 2013). "Istorie "zguduitoare": cele mai puternice cutremure care au înspăimântat România". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  10. Mutler, Alison (October 30, 2016). "Romania marks a year since deadly nightclub fire". Associated Press.
  11. Vladimir Rodina (April 6, 1995). "Romanian air crash victims buried". UPI.
  12. "Lista neagră a dezastrelor petrecute pe drumurile țării. 48 de morți în autobuz, marea tragedie ascunsă de comuniști". Adevărul (in Romanian). August 13, 2017.
  13. Sebastian Dan (November 3, 2015). "Tragedii uitate în Brașov: Explozia turnătoriei de la Uzina Tractorul – 47 de morți, 80 de răniți". newsbv.ro (in Romanian).
  14. Dan Badea (January 23, 2014). "MARI TRAGEDII ÎN ARGEȘ: Blestemele de la Costești". Argeș Plus (in Romanian).
  15. "Cele mai cutremurătoare accidente și calamități din România modernă. Istoria dezastrelor". Puterea (in Romanian). 1 November 2015.
  16. Gheorghe Băltățescu (November 13, 2014). "O tragedie ascunsă de regimul comunist: 27 de morți în aceeași zi". Deșteptarea (in Romanian).
  17. "Cum a izbucnit cel mai mare incendiu care a distrus peste 2000 de case din București". Adevărul (in Romanian). February 23, 2011.
  18. Iulian Bunilă (June 17, 2013). "Explozia de la Mihăilești plasează Buzăul în istoria catastrofelor din România". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  19. "Accidentul feroviar de la Scânteia, soldat cu 14 morți - primele condamnări". Ziare.com (in Romanian). February 16, 2012.
  20. Daniel Guță (November 13, 2015). "Șapte ani de la marea tragedie din Mina Petrila: 13 mineri au murit și 15 au fost răniți în exploziile din subteran". Adevărul (in Romanian).
  21. "Microbuz spulberat de tren la Iași: Toate cele 11 persoane din mașină au murit". Mediafax via Realitatea.net (in Romanian). September 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  22. Andrei Stoicu. "Radiojurnalul Zilei - 31 mai 1990". jurnalul.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  23. "8 dead, dozens injured as fierce storm hits western Romania". Associated Press via The Washington Post. September 17, 2017.
  24. "7 feared dead after Israeli helicopter crashes in Romania". CNN. July 27, 2010.
  25. "Nurse charged with murder in Romanian hospital fire". CNN. August 23, 2010.
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