The following is a list of fires in high-rise buildings. A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings. Skyscraper fires are technically challenging for fire departments: they require unusually high degrees of organization and cooperation between participating firefighting units to contain and extinguish. Skyscraper fires are often multiple-alarm fires.
Notable fires
| Building | Height (m) | City | Country | Date | Death(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Tower | 91 m[1] | San Francisco | United States | 1906-04-18 | ? | Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
| Merchants Exchange Building | 69 m[2] | |||||
| Old Chronicle Building | 95 m[3] | |||||
| Mutual Bank Building | ||||||
| Asch Building | 48 m[4] | New York City | March 25, 1911 | 146 | Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire | |
| The Sherry-Netherland | 171 m[5] | 1927-04-12 | 0 | Occurred during construction | ||
| Empire State Building | 381 m[6] | 1945-07-28 | 14 | Plane crash due to thick fog | ||
| 40 Wall Street | 283 m[7] | 1946-05-20 | 5 | Plane crash | ||
| La Salle Hotel | Chicago | 1946-06-05 | 61 | Likely an electrical fire | ||
| Winecoff Hotel | 59 m[8] | Atlanta | 1946-12-07 | 119 | Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history | |
| Ronan Point | 64 m[9] | London | United Kingdom | 1968-05-16 | 4 | Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise. |
| 1 New York Plaza | 192 m[10] | New York City | United States | 1970-08-05 | 2 | Sparked from a faulty computer connection[11] |
| Taeyongak Hotel | 72.6 m | Seoul | South Korea | 1971-12-25 | 163 | Daeyeonggak Hotel fire, deadliest hotel fire in history |
| Andraus Building | 115 m[12] | São Paulo | Brazil | 1972-02-24 | 16 | Sparked from an electrical overload[13] |
| Rault Tower | New Orleans | United States | 1972-11-29 | 6 | Suspected arson[14] | |
| Avianca Building | 161 m | Bogotá | Colombia | 1973-07-23 | 4 | Sparked on the 14th floor |
| City-Haus | 142 m | Frankfurt | West Germany | 1974-02-01 | 0 | Occurred during construction |
| Joelma Building | 82.5 m | São Paulo | Brazil | 1974-02-01 | 184 | 179–189, Joelma fire |
| 1 World Trade Center | 417 m | New York City | United States | 1975-02-13 | 0 | Arson[15] |
| Campbell Shopping Complex | 66 m | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1976-04-08 | 1 | Campbell Shopping Complex fire |
| Bank Bumiputra | Kuala Lumpur | 1980-11-04 | ? | |||
| MGM Grand Hotel | 85.8 m | Las Vegas | United States | 1980-11-21 | 84 | MGM Grand fire |
| Las Vegas Hilton | 114 m | Las Vegas | 1981-02-10 | 8 | Arson | |
| Torre Santa María | Santiago | Chile | 1981-03-21 | 11 | Occurred when carpet glue ignited during carpet installation.[16] | |
| Al Rasheed Hotel | 59.4 m | Baghdad | Iraq | 1982-07-21 | 1 | Plane crash-Suicide by F-4 Phantom during Iran-Iraq War |
| Northwestern National Bank | 52.8 m | Minneapolis | United States | 1982-11-25 | 0 | Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire |
| KOMTAR | 248.7 m | Penang | Malaysia | 1983-01-23 | 0 | Likely occurred due to welding sparks[17] |
| Prudential Tower | 276 m | Boston | United States | 1983-01-02 | 0 | A nine-alarm fire in the building spread because of the lack of a sprinkler system.[18][19] |
| Dupont Plaza Hotel | 74 m | Condado | Puerto Rico | 1986-12-31 | 97 | Dupont Plaza Hotel arson |
| Schomburg Plaza | New York City | United States | 1987-03-22 | 7 | Ignited from the plaza's trash compactor room[20] | |
| Hotel International | 85 m | Zurich | Switzerland | 1988-02-14 | 6 | Deadliest high-rise fire in Swiss history |
| First Interstate Tower | 261.52 m | Los Angeles | United States | 1988-05-04 | 1 | First Interstate Tower fire |
| Peachtree 25th Building | 33 m | Atlanta | 1989-06-30 | 5 | Peachtree 25th Building fire | |
| One Meridian Plaza | 150 m | Philadelphia | 1991-02-23 | 3 | Occurred when rags ignited, fire spread uncontrollably after all fire protection systems failed.[21] Later torn down. | |
| UNITIC Twin Towers | 105.5 m | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1992-05-28 | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | |
| Executive Council Building | 69.3 m | 1992-05-28 | Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells. | |||
| Groeneveen and Kruitberg | 33 m | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1992-10-04 | 43 | El Al Flight 1862 plane crash, Partial collapse |
| 1 World Trade Center | 417 m | New York City | United States | 1993-02-26 | 6 | Bombing which also resulted in 1,042 smoke related injuries |
| Stratosphere Tower | 350.2 m | Las Vegas | 1993-08-30 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| White House (Moscow) | 119 m | Moscow | Russia | 1993-10-08 | 147 | Caught fire from tank shelling during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis |
| Hotel Olympik | 73 m | Prague | Czech Republic | 1995-05-25 | 8 | Occurred on the 11th floor within a janitor's closet[22] |
| Tower 42 | 183 m | London | United Kingdom | 1996-01-17 | 0 | Occurred during refurbishment |
| Garley Building | 52.8 m | Hong Kong | British Hong Kong | 1996-11-20 | 41 | 1996 Garley Building fire |
| Ušće Tower | 115 m | Belgrade | Serbia and Montenegro | 1999-04-21 | 0 | Struck by NATO air strikes during the Kosovo War setting the upper floors on fire. |
| Immigration Tower | 181 m | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2000-08-02 | 2 | Arson |
| Ostankino Tower | 540.1 m | Moscow | Russia | 2000-08-27 | 3 | Tallest structure in Europe |
| 1 and 2 World Trade Center | 417 m / 415.1 m | New York City | United States | 2001-09-11 | 2,312 | Part of the September 11 attacks. One hijacked airliner was deliberately flown into each of the skyscrapers. Both towers experienced a total structural failure within two hours of the plane impacts. Tallest buildings to ever be destroyed. |
| 7 World Trade Center | 190 m | 0 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 1 (North Tower) of the World Trade Center, resulting in this building also collapsing. | |||
| 90 West Street | 98.76 m | 2 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center | |||
| 130 Cedar Street | 50 m | 0 | Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center | |||
| Pirelli Tower | 127 m | Milan | Italy | 2002-04-18 | 3 | Plane crash |
| Cook County Administration Building | Chicago | United States | 2003-10-17 | 6 | Seven other seriously injured, fire thought to have been arson[23][24] | |
| Al Rasheed Hotel | 59.4 m | Baghdad | Iraq | 2003-12-26 | 1 | Twenty-eight 68 mm and 85 mm Katyusha rockets were fired at and struck the hotel |
| Parque Central Complex east tower | 255 m | Caracas | Venezuela | 2004-10-17 | 0 | Damage to 34th-44th floors |
| LaSalle National Bank Building | 163.1 m | Chicago | United States | 2004-12-07 | 0 | 25 injured[25] |
| Harrow Court | 56.1 m | Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | 2005-02-02 | 3 | Harrow Court fire |
| Windsor Tower | 106 m | Madrid | Spain | 2005-02-12 | 0 | Partially collapsed; subsequently demolished |
| Tohid Town Residential | 33 m | Tehran | Iran | 2005-12-06 | 106 | Plane crash: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash |
| Transport Tower | 112.2 m | Astana | Kazakhstan | 2006-05-30 | 0 | Fire destroyed upper floors of 34-story government building |
| Belaire Apartments | 156 m | New York City | United States | 2006-10-11 | 2 | Plane crash |
| Fortune Tower | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2007-01-18 | 4 | Occurred during construction, 57 injured | |
| Shanghai World Financial Center | 494.3 m | Shanghai | China | 2007-08-14 | 0 | Occurred on 40th floor during construction |
| Deutsche Bank Building | 157.6 m | New York City | United States | 2007-08-18 | 2 | Occurred during dismantling, demolished due to damage from the September 11 attacks |
| The Water Club | 125.4 m | Atlantic City | 2007-09-23 | 0 | Occurred during construction.[26] | |
| Monte Carlo Resort and Casino | 110 m | Las Vegas | 2008-01-25 | 0 | Fire affecting top six floors | |
| TU Delft Faculteitsgebouw Bouwkunde | 56 m | Delft | The Netherlands | 2008-04-13 | 0 | A broken water pipe on the 8th floor caused a short circuit in a coffee machine a floor below, resulting in a fire.[27] The building was demolished afterwards. |
| Abraj Al Bait Towers | 601 m | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 2008-10-28 | 0 | Occurred during construction; fire consumed nine floors |
| Beijing Television Cultural Center | 159 m | Beijing | China | 2009-02-09 | 1 | Beijing Television Cultural Center fire |
| Bashundhara City Tower | 62.7 m | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2009-03-13 | 4 | |
| Abraj Al Bait Towers | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | 2009-05-01 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| Lakanal House | 46.2 m | London | United Kingdom | 2009-07-03 | 6 | Lakanal House fire |
| Rabobank Bestuurscentrum | 105 m | Utrecht | Netherlands | 2010-06-27 | 0 | Occurred on the 25th and 26th floor during the construction. The exact cause of the fire has never been identified.[28] |
| Wooshin Golden Suites | Busan | South Korea | 2010-09-01 | 0 | Wooshin Golden Suites fire | |
| Dijon residential complex | 79.2 m | Dijon | France | 2010-10-14 | 7 | [29][30] |
| Unnamed high-rise apartment block | 85 m | Shanghai | China | 2010-11-15 | 58 | Occurred during renovation; 2010 Shanghai fire |
| Dynasty Wanxin building complex Towers A and B (Tower C was unaffected) | Shenyang | 2011-02-03 | 0 | Started from fireworks during Chinese New Year Celebrations.[31] | ||
| EVN Headquarters Tower 1 | 147 m | Hanoi | Vietnam | 2011-12-16 | 0 | Fire occurred during construction, 11 workers injured.[32] |
| Uncompleted high rise block | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2012-01-18 | 0 | [33] | |
| Fico Place | Bangkok | Thailand | 2012-03-03 | 0 | Two firemen injured[34] | |
| Federation Tower (East Tower) | 450 m | Moscow | Russia | 2012-04-2 | 0 | Occurred while the building was under construction |
| Al Tayer Tower | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 2012-04-28 | 0 | [35] | |
| Polat Tower Residence | 140 m | Istanbul | Turkey | 2012-07-17 | 0 | [36] |
| Tamweel Tower | 160 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2012-11-18 | 0 | [37] |
| Oko Tower 1 | 354.1 m | Moscow | Russia | 2013-01-25 | 0 | Fire occurred on 24th floor during construction, one worker was injured.[38] |
| Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower | 214 m | Mexico City | Mexico | 2013-01-31 | 33 | Gas explosion affecting the main building's 14-story annex Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion |
| Grozny-City Towers | 150 m | Grozny | Russia | 2013-04-03 | 0 | [citation needed] |
| Guangzhou Jianye Building Fire | Guangzhou | China | 2013-04-03 | 0 | [39] | |
| The Strand | New York City | United States | 2014-01-05 | 1 | [40] | |
| One57 | 306 m | New York City | United States | 2014-03-14 | 0 | Fire broke out in the loading dock, then spread to the courtyard and a neighboring property.[41] |
| Mermoz Tower | 52.8 m | Roubaix | France | 2012-05-14 | 0 | [42] |
| Lotus Park building | Mumbai | India | 2014-07-18 | 1 | [43] | |
| Lacrosse Apartments | Melbourne | Australia | 2014-11-25 | 0 | Fire started on an 8th floor balcony and rapidly spread up the facade cladding.[44] | |
| The Wedgwood | 30 m | Castle Hills | United States | 2014-12-28 | 5 | The fire occurred on one wing of the third floor causing extensive smoke damage.[45][46] |
| The Marina Torch | 336.8 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2015-02-21 | 0 | At least 7 people were injured. |
| Wisma Kosgoro | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2015-03-10 | 0 | Fire destroyed floors 16–20.[47] | |
| Franklin Tower, 100-101 Terr. Boieldieu, Tower A | 120 m | Puteaux, Paris | France | 2015-03-17 | 0 | Unstated cause, ignition on 40th flr in technical room, contained by 30 firefighters via internal wet column (a pressurized vertical pipe).[48][49] |
| Unnamed Highrise | Baku | Azerbaijan | 2015-05-19 | 16 | See 2015 Baku residence building fire | |
| Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | 184 m | Las Vegas | United States | 2015-07-25 | 0 | Fire occurred on the pool deck fueled by cabanas and artificial trees; two people were treated for smoke inhalation.[50] |
| Unnamed Residential Tower | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 2015-10-01 | 0 | Fire burned building facade, 19 treated for smoke inhalation.[51] | |
| John Hancock Center | 457 m | Chicago | United States | 2015-11-21 | 0 | A two-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor. Five injured.[52] |
| The Address Downtown Dubai | 306.2 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2015-12-31 | 1 | Occurred on New Year's Eve, 14 injured.[53] |
| Tour Anvers (in Les Olympiades residential complex) | 104 m | Paris | France | 2016-1-12 | 1 | 16th of 31 flrs, contained to apt without spreading, 1 killed, 31-year-old woman with muscle disability.[54][55] |
| An unidentified tower on avenue Romain-Rolland | 33 m | Saint-Denis | France | 2016-1-13 | 1 | [56][57] |
| 158 bd Davout | 21 m | Paris 20e | France | 2016-06-01 | 1 | 3rd through 7th of 7 flrs, 8 injured.[58] |
| Sulafa Tower | 288 m | Dubai | UAE | 2016-07-20 | 0 | |
| Plasco Building | 42 m | Tehran | Iran | 2017-01-19 | 21 | The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured.[59] |
| Grenfell Tower | 79.2 m | London | United Kingdom | 2017-06-14 | 72 | The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building.[60] See Grenfell Tower fire |
| Pamchal Chitgar Building | 66 m | Tehran | Iran | 2017-06-14 | 0 | The residential 20-storey tower – four injured |
| Marco Polo Apartments | 118.8 m | Honolulu | United States | 2017-07-14 | 3 | Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36-story apartments. 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 | 66 m | Mashhad | Iran | 2017-07-22 | 0 | Under construction 20-storey hotel |
| The Marina Torch | 336.8 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2017-08-04 | 0 | |
| Trump Tower | 202 m | New York City | United States | 2018-04-07 | 1 | 6 firefighters injured |
| Almas Tower | 360 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2018-04-30 | 0 | |
| Trump International Hotel and Tower (Baku) | 108.9 m | Baku | Azerbaijan | 2018-04-30 | 0 | Involved two separate fires the same day |
| Wilton Paes de Almeida Building | 79.2 m | São Paulo | Brazil | 2018-04-30 | 8 | 7–9, building collapsed shortly after blaze |
| Paramis Building | 69.3 m | Tehran | Iran | 2018-07-22 | 0 | 21-storey residential building |
| Bank of Lisbon building | 108 m | Johannesburg | South Africa | 2018-09-06 | 3 | Building demolished/Imploded on November 24, 2019 |
| FR Tower | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2019-03-28 | 25 | FR Tower fire | |
| AXA Equitable Center | 229.3 m | New York City | United States | 2019-06-10 | 1 | 2019 New York City helicopter crash |
| Unnamed Highrise | 47.9 m | Prešov | Slovakia | 2019-12-06 | 8 | Natural gas explosion, 40 injuries[61] |
| Abbco Tower | 190 m | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 2020-05-05 | 1 | 25 injuries, likely started by a discarded cigarette or shisha coals[62] |
| Tower block at 1158 Nerudova street | 42.9 m | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2020-08-08 | 11 | Bohumín arson attack |
| Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau apartment building | 108.9 m | South Korea | South Korea | 2020-10-09 | 0 | 92 residents and 1 firefighter injured. Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau Fire[63] |
| Helsinki Tower, 50 rue du Disque | ~100 m | Paris | France | 2021-08-13 | 1 | 18th of 33 flrs, apt possibly linked to Diogenes syndrome (hoarding), spread prevented via compartmentation, contained after 2 hrs, ~70 firefighters, 2 hoses, 1 killed (carbonized body), 4 injured (2 were firefighters with heatstroke).[64] |
| Torre dei Moro | 60 m | Milan | Italy | 2021-08-29 | 0 | Fire event similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster[65] |
| Cheng Chung Cheng Building | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2021-10-14 | 46 | 2021 Kaohsiung tower fire | |
| World Trade Centre Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2021-12-15 | 0 | 13 injured, over 300 trapped on roof[66][67][68] | |
| Twin Parks North West, Site 4 | New York City | United States | 2022-01-09 | 17 | 2022 Bronx apartment fire | |
| Lotus Garden China Telecom Building | 218 m | Changsha, Hunan | China | 2022-09-16 | 0 | (fire extinguished. Under investigation.) |
| The Centaurus | 110 m | Islamabad | Pakistan | 2022-10-09 | 0 | 2022 The Centaurus Mall Fire Incident[69] |
| Elite Concept | 80 m | İstanbul | Turkey | 2022-10-15 | 0 | Originated from external cladding. |
| RiverCourt | 108.1 m | New York City | United States | 2022-11-05 | 0 | |
| 8 Boulevard Walk | 123 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2022-11-07 | 0 | |
| Jixiangyuan community | ~60 m (21 floors) | Ürümqi | China | 2022-11-26 | 11 | 2022 Ürümqi fire |
| The Kimpton | 175 m | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2023-03-02 | 0 | Occurred during construction |
| Unnamed Apartment Block | Hanoi | Vietnam | 2023-09-12 | 56 | 2023 Hanoi building fire | |
| Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower | 65.72 m | Khartoum | Sudan | 2023-09-17 | ? | Occurred during War in Sudan (2023) |
| Unnamed Highrise | València | Spain | 2024-02-22 | 10 | 2024 València residential complex fire | |
| Unnamed Highrise | Nanjing | China | 2024-02-23 | 15 | 2024 Nanjing building fire | |
| Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2024-02-29 | 46 | 2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire | |
| Tver | Russia | 2024-03-14 | 0 | Occurred during construction | ||
| Botanik Torre Flora | Recife | Brazil | 2024-03-28 | 0 | Occurred during construction | |
| Asia of Ivry (fr, Asie d'Ivry) | 21 m | Paris | France | 2024-09-17 | 0 | Wholesaler Chinese Pastry, 50 Av. de la Prte d'Ivry,[70] 7th flr (attic) |
| The 12th District Town Hall | 36 m | Paris | France | 2025-01-27 | 0 | Top flrs, possible electrical short in attic, 150 firefighters saved main structure, tower stabilized after collapse risk.[71] |
| Grand Kartal Hotel | 43.50 m | Bolu | Turkey | 2025-01-21 | 79 | 2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire |
| Marina Pinnacle | 280 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2025-06-13 | 0 | [72] |
| 18 Jardin de Guillaume Bouzignac/18 Mail Gustave Flaubert | 60 m | Tours, Indre-et-Loire | France | 2025-10-10 | 1 | [73] |
| Tuzla Retirement Home | Tuzla | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2025-11-4 | 17 | Tuzla retirement home fire | |
| Vjesnik Building | Zagreb | Croatia | 2025-11-17 | 0 | Fire started at the 15th floor by high school students. The building was vacant at the time of the fire, and will be demolished.[74] | |
| Wang Fuk Court[75] | 93-108.5 m | Tai Po | Hong Kong | 2025-11-26 | Wang Fuk Court fire Deadliest apartment fire in history[citation needed] | |
| 11 Thorncliffe Park Drive | Toronto | Canada | 2025-11-27 | 0 | Stubborn 5-alarm fire burning inside walls and electrical conduit. All 408 units evacuated.[76][77] | |
| Era View Tower | Manama | Bahrain | 2026-2-28 | 0 | Fire following an Iranian suicide drone attack | |
| Burj Al Arab | 321 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2026-3-1 | 0 | Fire following an Iranian suicide drone attack |
| PIFSS Headquarters | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 2026-3-8 | 0 | Fire following an Iranian suicide drone attack | |
| Address Grand Creek Harbour Tower 2 | 266 m | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2026-3-11 | 0 | Fire following an Iranian suicide drone attack |
| 6 East 43rd Street | New York City | United States | March 17, 2026 | 0 | Fire started in an HVAC system on the roof. Building was in the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade's route.[78] | |
| Total (minus deaths caused by September 11) | 2072 | |||||
- During the violent civil war the building was likely vacated before the shelling that started the fires.
See also
- List of building or structure fires
- Skyscraper
- Tower block
- Firefighting
- Fire escape
- List of high-rise facade fires
- The Towering Inferno (film)
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- "Bank of Lisbon building, site of deadly Joburg fire, to come down", The Citizen, Eric Naki, August 29, 2019
- "Madrid skyscraper faces collapse", BBC NEWS, February 13, 2005
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