Date |
Number of Fatalities |
Occupancy |
Location |
6/30/2013 |
19 |
Wildland fire (Yarnell Hill) |
Yarnell, AZ |
4/17/2013 |
9 |
Fertilizer plant explosion |
West, TX |
6/18/2007 |
9 |
Furniture store |
Charleston, SC |
8/5/2008 |
9 |
Wildfire fire (Buckhorn) helicopter crash |
Near Weaverville, CA |
5/31/2013 |
5 |
Restaurant fire |
Houston, TX |
10/26/2006 |
5 |
Wildland fire (Esperanza fire) |
Perris, CA |
6/29/2012 |
4 |
Wildland fire (White Draw) aircraft crash |
Black Hills NF, SD |
8/13/2006 |
4 |
Helicopter crash ferrying fire watch personnel |
Near McCall, ID |
9/24/2016 |
3 |
Rowhouse fire |
Wilmington DE |
8/19/2015 |
3 |
Wildland fire (Twisp River Fire) apparatus crash |
Okanogan-Wenatchee NF, WA |
4/25/2009 |
3 |
Aircraft crash responding to wildland fire |
Near Stockton, UT |
9/1/2008 |
3 |
Aircraft crash responding to wildland fire (Smitty Fire) |
Reno, NV |
1/30/2007 |
3 |
Explosion at service station |
Ghent, WV |