Salang Tunnel Fire – 1982
The difficult and dangerous Salang Pass crosses the Hindu Kush mountain range that bisects Afghanistan,
Conflagrations
Stardust Disco Fire – 1981
Friday the 13th turned out to be a tragically unlucky day for 48 young people
Beverley Hills Supper Club Blaze – 1977
It was a typically busy Saturday night at the Beverley Hills Supper Club, a North
Summerland Holiday Center Fire – 1973
If ever there was a contrast between the high hopes of a project’s designers and
Our Lady of the Angels School Fire – 1958
The particular horror of school fires is that in addition to the personal tragedy of
Chongqing Waterfront Fire – 1949
Chongqing’s importance is geographical: it sits on a hilly peninsula overlooking the confluence of the
Ballantyne’s Department Store Fire – 1947
The arcaded facade of Ballantyne’s Department Store made a grand statement in the heart of
The Dresden Firestorm – 1945
Symbolically, Dresden ended what began in Coventry. Early 1945 was getting towards the end of
Hartford Circus Fire – 1944
The disaster got its name from a front-page photograph of Emmett Kelly carried by the
Cocoanut Grove Fire – 1942
The only entrance to the Cocoanut Grove was the revolving front door. Other exits had
The Blitz on London – 1940-1941
The Blitz was not a single event. It was a World War II ordeal by
Laurier Palace Theatre Fire – 1927
The Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal was nearly full for the Sunday matinee. The
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire – 1911
If any single incident could provide a manifesto for the existence of labor unions, it
Fire at the Iroquois Theater – 1903
The Iroquois Theater was bang up-to-date. Designed like a Paris opera house with a 19m
The Great Boston Fire – 1872
Even today visitors to Boston can feel the waft of the city’s once evident superiority
The Great Chicago Fire – 1871
Chicago was born in a hurry to grow up, from a hamlet of 150 people
Mobile Magazine Explosion – 1865
Mobile, Alabama had been a frontier town in French, British and Spanish hands before it
The Burning of Atlanta – 1864
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