Hillsborough Stadium Disaster – 1989

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At the time of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, in the late spring of 1989, English…

Gothenburg Discotheque Fire – 1998

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The disco held in a Macedonian community center in Gothenburg was intended to provide some Halloween fun for the youth…

Kader Doll Factory Fire – 1993

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In 1993, Thailand’s worst-ever industrial disaster killed more than 180 workers in a catastrophic conflagration. Indeed, although it received little…

King’s Cross Fire – 1987

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A major interchange on the London Underground system is King’s Cross St Pancras, a station complex that serves both over…

Salang Tunnel Fire – 1982

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The difficult and dangerous Salang Pass crosses the Hindu Kush mountain range that bisects Afghanistan, traditionally making travel between southern…

Stardust Disco Fire – 1981

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Friday the 13th turned out to be a tragically unlucky day for 48 young people who died in a 1981…

Beverley Hills Supper Club Blaze – 1977

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It was a typically busy Saturday night at the Beverley Hills Supper Club, a North Kentucky nightclub which was a…

Summerland Holiday Center Fire – 1973

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If ever there was a contrast between the high hopes of a project’s designers and that project’s eventual outcome, the…

Our Lady of the Angels School Fire – 1958

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The particular horror of school fires is that in addition to the personal tragedy of each child’s death, the fire…

Chongqing Waterfront Fire – 1949

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Chongqing’s importance is geographical: it sits on a hilly peninsula overlooking the confluence of the Yangzi and its principal tributary,…