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Deadliest/large-loss fires

* This fire became a conflgration and spread to 57 exposures. The estimated $35 milion incldes all exposure fires.

** Not included in the NFPA Journal article, "Large Loss for 2007," because dollar amount was verified after publication date.

Source: NFPA's Fire Incident Data Organization, Fire Analysis & Research Division

Updated: 7/09

			Largest loss wildland fires in the U.S.
			Deadliest hospital fires in the U.S.
			Deadliest incidents in the U.S. resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters
			Deadliest fires in the U.S. with 5 or more firefighter deaths at the fire ground
			Largest fire losses in U.S. history
			Deadliest fires and explosions in U.S. history
			Deadliest fires or explosions in the world of all time, excluding bombings and wartime attacks
			Deadliest single-building or complex fires and explosions in U.S. history
			Top ten largest-loss educational structure fires
			U.S. school fires, grades K-12, with 10 or more deaths
			Deadliest fires and explosions in U.S. history by property class
			Deadliest public assembly and nightclub fires
			Deadliest fires in facilities for older adults
			Top ten deadliest prison fires in the United States