US school fires, grades K-12, with 10 or more deaths

 

 

Date

 

 

Name

 

 

Location

 

 

Number of deaths

 

03/18/1937

Consolidated School, gas explosion

New London, TX

294

03/04/1908

Lakeview School

Collinwood, OH

175

12/01/1958

Our Lady of the Angels School

Chicago, IL

95

05/17/1923

The Cleveland School

Kershaw County, SC

77

05/18/1927

Bath Consolidated School

Bath, MI

46

12/24/1924

Babbs Switch School

Hobart, OK

32

10/28/1915

St. John's Parochial School

Peabody, MA

21

03/31/1954

Cleveland Hill School

Cheekowaga, NY

15

 

Death tolls are based on information in NFPA's records.

Source: NFPA historical records