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List of high-rise façade fires

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This is a list of high-rise building fires where the flames were seen to involve the façade.

The original dataset used to create this list[1] was found by searching news reports and research literature 1990 to 2019, and it may be biased towards high-profile fires and English-speaking reporting.

IndexDateBuildingCityCountryImagesDeathsInjuriesNumber of floors affected by fire
1January 10, 1990393 Kennedy St[2]WinnipegCanadan/an/an/a4
2January 1, 1991Mercantile Credit Building[3]BasingstokeUKn/an/an/a3
3April 5, 1991Knowsley Heights[2][4]LiverpoolUK00n/a
4September 6, 1993Sun Valley Poultry Factory[5]HerefordUK2n/an/a
5April 11, 1996Düsseldorf Airport fireDüsseldorfGermanyn/a1762-88n/a
6October 28, 1996Motomachi Apartments[2][6]HiroshimaJapann/a0212
7September 30, 1997Eldorado Hotel[2][7]RenoUSAn/a00n/a
8June 20, 1998Palace Station Hotel and Casino[2]Las Vegas,USAn/a00n/a
9June 11, 1999Garnock Court fire[2][8][9][10]IrvineScotlandn/a147
10June 2, 2002Tip Top Bakery[2][11]FairfieldAustralian/a01n/a
11July 29, 2003Telstar House[12]LondonUKn/a034
12October 17, 2004Parque Central Complex[13]CaracasVenezuela02517
13February 12, 2005Windsor Tower (Madrid)[14]MadridSpain0732
14April 21, 2005Treskowstrasse Pankow Flats[2]BerlinGermanyn/a235
15September 23, 2007Water Club Tower, Borgata Casino Hotel[2]Atlantic CityUSAn/an/an/a39
16January 25, 2008MGM Monte Carlo Hotel[2][15]Las VegasUSAn/an/a4
17May 9, 2008De Punt fireDe PuntNetherlands3on/a
18February 9, 2009Beijing Television Cultural Center fire[2]BeijingChina1744
19July 3, 2009Lakanal House fire[16][17]LondonUKn/a620n/a
20August 15, 2009Kozepszer Street Flats[2]MiskolcHungaryn/a3n/a6
21July 6, 2010Al Kuwait Tower[18][19]SharjahUAEn/an/an/a10
22September 1, 2010Wooshin Golden Suites fire[2][20]BusanSouth Korea0535
23November 14, 20104 Rue du Lac Flats[2][21]DijonFrancen/a711n/a
24November 15, 2010Jiaozhou Road[22][23]ShanghaiChina587128
25February 3, 2011Royal Wanxin Hotel[24][25]ShenyangChinan/an/an/an/a
26January 18, 2012Al Baker Tower[26][27]SharjahUAEn/an/an/an/a
27April 28, 2012Al Tayer Tower[2][28]SharjahUAEn/a00n/a
28May 14, 2012Mermoz Tower[2]RoubaixFrancen/a1617
29July 17, 2012Polat Tower[29][30]IstanbulTurkeyn/a00n/a
30October 6, 2012Saif Belhasa Building[2][31]DubaiUAEn/a02+9
31November 18, 2012Tamweel Tower[2][32][33]DubaiUAEn/a00n/a
32April 3, 2013Grozny-City Towers[2][34]ChechnyaRussian/a0040
33April 22, 2013Al Hafeet Tower 2[35]SharjahUAEn/a0n/a10
34September 21, 2014Krasnoyarsk Apartments[36]KrasnoyarskRussian/a0n/a25
35November 25, 2014Lacrosse Building[37][38]MelbourneAustralian/a0016
36February 21, 2015The Marina Torch[39]DubaiUAEn/a0760
37May 19, 2015Baku Residential Flats[40][41]BakuAzerbaijan1663n/a
38October 1, 2015Al Nasser Tower[42][43]SharjahUAEn/a04026
39December 31, 2015Address Downtown Hotel[44][45]DubaiUAEn/a015n/a
40March 28, 2016Ajman One Complex[46][47]AjmanUAEn/a0n/an/a
41July 20, 2016Sulafa Tower[48]DubaiUAEn/a0n/a30
43August 19, 2016Shepherds Court[49][50][51]LondonUKn/a013
44November 9, 2016Neo Soho Project[52][53]JakartaIndonesian/a007
45December 1, 2016Al Bandary Tower B[54]SharjahUAEn/a04n/a
46December 13, 2016Oceana Adriatic Building[55]DubaiUAEn/a00n/a
42May 3, 2016Longsheng Building[56]NanjingChinan/a00n/a
47March 2, 2017Address Residences Fountain Views[57][58]DubaiUAEn/a003
48June 14, 2017Grenfell Tower fire[59][60]LondonUK727024
49August 4, 2017The Marina Torch[61][62]DubaiUAEn/a0064/87
50February 1, 2018Yuansheng International[63][64]ZhengzhouChinan/a0n/a20
51April 5, 2018Taksim Ilk Yardim Hospital[65]IstanbulTurkeyn/a0014
52May 15, 2018Zen Tower[66][67]DubaiUAEn/a0015
53February 4, 2019Neo 200[68][69]MelbourneAustralian/a006
54March 14, 2019Kaifeng Apartments[citation needed]KaifengChinan/a0n/a17
55May 27, 2019Golden Eagle Shopping Mall[70]NanjingChinan/a001
56May 29, 2019Commercial Building[71]LuoyangChinan/a00n/a
57August 14, 2019Residential Flats[72]WarsawPolandn/an/an/a10
58November 16, 2019The Cube Student Housing[73][74][75]BoltonUKn/a021
59May 5, 2020Abbco Tower[76][77]SharjahUAEn/a01248
60July 27, 2020Business Centre[78]AnkaraTurkeyn/a0n/an/a
61August 29, 2020Madrid Tower Block[79]MadridSpainn/a0n/a3
62October 8, 2020Apartment Block[80]UlsanSouth Korean/a09133
63March 9, 2021Apartment Building[citation needed]ShijiazhuangChinan/a0026
64August 29, 2021Torre dei Moro fire[81]MilanItalyn/a0020
65November 7, 2022Apartment Building[82]DubaiUAEn/a0035
66February 22, 20242024 València residential complex fire[83]ValènciaSpain101514

Plot showing the number of large façade fires worldwide every five years from 1990 to November 2019. Data found from news articles and online.[84][85]

Updated on 08/2020, after Bonner et al., 2020.

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