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Loss in Year Fire Occurred
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Adjusted Loss
in 2018 Dollars
|
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1. The World Trade Center
New York City, New York
September 11, 2001
|
$33.4 billion
|
$47.4 billion
|
2. Northern California Wildfire
Urban Interface Fire
October 8, 2017
|
$10 billion |
$10.2 billion |
|
3. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
San Francisco, California
April 18, 1906
(See Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco for more information on this disaster.)
|
$350 million
|
$9.7 billion
|
4. "The Camp" Wildfire
(wildland/urban interface)
Northern California
November 8, 2018 |
$8.5 billion |
$8.5 billion |
|
5. Great Chicago Fire *
Chicago, Illinois
October 8-9, 1871
|
$168 million
|
$3.5 billion
|
6. "The Woolsey" Wildfire
(wildland/urban interface)
Southern California
NOvember 8, 2018 |
$2.9 billion |
$2.9 billion |
|
7. Oakland Fire Storm
(wildland/urban interface)
Oakland, California
October 20, 1991
|
$1.5 billion
|
$2.8 billion
|
|
8. The Southern California Firestorm
San Diego County, California
October 20, 2007
|
$1.8 billion
|
$2.1 billion
|
9. Southern California Wildfire
Urban Interface Fire
December 14, 2017
|
$1.8 billion |
$1.8 billion |
10. The Valley Fire
Lake County, CA
September 12, 2015 |
$1.5 billion |
$1.6 billion |
|
11. Great Boston Fire
Boston, Massachusetts
November 9, 1872
|
$75 million
|
$1.6 billion
|
|
12. Polyolefin Plant
Pasadena, Texas
October 23, 1989
|
$750 million
|
$1.5 billion
|
|
13. "Cerro Grande" Wildland Fire
(wildland/urban interface)
Los Alamos, New Mexico
May 4, 2000
|
$1.0 billion
|
$1.5 billion
|
|
14. "Cedar" Wildland Fire
Julian, California
October 25, 2003
|
$1.1 billion
|
$1.4 billion
|
|
15. Baltimore Conflagration
Baltimore, Maryland
February 7, 1904
|
$50 million
|
$1.4 billion
|
|
16. "Old" Wildland Fire
San Bernardino, California
October 25, 2003
|
$975 million
|
$1.3 billion
|
|
17. Los Angeles Civil Disturbance
Los Angeles, California
April 29 - May 1, 1992
|
$567 million
|
$1.1 billion
|
|
18. Power Plant
(auto manufacturing complex)
Dearborn, Michigan
February 1, 1999
|
$650 million
|
$980 million
|
|
19. Southern California November Wildfire**
Sacramento, California
November 13, 2008
|
$800 million
|
$935 million
|
|
20. "Laguna Beach Fire"
(wildland/urban interface)
Orange County, California
October 27, 1993
|
$528 million
|
$918 million
|
|
21. Textile Mill
Methuen, Massachusetts
December 11, 1995
|
$500 million
|
$824 million
|
|
22. U.S.S. Lafayette
(formerly S.S. Normandie ocean liner)
New York, New York
February 9, 1942
|
$53 million
|
$817 million
|
23. S.S. Grandcamp and
Chemical Co. Plant
Texas City, Texas
April 16, 1947 |
$67 million |
$755 million |
|
24. Petroleum Refinery
Norco, Louisiana
May 5, 1988
|
$330 million
|
$701 million
|
|
25. Cargo plane in-flight fire
Near Newburgh, New York
September 5, 1996
|
$395 million
|
$633 million
|