List of accidents and disasters by death toll

This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents. Purposeful disasters, such as terrorist attacks, are omitted; those events can be found at List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

Amusement parks

Deaths	Date	Attraction	Amusement park	Location
28	14 February 2004	Transvaal Park ; the roof of the indoor water park collapsed	Transvaal Park	Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia
15	27 June 2015	Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injured	Formosa Fun Coast	Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan
8	11 May 1984	Haunted Castle; a fire caused by a cigarette lighter igniting the flammable foam-rubber walls of the facility	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States
7	9 June 1979	Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage	Luna Park Sydney	Sydney, Australia
7	14 August 1981	Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured	Hamburger Dom	Hamburg,
6	13 August 1944	Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured	Palisades Amusement Park	Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
6	29 June 2010	Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured	OCT East	Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
5	30 May 1972	Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured	Battersea Park	Battersea, London, England
5	23 June 2017	Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool	Kuzuluk Aquapark	Akyazi, Turkey
4	24 July 1930	Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured	Krug Park	Omaha, Nebraska, United States
4	25 October 2016	Thunder River Rapids Ride; one of the rafts at the ride flipped upside down and became wedged under a conveyor belt	Dreamworld	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
3	14 June 1986	Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar	Galaxyland	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3	26 July 1978	Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, United States

Aviation

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
583	27 March 1977	Pan Am Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805	Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
520	12 August 1985	Japan Airlines Flight 123	Ueno, Japan
349	12 November 1996	Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907	Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India
346	3 March 1974	Turkish Airlines Flight 981	Fontaine-Chaalis, France
329	23 June 1985	Air India Flight 182	Waterville, Ireland
301	19 August 1980	Saudia Flight 163	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
298	17 July 2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17	Hrabove, Ukraine
275	19 February 2003	2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash	Kerman, Iran
273	25 May 1979	American Airlines Flight 191	Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
265	12 November 2001	American Airlines Flight 587	Queens, New York, United States
264	26 April 1994	China Airlines Flight 140	Japan-KomakiKomaki, Japan

Cable Transport

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
155	11 November 2000	Kaprun disaster	Kaprun, Austria
43	9 March 1976	1976 Cavalese cable car disaster	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 June 1990	Tbilisi cable car disaster	Tbilisi, Georgia
20	3 February 1998	1998 Cavalese cable car disaster	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 July 1999	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car disaster	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
13	12 July 1972	Bettmeralp cable car disaster	Bettmeralp, Switzerland
12	29 June 2017	Charra Pani cable car disaster	Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan
11	13 February 1983	Champoluc cable car disaster	Champoluc, Italy
9	26 October 1972	Les Deux Alpes cable car disaster	Les Deux Alpes, Isère, France
9	5 September 2005	Sölden cable car disaster	Sölden, Austria
8	13 January 1989	Vaujany cable car disaster	Vaujany, France
7	25 December 1965	Le Mont-Dore cable car disaster	Le Mont-Dore, France
7	29 January 1983	Singapore Cable Car disaster	Singapore
7	19 January 2003	2003 Pavagadh cable car disaster	Pavagadh, India
7	25 June 2017	Gulmarg cable car disaster	Gulmarg, India
6	29 August 1961	Aiguille du Midi cable car accident	Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
6	1 March 1987	Luz-Ardiden cable car accident	Luz-Ardiden, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
5	8 December 1970	Merano cable car accident	Merano, Italy
4	1 August 1971	Alagna Valsesia cable car accident	Alagna Valsesia, Italy
4	9 July 1974	Ulriken cable car accident	Ulriken, Norway
4	26 March 1976	Vail cable car accident	Vail, Colorado, United States
4	15 April 1978	Squaw Valley cable car accident	Olympic Valley, California, United States
4	29 January 1992	Nassfeld cable car accident	Nassfeld, Austria
4	19 October 2003	Darjeeling cable car accident	Darjeeling, India
4	24 April 2016	2016 Pavagadh cable car accident	Pavagadh, India
3	26 July 1978	Skyway cable car accident	Eureka, Missouri, United States
3	2 April 2004	Yerevan funicular accident	Yerevan, Armenia
2	15 August 1960	Monte Faito cable car accident	Monte Faito, Italy
2	5 September 1965	Lincoln cable car accident	Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
2	9 July 1966	Aiguille du Midi cable car accident	Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France
2	14 December 1985	Keystone cable car accident	Keystone, Colorado, United States
2	24 November 1991	Pico Espejo cable car accident	Pico Espejo, Mérida, Venezuela
2	23 December 1995	Whistler Blackcomb cable car accident	Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
2	3 August 2013	Gross Aubrig cable car accident	Gross Aubrig, Switzerland
1	1 September 1943	1943 Angels Flight funicular accident	Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
1	9 April 1947	Monte Serrate funicular accident	Monte Serrate, São Paulo, Brazil
1	26 July 1956	Mount Rowe cable car accident	Mount Rowe, New Hampshire, United States
1	10 August 1957	Cogne cable car accident	Cogne, Val d'Aosta, Italy
1	15 June 1968	Raton Pass cable car accident	Raton Pass, New Mexico, United States
1	22 October 1979	Texas State Fair cable car accident	Dallas, Texas, United States
1	4 February 1984	Big Powderhorn Mountain cable car accident	Big Powderhorn Mountain, Michigan, United States
1	23 December 1989	Maple Mountain cable car accident	Maple Mountain, Michigan, United States
1	4 April 1993	Sierra-at-Tahoe cable car accident	Sierra-at-Tahoe, Twin Bridges, California, United States
1	28 August 1993	Monte Solaro cable car accident	Monte Solaro, Anacapri, Italy
1	12 October 1996	Quebec funicular accident	Old Quebec Funicular, Quebec, Canada
1	8 December 1996	Snow Valley cable car accident	Snow Valley, Ontario, Canada
1	14 December 1996	Riederalp cable car accident	Riederalp, Switzerland
1	26 December 1999	Crans Montana cable car accident	Crans Montana, Switzerland
1	3 January 2001	Table Mountain cable car accident	Cape Town, South Africa
1	4 January 2001	Powder Ridge cable car accident	Powder Ridge, Kimball, Minnesota, United States
1	1 February 2001	2001 Angels Flight funicular accident	Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California, United States
1	27 July 2004	Abisko National Park cable car accident	Abisko National Park, Sweden
1	24 May 2007	Zillertal cable car accident	Zillertal, Mayrhofen, Austria
1	28 November 2007	2007 Heavenly cable car accident	Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
1	3 January 2008	Grindelwald cable car accident	Grindelwald, Switzerland
1	2 March 2008	Chamonix cable car accident	Chamonix, France
1	1 September 2009	2009 Heavenly cable car accident	Heavenly Mountain Resort, near South Lake Tahoe, California, United States
1	2 June 2010	Glenwood Canyon cable car accident	Glenwood Canyon Resort, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
1	12 April 2014	Jinggangshan cable car accident	Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, China

Elevator incidents

Deaths	Injuries	Date	Incident	Location
200–400	1	11 September 2001	Two hijacked planes were flown into both towers of the World Trade Center, causing severe damage to the elevator system, which had 198 elevators in total. Some elevators fell when their cables were severed, while others were engulfed in flames or stuck until the buildings collapsed. An estimated 200 to 400 people died, most of whom were in express elevators or in elevators near the top floors. At least 21 people were trapped but managed to escape while 80 others survived because the doors happened to be open. At least one of those who survived was in a burning elevator, causing burns over 40% of his body.	New York City, New York, U.S.
104	0	10 May 1995	A locomotive crashed through a safety barrier and fell into a mine shaft, hitting an elevator which was carrying 104 workers and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft.	Orkney, South Africa
52	0	31 August 1987	A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.	Welkom, South Africa
19	0	13 September 2012	An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.	Wuhan, China
12	0	30 October 2008	An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.	Xiapu County, China
11	2	25 April 2019	An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.	Hengshui, China
11	4	29 July 2011	A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.	Makiivka, Ukraine
10	0	6 September 2014	An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.	Istanbul, Turkey

Explosions

Deaths	Date	Incident
20,000		Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people.
3,000		A lightning bolt caused the Brescia explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia, destroying one-sixth of the city
3,000?		Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948. Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.
1,400–2,280		Ammunition warehouse explodes and kills almost all of Oaxaca brigade, in San Andres Chalchicomula, Mexico, during the first days of Second French intervention in Mexico.
1,950		Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada
1,500		Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia.
256–1,500+		Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior, district of Portalegre, Portugal.
1,300+		Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia.
1,200		Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China
1,121		Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion, ship sank on 9 June.
1,100		Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic.
1,082		Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria.
1,007		Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium.
1,000+		Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France.
843		Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship.
800		Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India.
738		British pre-dreadnought battleship destroyed due to a magazine explosion.
700		Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
621		Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil.
600+		Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured.
590		Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, at the port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, with over 2000 injured.
581		Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured.
575		Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
565		Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed
542		SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured
500+		San Juanico Disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico
372		Ammunition ship exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371
370+		Powder magazine in Negro Fort in Spanish Florida exploded during battle with United States forces.
339		Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine while at port
322		Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States
300		An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté
296+		New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States
246+		Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
235+		Fireworks stand explosion in Lima, Peru. 235 bodies recovered, 144+ taken to hospital due to burns.
234		PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China
233		Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion
230+		South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
220		Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.
219		Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
217		Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
207		:de:Kesselwagenexplosion in der BASF\|1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured
206		Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
200+		Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta
200+		Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
200+		Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana
200		Gas explosion in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
200		Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, United States, caused by a dust explosion
200		Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
189		Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo Chemie ammonium nitrate explosion, Belgium
181		Series of explosions at a container storage station in the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, China
180		Tuzla, Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia
171		A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
166		Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
163		West Loch Disaster, where the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch, Hawaii, United States while handling ammunition
160		Vågen explosion in Norway
159		Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
154		Ryongchon disaster in North Korea
153		Tacoa Disaster
151		Gunpowder ship disaster in Leiden, the Netherlands
151		Hausdorf, Germany
150		Gunpowder explosion in Abbeville, France
150		Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain
150		Jaʿār munitions factory explosion in Abyan Governorate, Yemen
147		Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.
146		2014 Kunshan explosion, a dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
140		Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion in Kenya
139		Munitions plant in Pennsylvania, United States
135		A fuel pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.
134		Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, United Kingdom
130		Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
126		Dublin Gunpowder Disaster in Dublin, Ireland
125+		Accidental explosion at disposal of ammunition, just at the time of Japanese soldiers and civilians withdrawal from Manchuria at that time, Mishan, Heilongjiang, China.
121		Road tanker explosion in Okobie, Nigeria
118		Explosion on the French battleship Iéna
117		2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique.
117		Electrical transformer explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh
116		Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England
115		Explosion on the gunpowder ship Tamaemaru, which also engulfed a dock warehouse in Sakai, Tottori, Japan.
112		A large naval mine of unknown origin drifted ashore and exploded when local residents tried to dispose of it, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
110		A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
107		US military ammunition transport ship exploded docking in Iejima, Okinawa, Japan.
106+		Kollam temple accident at Puttingal temple in Kollam
106		Pinar de Antequera ammunition dump explosion in Valladolid, Spain
105		24 liquefied petroleum gas storage units exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey
103		catapult explosion, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island
103		Gas explosions by subway construction in Taegu, South Korea
102		Munitions factory explosion in Reinsdorf, Germany
102		Explosion of German tanker Altmark at Yokohama-bay, Japan killed Kriegsmarine soldiers, Chinese labors and Japanese.
101		Gas explosions in Taegu, South Korea
100+		Fireworks stand explosion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
100		Delft Explosion in the Netherlands
100		Gunpowder explosion in Limerick, Ireland
100		Gunpowder explosion in Wrocław, Poland
100		Chemical plant in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, United States
100		T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion in Sayreville, New Jersey, United States.
100		Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China
100		Pakistani Army ammunition dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan
100		NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria
98		A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
94		Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan
94		Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
92		Nedelin catastrophe, at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
90		Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China
90		A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran
79		Gas explosions by subway construction in Osaka, Japan
78		2019 Yancheng chemical plant explosion, Jiangsu, China
78		Allegheny Arsenal exploded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War
78		Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore
75		Underground ammunition store explosion at Fauld, Staffordshire, England
74		Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, United States
73		Silvertown explosion in London, England
73		Arzamas train disaster, where a railroad station exploded in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
70		Vergarolla explosion at Pula, Italy
70		Shenzhen factory explosions in Shenzhen, China. A chain reaction of explosions rippled through factory district originating from an army-owned factory.
70		Fireworks explosion in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
68		Explosion caused by children playing with fireworks destroys market area in Mexico City, Mexico
63		A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand
63		St. Helena Gold Mine explosion by methane gas in Welkom, Free State, South Africa
63		A large naval mine of unknown origin had drifted ashore and exploded just as the local residents were trying to dispose of it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.
61		Park Place Building explosion in New York City, United States
60+		Water intake tunnel explosion under Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, United States
60+		Chlorine tank explosion at a cellulose plant in Zarnesti, Romania
60		Army laboratory
60		Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
60		Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria
59		Freight train with dynamite exploded at the Iri railroad station, Iri, North Jeolla, South Korea
58		Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
57		Kenyon-Connell and Butte Hardware Company warehouses explosion in Butte, Montana, United States
51		297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.
51		An explosion at a Beijing General Research Institute of Mining & Metallurgy explosives manufactruing plant in Chambishi, Copperbelt Province, Zambia.
50+		Fuel tanker exploded after overturning in Benue State, Nigeria
50		DuPont Powder Mill explosion in Fontanet, Indiana, United States
50		Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, New York, United States
50		Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland
50		Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al Jazira, northern Syria
49		Tangerang fireworks disaster: an explosion in a fireworks plant kills 49 and injures 46 at Jakarta, Indonesia
49		Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, Warsaw Poland
49		Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain
48		Vostok rocket explosion
48		Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion, Falcón State, Venezuela
47		USS Iowa turret explosion
47		Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, freight train derailment, explosion and fire in Quebec, Canada.
45		Fireworks ignite storage tanks in Atlatlahuaca, Mexico
45		Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall in Osasco, Brazil. Another 482 were injured
44		Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
43		Explosion of rail car that was leaking natural gas condensate in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.
43		TNT explosion at a munitions factory in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
42+		An explosion at a coal mine in Iran
42		Corn Products Starch factory explosion in Pekin, Illinois, United States
41		Hercules Powder Company plant explosion in Hercules, California, United States
41		Fuerte de Cabrerizas ammunition dump explosion in Melilla, Spain
41		Richmond, Indiana explosion; more than 150 were injured, United States
41		Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
40		Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands
40		Lapua ammo factory explosion in Finland
39		Hekimbaşı garbage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey
38		Om Siva Sakthi Crackers, Sivaksi, Tamil Nadu, India More than 75 injured badly
37		Detroit Journal building explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
37		Dance Hall explosion in West Plains, Missouri, United States
36		Grain dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company elevator in Westwego, Louisiana, United States
36		Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil
35		Ammunition factory near Leeds, England
35		Haber Corporation factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
35		A potassium chlorate explosion in a dried-longan factory, San Pa Tong, Chiang Mai, Thailand
33+		Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil
33		Explosion of the Alum Chine in Baltimore harbor, United States
33		Explosion of the Petragen One at a refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain
33		Humberto Vidal explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico
32		2017 NTPC power plant explosion, India
32		2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion in Italy
32		2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
30		Penberthy Injector Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
29		Naptha explosion at Sheridan Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
29		Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant explosion in Delray, Detroit, Michigan, United States
29		Thiokol-Woodbine explosion in Brunswick, Georgia, United States
29		AZF chemical factory explosion in Toulouse, France
29		Blast in ammunition depot in Albania
28		Pittsburgh gasometer explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
28		Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England
28		Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
27		Indian Refining Company plant explosion in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States
27		LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria
26+		Locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, United States
26		2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
25		Dust explosion in grain elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
25		2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey
25		Tarata bombing, Lima, Peru
24		Cerro Zulema ammunition dump explosion in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
24		Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium
23		Explosion in a New York Telephone Company building in New York City, United States
23		Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, United States
23		Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas, United States
23		Fireworks factory
23		Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
22		Gunpowder factory explosion, Valletta, Malta
22		"Great Mill Disaster", flour dust explosion at the Washburn A flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
22		Gumry Hotel boiler explosion in Denver, Colorado, United States
22		Woodward Iron Company furnace explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, United States
22		Gateway Restaurant/Isaly's Ice Cream Parlor explosion, Andover, Ohio, United States
22		Fireworks store, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22		Gas explosion in tower block,
22		Gas explosion in pipeline,
22		Park Central Hotel explosion in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
22		United States Cartridge Company explosion in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States
22		Lake Huron tunnel construction explosion near Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States
22		2016 Dangyang explosion in Dangyang, Hubei, China
21+		Briggs Automobile Manufacturing plant explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
21		Boston Molasses Disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21		Swift and Company plant explosion in Sioux City, Iowa, United States
21		National Guard armory explosion in Keokuk, Iowa, United States
21		Fireworks explosion in Hallet, Oklahoma, United States
21		Arsenal dump in New Jersey, United States
21		Brazilian rocket explosion
20+		Gas main explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
20+		Husted Milling Company explosion in Buffalo, New York, United States
20+		Curtis & Harvey ammunition plant explosion in Dramon, Quebec, Canada
20+		Fireworks factory explosion in Samarang, Java
20		1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster in Nixon, New Jersey, United States
19		An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, leaves 19 people dead and 12 others injured.
19		Armour meat processing plant explosion in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
19		McKee refinery fire in Sunray, Texas, United States
19		Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, United States Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless
19		Whisky warehouse explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
19		Weirton Steel Company explosion near Weirton, West Virginia, United States
18		Sri Krishna Fireworks Namaskarithanpatti, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India
18		Chautauqua Lake Ice Company ice house explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
18		Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France
18		Grain elevator explosion in Galveston, Texas, United States
18		Mihăileşti explosion in Romania
17		Fireworks explosion in downtown shop/tenement house in Paterson, New Jersey, United States
17		Parco refinery explosion in Sinclair, Wyoming, United States
17		Home Packing Company plant explosion in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
17		Arco Chemical Company plant explosion in Channelview, Texas, United States
16		F.A. Reynolds & Company dynamite factory explosion in White Pigeon, Michigan, United States
16		Lariat Cafe explosion in Monticello, Utah, United States
16		Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion, United States
16		Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England
15		Fireworks explosion at Madison Square in New York City, United States
15		Climax Fuse Works explosion in Avon, Connecticut, United States
15		Illinois Steel Company coke oven explosion in Gary, Indiana, United States
15		Preble Box Toe shoe factory in East Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
15		Public Service Electric and Gas Company plant explosion in Camden, New Jersey, United States
15		Triumph Explosives Company plant explosion in Elkton, Maryland, United States
15		Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, United States
15		Gas explosions from an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka, Japan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka#Post-war Shizuoka
15		West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, United States
15		Eastman Chemical Company explosion, in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States
15		Formosa Fun Coast explosion in Taiwan was caused by corn starch powder.
14		Hercules Powder Company explosion in Pinole, California, United States
14		Jones and Laughlin Company blast furnace explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
14		American Sheet & Tin Plate Company explosion in Canton, Ohio, United States
14		U.S. Corn Products plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois, United States
14		Repauno Chemical Company explosion in Gibbstown, New Jersey, United States
14		Truck filled with dynamite explodes in downtown Roseburg, Oregon, United States
14		2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion
14		Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, United States
13		Swift & Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
13		Export Box and Sealer Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
13		Beauty parlor explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
13		Shell Oil refinery explosion in Wood River, Illinois, United States
13		Brush factory explosion in Buenos Aires, Argentina
13		Fireworks explosion destroys school in Puebla, Mexico
13		Doxol Propane Company tank explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States
13		Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
12+		Sporting goods store explosion in Moscow, Russia
12		C. N. Romaine & Brothers fireworks factory explosion in Petersburg, Virginia, United States
12		American Sugar Refining Company plant explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
12		Western Cartridge Company plant explosion in East Alton, Illinois, United States
12		Vida Sugar refinery explosion in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States
12		Edgewood Arsenal explosion in Edgewood, Maryland, United States
12		Hercules Powder factory explosion in Hercules, California, United States
12		Gas explosion in Villa Rica, Georgia, United States
12		DuPont chemical plant explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
12		Jaipur oil depot fire, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
11+		Harlan-Morris Manufacturing Company plant explosion in Jackson, Tennessee, United States
11		Nubian Paint & Varnish Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois. United States
11		Rochester Fireworks Company explosion in Perinton, New York, United States
11		Ordnance plant explosion in Ravenna, Ohio, United States
11		Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas, Texas, United States
11		Novadel-Agene Corporation plant explosion in Tonawanda, New York, United States
11		Kent Manufacturing Company explosion in Chestertown, Maryland, United States
11		Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Texarkana, Texas, United States
11		Combustible dust explosion at the Morningstar Paisley complex in Hawthorne, New Jersey, United States
11		Benton fireworks disaster at illegal fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee, United States
11		Koryo restaurant explosion in Frankfurt, Germany
11		Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta
10+		Kimberly Clark mill explosion in Kimberly, Wisconsin, United States
10		Jessup & Moore Paper Company explosion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States
10		J. A. Denn Powder Company explosion in Olympia, Washington, United States
10		American Pyroloxion Waste Company plant explosion in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States
10		WPA tunnel project explosion in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
10		Stockton Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School explosion in Stockton, California, United States
10		Fireworks factory explosion in Clinton, Missouri, United States
10		Koppers Company tar and chemical plant explosion in Kearny, New Jersey, United States
10		Downtown natural gas explosion in Aiken, South Carolina, United States
10		Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10		Maumee Chemical Company plant explosion in Toledo, Ohio, United States
10		El Paso Pipeline explosion, two families camping 20 miles north of Carslbad, New Mexico, United States, off the Pecos River.
9		Opera house explosion in Mexia, Texas, United States
9		Box factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
9		Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
9		Cornhusker Ordnance plant explosion in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
9		Explosion at Buzzards Bay tourist area in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States
9		Hapeville Day Nursery explosion in Atlanta, Georgia
9		Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Benton, Tennessee, United States
9		Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States
9		Fireworks stand explosion in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
9		Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
9		ship explosion in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California, United States
8		Market Street subway explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
8		Ritz Tower Hotel explosion in New York City, United States
8		Central Railways Signal Company explosion in Versailles, Pennsylvania, United States
8		Dow Chemical Company plant explosion in Midland, Michigan, United States
8		Du Pont Munitions plant explosion in Barksdale, Wisconsin, United States
8		J.C. Penney store explosion in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States
8		Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
8		Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland
8		Explosion at Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States
8		IMC fertilizer plant explosion in Sterlington, Louisiana, United States
8		Wyman Gordon Forging Company plant explosion in Cypress, Texas, United States
8		Ammunitions factory explosion in Riobamba, Ecuador
8		2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States
7		An explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
7		Winchester Repeating Arms shop explosion in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
7		Hickson and Parsons Chemical factory explosion in Castleford, England
7		General Motors plant explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
7		Gieseke Hardware Store explosion in Roselle, Illinois, United States
7		Mountainville Inn explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
7		Atherton's Drug Store explosion in Marietta, Georgia, United States
7		Thompson Chemical plant explosion in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
7		North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, New York, United States
7		Illegal fireworks that were being disposed by the Maltese patrol boat C23 exploded killing seven and injuring another
7		Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, United States
6		Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6		Southside Beverly Recreation Hall explosion and fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States
6		Ideal Laundry and Cleaners explosion in Greenville, South Carolina, United States
6		Forbidden Palace restaurant explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6		Bottled fuel gas explosion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Dakota, United States
6		Reynolds Metals Company plant explosion in McCook, Illinois, United States
6		Shooter's Paradise gun shop explosion in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, United States
6		Ingram Industries munitions plant explosion in Kiln, Mississippi, United States
6		Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City, Minnesota, United States
6		Goodpasture grain elevator explosion in Galena Park, Texas, United States
6		Natural gas pipeline explosion at mobile home park in Calhoun, Louisiana, United States
6		Amoco chemical plant explosion in New Castle, Delaware, United States
6		Dow Chemical plant explosion in Freeport, Texas, United States
6		Explosion at the Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, United States
6		River Restaurant explosion in Derby, Connecticut, United States
6		Albright & Wilson Americas Inc. plant explosion near Charleston, South Carolina, United States
5		An explosion in Qingzhou, Shandong, China
5		An explosion in southern Iran
5		Post office explosion in Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States
5		Luncheonette explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
5		Wieboldt's Bakery explosion in River Forest, Illinois, United States
5		Fuelgas Corporation plant explosion in Hudson, Ohio, United States
5		Faulty boiler explosion in the Sunday school wing of First Baptist Church in Marietta, Ohio, United States
5		Gate City Day Care Center explosion in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5		Mining Services International Inc. explosives manufacturing plant explosion in Grantsville, Utah, United States
5		DeBruce grain elevator explosion in Haysville, Kansas, United States
5		Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, the second fatal explosion at this factory in three months, United States
5		Clara Barton Terrace Convalescent Center explosion in Flint, Michigan, United States
4		An explosion in Yilong County, Sichuan, China.
4		DuPont Powder Line Explosion in Louviers, Colorado, United States
2		PEPCON rocket fuel chemical plant explosion in Henderson, Nevada, United States
1		1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Van Buren County, Arkansas.
1		1983 Newark explosion in Newark, New Jersey, claims 1 life and injures 22–24. The explosion is notable because it was felt 100–130 miles away from the epicenter.

Industrial disasters

Deaths	Date	Incident
3,787–19,000+	2–3 December 1984	Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
1,549	26 April 1942	Benxihu Colliery explosion, China
1,134	24 April 2013	Collapse of the Rana Plaza, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
1,099	10 March 1906	Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France
687	15 December 1914	Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster, Kyūshū, Japan
682	9 May 1960	Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China
581	16 April 1947	Texas City Disaster, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
512	28 August 1899	Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan
500+	19 November 1984	San Juanico Disaster, Mexico City, Mexico
476–1,000	1931	Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States
458	9 November 1963	Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
439	14 October 1913	Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Senghenydd, Wales
437	21 January 1960	Coalbrook mining disaster, Coalbrook, South Africa
426	6 June 1972	Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
422	28 November 1914	New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
405	20 February 1946	Bergkamen mining disaster, West Germany
388	12 December 1866	Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, England
376	21 December 1917	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
375	28 May 1965	Mine explosion caused by Methane gas near Dhanbad, Bihar, India
372	27 December 1975	Chasnala mining disaster, Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India
365	20 July 1907	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
362	6 December 1907	Monongah Mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
344	21 December 1910	Pretoria Pit Disaster, Westhoughton, England
319	31 May 1892	Marie ore mine fire, Příbram, Austria-Hungary
301	13 May 2014	Soma mine disaster, Manisa, Turkey
300+	11 September 2012	2012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan
300+	9 May 1993	Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
299	7 February 1962	Luisenthal Mining Disaster, Saarland, West Germany
277	8 September 2008	2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill in Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China
268	11 September 1878	Abercarn colliery disaster Abercarn, Wales
266	22 September 1934	Gresford Disaster Gresford, Wales
263	22 October 1913	Dawson, New Mexico, U.S.
263	3 March 1992	Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
262	8 August 1956	Marcinelle, Belgium
259	13 November 1909	1909 Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry, Illinois, U.S.
254	11 November 1937	Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan
243	5 August 1909	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
243	25 December 2003	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China
239	19 December 1907	Darr Mine Disaster, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.
236	1 June 1965	Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan
235	14 June 1894	Larisch's mines, Karviná, Austria-Hungary
220	28 March 1965	El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile
216	19 May 1902	Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.
214	15 February 2005	2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster, Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China
210	15 June 1899	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
204	16 January 1862	Hartley Colliery Disaster, New Hartley, Northumberland, England
202	25 May 1917	Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic
200+	25 February 1984	Vila Socó oil spill fire, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
200+	1 May 1900	Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S.
200+	27 February 1908	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
189	19 June 1914	Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada
183	3 February 1942	Chosei, Ube, Japan
181	17 August 2007	Mine disaster with flooding, Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China
180	26 August 1990	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
177	16 September 1986	Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa
177	March 1941	Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan
169	3 June 1903	Hanna Mine Disaster, Hanna, Wyoming, U.S.
168	8 June 1917	Speculator Mine disaster, Butte, Montana, U.S.
167	6 July 1988	Piper Alpha oil rig disaster North Sea
166	28 November 2004	Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
160+	19 December 1982	, Vargas State, Venezuela
159	26 September 2000	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
155	12 January 1918	Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK
153	31 March 1969	Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico
151	9 July 1930	Hausdorf, Germany, now Jugów, Poland
150	3 May 1887	Nanaimo mine explosion, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
148	20 October 2004	Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China
147	21 April 1991	Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China
146	25 March 1911	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City
146	2 August 2014	2014 Kunshan explosion, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
144	21 October 1966	Aberfan landslide disaster, Wales
142	3 January 1934	Nelson, Osek, Czechoslovakia
134	27 March 1927	Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan
134	27 November 2005	Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China
125	26 February 1972	Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, West Virginia, U.S.
125	21 February 1891	Springhill mining disaster, Canada
125	15 July 1977	Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia
124	20 June 2002	Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China
123	8 February 1923	Dawson, New Mexico, U.S.
123	27 March 1980	Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway
123	6 August 2005	Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China
121	27 April 1917	Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, near Ludlow, Colorado, U.S.
119	25 December 1951	Orient No. 2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S.
111	25 March 1947	1947 Centralia mine disaster, Centralia, Illinois, U.S.
110	6 September 1869	Avondale Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
109	30 April 1927	Everettville, West Virginia, U.S.
108	19 March 2007	Ulyanovskaya coal mine, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Region, Siberia, Russia
108	7 July 1961	Dukla coal mine, Havířov, Czechoslovakia
108	5 March 1885	Jan, Karviná, Austria-Hungary
105	11 May 1995	Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa
105	5 December 2007	Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China
104	15 August 1947	William pit disaster, Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom
101	18 November 2007	Methane explosion Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine
100	8 March 1983	Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
94	5 December 1984	Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan
93	16 October 1981	Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan
92	20 May 1919	Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czechoslovakia
92	18 November 1989	Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia
92	22 July 2001	Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
92	5 June 1919	Baltimore Colliery explosion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
91	27 November 1996	Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China
91	10 January 1940	Bartley, West Virginia, U.S.
91	2 May 1972	Hard rock mine fire Sunshine mine, Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.
89	11 March 1997	Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China
86	13 May 2003	Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China
84	15 February 1982	Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada
84	9 December 1911	Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, U.S.
83	18 January 1984	Mitsui Miike coal mine, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
83	13 July 2005	Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang, China
82	11 March 2000	Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine
82	5 November 1930	Millfield Mine disaster, Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, U.S.
78	20 November 1968	Farmington Mine disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, U.S.
76	12 October 1978	Spyros disaster, Singapore
74	23 October 1958	Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
74	27 February 1943	Smith Mine disaster, Bearcreek, Montana, U.S.
73	17 June 2010	San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia
72	16 March 1940	Willow Grove No. 10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S.
72	7 April 1911	Price-Pancoast Colliery fire, Throop, Pennsylvania, U.S.
71	9 March 1961	Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan
71	16 February 1882	Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England
68	2 March 1960	Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea
68	2 December 1997	Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia
66	16 October 1889	Mossfield, Longton, Staffordshire, U.K.
65	24 February 2006	KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh
65	26 March 1896	Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand
65	19 February 2006	Pasta de Conchos mine disaster, Coahuila, México
65	4 September 1981	Pluto, Louka u Litvínova, Czechoslovakia,
64	2 April 1979	Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
63	28 April 1904	La Reunión Mine explosion, Villanueva del Río y Minas, Sevilla, Spain
63	31 August 1987	St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa
63	4 April 1998	Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine
63	15 July 1940	Sonman Mine explosion, Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S.
62	29 July 1867	Hlubina, Ostrava, Austria-Hungary
61	3 January 1981	Trojice, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
60	22 November 2004	Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China
60	28 May 1997	Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China
59	20 March 2005	Xishui mine, Shanxi, China
59	26 March 1885	Bettina, Orlová, Austria-Hungary
58	28 June 1896	Twin Shaft Disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
56	7 May 1991	Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
55	25 April 2008	Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco
54	22 May 1960	Hlubina, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
54	1860	Františka, Záluží, Austria
54	24 December 1932	1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, U.S.
53	17 March 1898	Santa Isabel Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
53	13 May 1993	Middelbult Colliery explosion, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa
52	19 August 2001	Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine
48	5 June 1942	Joliet Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Elwood, Illinois, United States
47	18 September 1959	Moodiesburn#Auchengeich mining disaster, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
45	21 March 2011	Surran range, Quetta, Balochistan Pakistan
45	28 June 1960	Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
43	30 December 1976	Staříč, Czechoslovakia
43	24 February 2003	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
40	13 April 1976	Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, Finland
39	1 November 1956	Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
38	30 December 1970	Hurricane Creek mine disaster, Hyden, Kentucky, U.S.
37	26–27 June 1971	Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Poland
36	4 October 1950	Michálka, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
36	19 July 2004	Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine
36	26 January 1924	Lancashire Mine, Shanktown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
35	15 October 1970	West Gate Bridge collapse, Melbourne, Australia
34	1 December 1907	Naomi Mine explosion, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
34	10 April 1944	Clara de l'Espà Mine explosion, Saldes, Barcelona, Spain
34	9 June 1970	Dukla mine, Šardice, Czechoslovakia
33	1890	Anna, Souš, Austria-Hungary
32	21 October 1994	Seongsu Bridge collapse, Seoul, South Korea
31	16 August 1968	Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain
31	22 March 1977	ČSA, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
30	3 November 1975	La Consolación Mine explosion, Fígols, Barcelona, Spain
30	7 September 1985	Osceola Mine fire, copper mine fire in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, U.S.
30	2 July 1937	Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK
30	18 October 1990	Barbora, Karviná, Czechoslovakia
30	11 January 2008	Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
29	1 April 1868	Santa Elisa Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
29	21 September 2001	AZF factory explosion, Toulouse, France
29	19 November 2010	Pike River Mine disaster, Greymouth, New Zealand
29	5 April 2010	Upper Big Branch mine explosion, Montcoal, West Virginia, U.S.
29	31 October 1941	Nordegg, Alberta, Canada
28	1 June 1974	Flixborough disaster, England
26	4 April 1970	Paskov, Paskov, Czechoslovakia
26	9 May 1992	Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada
25	7 May 1985	Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
25	7 February 1881	Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, England
24	13 November 2003	Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi, China
24	12 February 1949	Doubrava, Czechoslovakia
23	23 October 1989	Phillips Disaster, Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
23	21 November 2006	Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, Poland
22	14 September 1997	Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
21	15 January 1919	Boston Molasses Disaster, Massachusetts, U.S.
21	5 November 1962	Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway
21	7 January 1963	Santa Eulalia Mine explosion, Langreo, Asturias, Spain
20	10 August 2009	2009 Handlová mine blast, Handlová, Slovakia
19	10 January 1990	Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska Poland
19	19 January 1967	Gas explosion in Strongman Mine, Greymouth, New Zealand
17	20 February 1947	O'Connor Electro-Plating Company explosion in Los Angeles, California
17	24 December 2008	Gas leak, Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., Hebei, China
17	22 February 1994	Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, Virginia, Free State, South Africa
17	8 June 1925	Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, U.S.
16	4 March 1942	Ordnance plant explosion in Burlington, Iowa, United States
16	16 October 2008	Ningxia, China
15	17 April 2013	West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, U.S.
15	23 March 2005	BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
11	4 October 1960	Kingsport, TN Chemical Plant Explosion
11	23 May 1975	Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
11	7 May 2020	LG Polymers gas leak, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
11	27 May 1983	Benton fireworks disaster, illegal fireworks operation in Benton, Tennessee, U.S.
11	20 April 2010	BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, Gulf of Mexico
7	2 April 2010	Tesoro Refinery, Anacortes, Washington, U.S.
6	9 December 1948	Tecumseh power plant of the Kansas Power & Light Company explosion in Topeka, Kansas
5	2 October 2007	Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire, Georgetown, Colorado, U.S.

Maritime

Deaths	Incident
1,565–4,400	. Casualty estimates vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers
2,750–3,920	. Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board
1,863
1,168	Sultana
1,600	Tek Sing
1,573	MV Spice Islander I
1,514
1,500	Taiping,
1,159	Tōya Maru
1,024
1,021
1,012	MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98,
1,000	SS Kiche Maru
1,000	SS Hsin-Yu
~1,000
900	Wusung
900	HMS Victory
894
852
844
832	capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, 21 June 2008
829	HMS Ramillies
826	Lefort
800+
746
741
737
736
731
702	Slave trade ship Leusden
673	HMS Queen Charlotte
~640	and SS Bywell Castle
644	San Telmo
627
625	1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster
608	Novorossiysk
600+	List of vessels lost on the Haak Sand on 24 December 1811
600+
600
600	1986 MV Shamia ferry incident
600+
583	HMS Defence
580	Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2
575
570
565
564
558	SS Principe de Asturias
550	Cahaya Bahari
546
533	Ertuğrul
528	MV Nazreen 1
520	HMS Namur,
500	HMS Ardent
500–700	Ferry Neptune
500–600	Shamia
500	Atlas Star
498	HMS Sussex,
497	Ebisu Maru
496	Saint-Philibert
491	HMS York
488
481	Cahaya Bahari
480
480
473
469	Cospatrick
464
461
459	Royal Charter
450
445	Principe de Asturias
442	MV Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized on the
438	Baccha Singh
432	Rival
429	,
423	SS Admiral Nakhimov
420	Reina Regenta
400
400
400	Cataraqui
400+
397	Toyo Maru 10
387
387+	Chagas
392	SS Himera
389	Pomona
389	Filipino ferry capsized during Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, 24 October 1988
380–400	Elizabeth
380
377	Driver,
376
372	Arniston
364	Sea Horse
361	KM Bimas Raya 2
360	Lampedusa migrant shipwreck
350
358	Drummond Castle,
358
357	10th of Ramadan
355
353	SIEV-X
350	Annie James
347	HMS Athenienne
343
340	Salahuddin 2
340
338	Gurita
334	SS Elbe
325	Harta Limba
319	Yoshino
314	Principessa Mafalda
314	Dashun
313	Harta Rimba
308	Namyong-Ho
307–400	Cazador
304	Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy conditions
304	MV Sewol-Ho capsized off South-Korea
300+	White Ship
300–400	Steamer SS Hsin Wah sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China
300	Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized
300
300	The London
300	Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, 11 October 1968
299	Kapunda
293–500+
293	Northfleet
292	A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county 10 October 1993
289	A boat of clandestine immigrants F174 sank near Portopalo, Italy, 25 December 1996
284	New Era,
283	Evening Star
281
280	Unebi
280	Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, 24 November 1999
280	Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280	Myanmar passenger ferry U Hla Myist sunk by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279	Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, 2 July 1993
276	Hollandia
275–300	SS Hermann
274	it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
273
272	Turkish ferry capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, 1 March 1958
272	Kenyan ferry MV Likoni Ferry sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 29 April 1994
269–276	SMS Grosser Kurfurst
269
260	Earl of Abergavenny
260	Nuestra Señora de Atocha
259	Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, 8 July 1961
256	"Vliegend Hert"
254	Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 22 November 1978
251+	Cleopatra
250	Pennsylvania
250	Powhattan sunk off New Jersey, 16 April 1854
250	Russian liner Ogoza sank in the Black Sea, 1928
250	Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, 20 August 1994
250
250	Chinese steamer Lee Cheong sank in a storm off Swabue
249	Chang Tyong-Ho
247	Doddington
242
241	SS G. P. Griffith burned and sank in Lake Erie, 17 June 1850. The number of lives lost may have been as high as 289.
241	Exmouth of Newcastle wrecked against the Isle of Islay 28 April 1847.
240+	sinking
238	Negotie
238
237
233
232
230	Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized
230	Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
226	Ville du Havre
225–400	Sovnarkom
225	Brother Jonathan
224+	MV Nyerere
224	Neva sunk off
220
220
220	Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, 24 January 1996
217	Official death toll; exact fatality count unknown
215	Myanmar double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 7 April 1990
212	Aquidabã
211	, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, 27 July 1909
210	Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
209	Naval transport ship Angamos sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, 6 July 1928
209	Seven Japanese fishing boats sunk by Super typhoon Carmen
206	Matsushima
206	Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May 1963
206
205	HMS Iolaire
205	Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada 19 February 1860
200	Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer Pa Shi, 1931
200	Victoria
200	Aagtekerke
200+	Prince of Patuakhali
200	Lightning Sun
200	Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, 7 July 2005
200	Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, 27 December 1988
200	SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong
193	Herald of Free Enterprise
192	Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
192	Portland
191
190–250	Phoenix
190	Boadicea
189	MV Maharaj
189	Waterloo
189	,
189	Nathalie
186
185	Batavia includes both drowned and murdered
182	Victoria
182	Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 27 November 2003
180	Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 31 March 1998
178	Ocean Monarch,
177	Russian cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, 5 June 1983
177	Russian monitor Rusalka
176	MV Don Juan
176	,
175–223	Golden Gate
173
173
173	,
171	Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 20 August 1985
170–265	Lady of the Lake
170	Staffordshire
168	Shiun Maru
167	Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 26 January 1958
167	Dona Cassandra sunk by typhoon Orchid
166	Halsewell
165	Tamil refugee boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, 20 February 1997
163	Dieu Merci
161	Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sunk by collision with Bulgarian barge Peter Karaminchev at Danube River, Galaţi, Romania, 10 September 1989
160	Madagascar
159	Scandinavian Star
158	Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, 3 August 2007
150–250	American paddle steamer Atlantic sunk after a collision on Lake Erie, 20 August 1852
150–200	Larchmont
150	Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, 7 May 1991
150
150	Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso Island, Sierra Leone, 25 March 1999
150
150	A pontoon ferry sank after overturning on the Shire River, Malawi, 23 May 1965
150
150
150	Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3 September 1961
149	Package ship John Rutledge
148	French frigate Méduse
147	Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on 2 March 1983
147
147	Mayakovsky,
146–165	MV Rabaul Queen
144
144	Whydah Gally
143
140	Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 10 April 1991
140
140	Two African immigrants boats sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 8 December 2007
140	Filipino ferry capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, 2 December 1994
139	Lexington
137
136
136
136	Finnish steamer capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, 7 September 1929
134	Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, 6 March 1990
134	struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890
133	,
132	Pamir
131	Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000
131	Tararua
130	SS Hankow fire
130
130
130	Hoop
130–172
130	Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1 September 1997
130	Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, 9 March 1992
129
129
128
128	Ferry struck the pier near Hook of Holland, 21 February 1907
128
128	Greek cruise ship sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, 22 December 1963
125
125
125
125
124
124	Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, 6 April 2006
124–195
123
123	RMS Rhone
122+	Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, 10 July 2011
121	Pulau Kidjang
121	Dunbar
120	HMS Vipere
120	Ghanaian motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, 7 April 2006
120	French battleship Iéna
120	São João
118–139	SS Noronic caught fire while docked in Toronto, Ontario, 17 September 1949
118+
118
118	Vergulde Draeck
117–181
117	Kinka Maru
116+
116	SuperFerry 14
114	Auguste
113	Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, 12 April 1957
111	Samson
111
110	Star of Bengal,
108	Orazio
107
106
105	Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 14 March 1970
105
104	Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, 9 September 1952
103
102	Pelican
102	.
100–125
100
100	Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1 January 1989
99
99	Meikle Ferry capsize, Dornoch Firth, Scotland, 16 August 1809
92	Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sunk by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, 1 October 1933
90
89	wrecked off South Australia, Australia, 6 August 1859
86	Princess Amelia
85	Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
84	Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
82	STV Royston Grange
81	MS Express Samina
81	Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, 4 April 1953
80	Pamir
80	Hong Kong ferry sunk by Typhoon Rose, 17 August 1971
78	Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, 12 October 1978
78	MV George Prince ferry sank after colliding with the Norwegian tanker on the Mississippi River, 20 October 1976
74	sunk while on a regular ferry service in Tonga due to the combined effects of the boats age and lack of maintenance leading to its unseaworthiness, 5 August 2009.
70	Ming 361
68	General Grant
61	Turkish fishing boat carrying illegal migrants sank after hitting rocks
58	Bahrain wooden pleasure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57	Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, 8 July 1959
54
53	Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
51
51
51	Marchioness. 131 people on board leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger Bowbelle
48	Danish passenger ship Kjøbenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, 11 June 1948
48	Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, 4 May 2008
46	PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette
45	SS Elingamite
44	British bulk carrier capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, 9 September 1980
42	Masbate, Philippines crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on 4 November 2008.
39	Lamma IV, collision by Sea Smooth
36	FV Gaul
36	Ellan Vannin, December 1909
34	"Dive Ship Conception"
35
33	Costa Concordia
32	Sanchi oil tanker collision
32	River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster
31	SS Carnatic
29
28	Soviet submarine K-19
27	Sinking of Hableány
23	Pajtás passenger boat
22	Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire
20	Ethan Allen
18	Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece
17	1979 Fastnet race
16	Whippoorwill The tourist boat was struck by an F1 tornado, causing it to capsize and sink. 16 people were killed.
16	MS Sleipner
14	Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, 15 January 1944
13	Essex
13	MS Norman Atlantic The ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea off Corfu, Greece and was burnt out. 13 of the 478 people on board were killed, 2 during salvage.
8	AHTS Bourbon Dolphin The ship capsized and sank three days later.
6	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Nuclear and radiation accidents

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
200–6,000	29 September 1957	Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion. 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.	Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
100–240	10 October 1957	Windscale fire	Windscale, Seascale, Cumbria, England
95–4,000+	26 April 1986	Chernobyl disaster. The official report is 31 immediate deaths, 64 recorded cancer deaths by 2008, and potentially up to, but no more than 4,000 total cancer deaths. have been made, but are disputed.	Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
17	August 2000 March 2001	Instituto Oncologico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.	Panama City, Panama
13	1996	1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.	San José, Costa Rica
11	December 1990	1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident,	Zaragoza, Spain
10	10 August 1985	Soviet submarine K-431 accident,	near Vladivostok, Russia
10	1974–1976	Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuries	Columbus, Ohio, United States
9	24 May 1968	Soviet submarine K-27 accident.
8	4 July 1961	Soviet submarine K-19 accident. More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation.
8	March 1984	1984 Moroccan radiation accident	Morocco
7	1980	Houston radiotherapy accident	Houston, Texas, United States
5	9 August 2004	Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe	Mihama, Fukui, Japan
5	5 October 1982	Lost radiation source, 13 injuries	Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
4	September 1987	Goiânia accident,	Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
4	1962	1962 Mexico City radiation accident	Mexico City, Mexico
3	1961	SL-1 reactor explosion and melt-down	National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho
3	1985–1987	Software and engineering errors in the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine result in patients receiving massive overdoses of radiation. and three people dying as a result of the overdose.
3	February 2000	Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled.	Samut Prakan Province, Thailand
2	30 September 1999	Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant	Tōkai, Ibaraki, Japan

Rail accidents and disasters

Deaths	Incident
1,700+	Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
600–1,000	Ciurea rail disaster
675-800	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment
235–800	Bihar train derailment
600–700	Vereshchyovka train disaster
600+	Guadalajara train disaster
575	Ufa train disaster
521–600+	Balvano train disaster
200–500+	Torre del Bierzo rail disaster
428	Awash rail disaster
383	Al Ayatt train disaster
370	Stará Kremnička derailment,
360	1981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash,
358	Firozabad rail disaster
338	Rongjiawan train disaster
320	Nishapur train disaster
307	Sukkur rail disaster
300	Changsha rail disaster
300~	Montemorelos,
300	Tolunda rail disaster
300	Gambar train crash,
289	Baku Metro fire
285	Gaisal train disaster
281	Igandu train disaster
278	Genthin rail disaster
248	El Virilla train accident,
230	Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster,
226	Quintinshill rail crash
212	Khanna rail disaster
208	Saltillo, Coahuila
207	BASF tank car explosion,
200	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster. Not confirmed by any official source, cf.
192	Daegu subway fire
192	Muamba rail disaster
189	Nishinari train fire,
185	Aracaju train crash,
184	Komagawa train disaster
162	Mikawashima train crash
161	Tsurumi rail accident
160	Rzepin train disaster ; Unconfirmed.
156	Bintaro train crash
155	Kaprun disaster
154	Ryongchon disaster
154	Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster,
153	Zagreb express train crash
151	Tangiwai train disaster
150	1965 Durban commuter train disaster,
150	Pukhrayan train derailment,
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment,
142–236	Benavidez rail disaster
100–140	Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy, 1944
139	Yasanti River train crash,
135	Maizdi Khan trains disaster
132	Ghotki rail crash
131	Bouhalouane train crash,
130	Rafiganj train disaster
130	Barwałd Średni trains disaster,
128	Mirshah trains disaster,
128	Mangueira train disaster,
125	Railway bridge collapse,
120	Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
120	Yaoundé train explosion
119	Anchieta rail disaster
118	Stéblová train disaster
118	Moimenta-Alcafache train crash,
114	Veligonda train disaster
114	Ngai Ndethya
112	Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash
112	San Rafael River train disaster
112	Nebukawa, derailment caused by the Great Kantō earthquake,
110	Tsuchiura triple trains crash
108	Tangua train disaster,
107	Patna train derailed
107	Vierzy tunnel trains derailed,
107	Amagasaki rail crash
107	Peruman railway accident
106	Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire
106	Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster
106	Yangzhuang station trains disaster,
105	Tama river trains disaster,
103	Šakvice train disaster,
93–102	Malbone Street Wreck,
102	Aßling train disaster,
102	Wuntho train disaster,
101	Markdorf train disaster,
101	Eschede train disaster
101	Great Train Wreck of 1918
100	Col des Nuages derailment,
100	Benaleka train crash,
99	St-Hilaire train disaster,
97	Eden train wreck,
96	Great Wellington train disaster,
94	Langenweddingen level crossing disaster,
93	Harmelen train disaster,
92	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster,
91	Lewisham rail crash,
91	Arzamas train disaster,
90	Hunan rail disaster,
52–200	Versailles rail accident,

Road

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
–2,700	3 November 1982	Salang Tunnel fire	Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
230	2 July 2010	Sange road tanker explosion	Sange, South Kivu, DRC
219	25 June 2017	Bahawalpur explosion	Bahawalpur, Pakistan
217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster	Tarragona, Spain
171	15 February 1991	Thung Maphrao truck explosion	Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
125	6 December 1965	Sotouba truck collision	Sotouba, Togo
121	12 July 2012	Okobie road tanker explosion	Okobie, Nigeria
115+	6 January 1967	Manila bus collision	Manila, Philippines
113	31 January 2009	Molo road tanker fire	Molo, Kenya
110	12 March 1995	Tamil Nadu truck collision	Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
104	18 August 1968	Gero bus crash	Gero, Gifu, Japan
100–200	5 November 2000	Ibadan road tanker explosion	Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria
99	15 November 2008	Boromo bus collision	Boromo, Burkina Faso
98	28 March 2007	Kagarko truck explosion	Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
94	8 June 1999	Karnataka bus crash	Karnataka, India
90	15 November 1976	Mafeteng bus crash	Mafeteng, Lesotho
90	29 June 1980	Kashmir bus crash	Kashmir, India
90	24 June 2004	Zahedan bus crash	Zahedan, Iran
89	3 August 1991	Nyanga bus accident	Nyanga, Zimbabwe
80	30 January 1984	Rapar bus crash	Rapar, Punjab, India
80	17 November 2016	Caphiridzange explosion	Caphiridzange, Tete, Mozambique
78	5 July 2017	Bambari truck crash	Bambari, Central African Republic

Smog

Space exploration

Deaths	Date	Incident
21	22 August 2003	2003 Alcântara VLS accident, Alcântara, Brazil occurred on ground before launch
7	28 January 1986	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, over Florida, U.S.
7	1 February 2003	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, over Texas/Louisiana, U.S.
3	27 January 1967	Apollo 1, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. occurred on ground before launch
3	30 June 1971	Soyuz 11, space
1	24 April 1967	Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia
1	15 November 1967	X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S.
1	31 October 2014	VSS Enterprise, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S.

Sporting events

Deaths	Date	Incident
1,112	140 AD	Collapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus,
614	26 February 1918	Happy Valley Racecourse fire,
328	24 May 1964	1964 Lima football riot tragedy,
~200	20 January 1980	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980
96	15 April 1989	Hillsborough stadium crush
93	12 March 1988	Hailstorm & Stadium crush
84	11 June 1955	1955 Le Mans disaster
79	1 February 2012	Port Said Stadium disaster
71	23 June 1968	Puerta 12 crush
66	2 January 1971	Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush
66	20 October 1982	Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR
61	1 January 2013	Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster
56	11 May 1985	Bradford City stadium fire
43	11 April 2001	Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush
44	17 September 1967	Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism
39	29 May 1985	Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism
32	3 October 2014	2014 Patna stampede
33	9 March 1946	Burnden Park disaster
28	9 September 1928	Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand,
26	5 April 1902	First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse
24	15 November 2014	Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 18 November 1982
22	29 November 1900	Spectators on roof of glass factory observing 1900 Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse, causing deaths from falls and burns
21	8 February 1981	Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens
18	5 May 1992	Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille,.
17	1979	1979 Fastnet yachting race storms
16	16 August 1980	16 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Recognized as the Football Lover's Day.
15	10 September 1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza : Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience
13	12 May 1957	Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and nine spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators.. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race.
13	18 January 1953	1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 January 1953
13	14 September 2008	2008 Congo football riots: Democratic Republic of the Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 September 2008
13	31 August 1952	Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; 31 August 1952
12	1969	Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital.
12	8 August 1903	Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, 8 August 1903
11	1911	Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd,
11	16 September 2011	2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands
9	18 July 1909	:de:Rennbahnkatastrophe von Berlin\|The Racetrack Disaster of Berlin 9 killed, 52 injured in a cycling event when a motorcycle pacemaker crashed into spectators at a newly built velodrome
9	1992	1992 Le Mans Moto accidents, 9 dead and 50 injured in a chain of road accidents involving motorcyclists in the surrounding area during the running of the race
8	11 January 1999	Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, 11 January 1999
8	1903	1903 Paris–Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.
8	15 August 2010	2010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off-road truck rolled into the gallery
6	1998	1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after being caught in a large storm
6	24 April 1977	Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.
6	8 September 1912	Vailsburg Motordrome, two riders including Eddie Hasha and four spectators died and 17 injured through a chain of events that began when Hasha collided into a rail.

Stampedes

Deaths	Incident
6,000	Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. A multitude of civilians fleeing from an advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river passing over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.
4,000	Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation
2,268	2015 Mina stampede in a Mina street en route to the stoning of the devil ritual
1,426	1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel
1,389	Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II
953	Baghdad bridge stampede,
800	1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival
357	Phnom Penh stampede
354	Galleria delle Grazie
362	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
328	Estadio Nacional disaster,
270	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
258	Mandher Devi temple stampede
251	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual
245	Bridge stampede,
224	2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple
200	Stampede in the central place of Nagpur
183	Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush
173	Bethnal Green tube station panic
162	Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster
130	1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building
124	New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine
123	Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko football match crush
118	Pilgrims trampled to death
115	Shiloh Baptist Church stampede,
115	2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede,
110	Carnival tragedy of 1823
105	Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China,
102	2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage
100	The Station nightclub fire, fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history
96	Hillsborough disaster crush
93	Kathmandu stadium disaster,
84	Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush
78	PhilSports Arena stampede,
77	Stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station
73	Italian Hall disaster
72	River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12
71	Ram Janki Temple stampede,
70	Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema,
67	1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster: Typhoon Billie forced the evacuation of thousands of people through tight corridors of a stadium
66	Second Ibrox disaster crush
66	Luzhniki disaster, football match crush
61	Abidjan stampede disaster,
60	Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster,
60	A tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade
53	1999 Sabarimala stampede,
53	Niamiha metro station stampede
52	Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China
51	Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster
50	Mahamaham stampede disaster
46	,
45	Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure
44	Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster
42	Ellis Park Stadium Disaster
39	Heysel Stadium disaster
37	Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster
36	Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster,
36	2013 Kumbh Mela stampede
36	2014 Shanghai stampede
33	Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster
29	Mosque stampede
28	Chengguan Primary School stampede
26	Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster
25	A stampede by building collapse, during Shiva ratri festival
24	Covento Franciscano de la Villa partial building collapse during a heavy hail storm with 1,300 people inside caused panic and rush down the stairs to the exit.
24	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster
23	al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony
22	At least 22 people are killed and over 30 are seriously injured in a rush hour stampede on a footbridge between the Parel and Prabhadevi railway stations.
21	Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster
21	Love Parade stampede
21	2003 E2 nightclub stampede
20	Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster
20	Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster
19	Synagogue stampede during the fast of Yom Kippur
19	Stampede disaster after Christina Nilsson's appearance at a window of Grand Hôtel
19	At least 21 people are killed in a stampede at a nightclub in Caracas, Venezuela. The stampede was reportedly triggered when a tear-gas canister was set off during a brawl. Eight people were arrested.
16	Antananarivo stampede
13	News Divine nightclub stampede disaster
13	Throb Nightclub stampede disaster
12	Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening
11	Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum
11	Eleven killed and 247 injured in a pedestrian crush after a fireworks festival
11	Alexandria Stadium football match stampede disaster
10	All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster
9	Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival

Structural collapses

Deaths	Incident
171,000	failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin
20,000+	Amphitheater collapse,
5,000–10,000	1979 Machchhu dam failure,
2,209	Johnstown Flood,
1,910	1963 Vajont Dam Disaster,
1,129	Collapse of the Rana Plaza
1,000+	Tigra Dam failure,
1,000	Panshet Dam failure,
941	Iruka Lake Dam failure,
608	Puentes dam collapsed flooding Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 30 April 1802
502	Sampoong Department Store collapse
500–1500	Eitai Bridge collapse,
423	Malpasset Dam failure,
400–600+	St. Francis Dam failure,
356	Gleno Dam failure,
268	Val di Stava dam collapse,
250–434	Koshi Barrage failure,
244	Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure,
238	Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood,
226	Angers Bridge collapse,
206+	Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine,
200+	Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse, North Korea, 31 October 2017
~200	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980
169	Manila Film Center collapsed, Pasay, Philippines, 17 November 1981
~160	Uyo church collapse, Uyo, Nigeria, 10 December 2016
145	Pemberton Mill collapse,
144	Vega de Tera dam collapsed flooding Ribadelago, Zamora, Spain, 9 January 1959
140	Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on 19 November 1974
139	Mill River dam failure,
139	a six-story apartment collapsed at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on 13 September 1976
135	Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel
128	Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse near Bogota, Colombia, 28 July 1983
125	Buffalo Creek flood,
125	a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, 8 November 1984
120	a nuns' school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on 1 February 1963
120–180	Kantale Dam failure,
117	Heiwa Lake Dam failure,
115	Synagogue Church Building collapsed at Lagos State, Nigeria, on 12 September 2014
114	Hyatt Regency walkway collapse,
112	Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on 20 August 1963.
111	Mecca crane collapse, at Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 11 September 2015.
111	Dam failure,
108	Taisho Lake Dam failure,
107–500	Dam failure,
100	Walnut Grove Dam failure,
100	Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 16 June 1990
98	Knickerbocker Theatre weight of snow causes building collapse, Washington, D.C., 28 January 1922
98+	Situ Gintung Dam failure,
94	Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on 2 February 2004
94	Pétionville school collapse,
89	1971 Certej dam failure,
84	Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on 27 December 1938
82	Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on 27 December 1627
81	Bilberry reservoir dam failure,
79	Yarmouth Bridge collapse,
78	Austin Dam failure,
75	Quebec Bridge, Quebec, Canada, 29 August 1907
74	Cinema theatre roof collapse, Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938
74	Fengcheng power station collapse, Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China, 24 November 2016
73	Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on 16 April 1955
71	Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 October 1985
70	A three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 4 May 1992
70	Shaikdor Dam failure, Pasni, Pakistan, 10 February 2005
69	Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse
67	Collapse of Kotewall Court, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972
67	Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
65	Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse in Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006
64	Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, 27 October 1996
62	Desná Dam failure,
61	2013 Mumbai building collapse,
61	Apartment building under construction collapsed at Moulivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 28 June 2014
60	Horonai Dam failure,
60	Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on 26 September 2007
60	Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006
60	Under-construction Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on 13 August 2007
59	116-year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on 4 March 2001
58	Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on 15 September 1959
56	Market roof collapse
56	Los Ángeles de San Rafael restaurant building collapse
55	Point Ellice Bridge disaster,
54	2013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse
52–59	Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge,
51	Willow Island disaster
51	Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, 6 September 2008
50+	Black Forest Hotel collapse in Nagold,, 5 April 1906
50	Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, 17 January 1982
50+	Jiantuo River bridge collapse,
49	Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May 1963
48	Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 December 1993
48	Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse
47	Miles City, Montana bridge collapse
46	Silver Bridge Collapse
45	Under-construction Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India, on December 2009.
43	Ponte Morandi highway bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy
43	Cavalese cable-car disaster,
42	Grandstand collapse at Boy Scout review in Bucharest, Romania, 8 June 1936
42	Interstate 880
40–80	Guaíra Falls bridge collapse
39	2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
39	Kelly Barnes Dam collapse at Toccoa Falls College, Toccoa, Georgia, 1977
35	West Gate Bridge collapse,
35	Illegally built seven-story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, 24 December 2007
34	Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Apulia, Taranto, Italy, 7 February 1985
33	Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March 1986
32	Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, 31 July 1988
32	Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October 1994
30+	A gold mine collapse, Afghanistan, on 6 January 2019
29	Under-construction Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on 20 December 1996
28	Offshore defense radar facility, Texas Tower 4 collapsed in Atlantic Ocean, southeast of New York City, United States, 15 January 1961
28	L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, 23 April 1987
28	Transvaal Park roof collapsed, Moscow, Russia, 14 February 2004
27	The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 17 June 1958
26	Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide
24	Ritz Cafe collapse in Phenix City, Alabama, United States, 21 April 1938
24	Unlicensed construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, 3 May 1984
23	City Hall auditorium collapse in London, Ontario, Canada, 3 January 1898
23	Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding, 24 May 2001
22	Ford's Theatre floor collapse in Washington, D. C., United States, 9 June 1893
21	At least 21 miners died when a roof collapsed in a coal mine in Shenmu, China, 12 January 2019
20	Cavalese cable car disaster, cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20	Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996
20	Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, 25 December 2007. Another 15 missing
19	a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on 1 July 2008
19	Iron ore tailings dam collapse at Bento Rodrigues district in Mariana municipality, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 5 November 2015
17+	At least 17 people are killed in a building collapse in Mumbai, India, 26 July 2017
17	Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 17 January 1982
15	Wonderland Theatre collapse in Detroit, Michigan, 5 November 1898
14	La Tienda Amigo clothing outlet collapse in Brownsville, Texas, 7 July 1988
14	Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995
14	I-40 bridge disaster collapse,
13	John G. Myers Company store collapse in Albany, New York, on 8 August 1905
13	Apartment balcony collapse in Chicago, Illinois, 2003
13	I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse,
12	Schlitz Brewing Company warehouse collapse in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1942
12	Bridge ramp collapse near East Chicago, Indiana, 1982
12	School's ceiling collapse, Nawanshahr, India, 1987
12	Texas A&M 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse, College Station, Texas, 1999
11	Harbor Cay Condominium collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1981
11	Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions
11	Erie Tunnel collapse in Bergen Hill, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1910
10+	Amsden Building collapse in South Framingham, Massachusetts, 1906
10	Consumers Power Company building wall collapse in Jackson, Michigan, 1956
10	Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse in Florida, New York, 1987
9	Crystal Restaurant collapse in Akron, Ohio, 1916
9	Dance pavilion collapse at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1924
9	Stone arch collapse in Texcoco, Mexico, 1951
9	Heron Road Bridge collapse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1966
8	Hatchie River Bridge collapse near Covington, Tennessee, 1989
8	Torre Annunziata building collapse, 7 July 2017
7	Johanns Steamship Provisions Company building collapse in New York City, 1917
7	Television transmitting tower collapse in Shoreview, Minnesota, 1971
7	Lake Keowee dam collapse at Seneca, South Carolina, 1978
7	Edifício Enseada de Serrambí collapse at Olinda, Pernambuco
6	Foothill Freeway bridge collapse near Pasadena, California, 1972
6	Collapse of the canopy of Wearbest Building, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong, 1990
6	Collapse of a wall in Wing On Department Store, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, 1994
6	Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse near Sweetwater, Florida, 2018
5	Interstate highway bridge collapse near Rapid City, South Dakota, 1962
5	Reservoir roof collapse in Hillsboro, Oregon, 1962
5	Rosemont Horizon roof collapse in Rosemont, Illinois, 1979
5	Bridge collapse near Port Isabel, Texas, 2001
4	2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse in Boston, Massachusetts, 1971
4	Collapse of a Tong lau on Ma Tau Wai Road, Hong Kong, 29 January 2010
3	Drugstore collapse in Flora, Illinois, 1954
3	Baseball stadium wall collapse in Augusta, Georgia, 1955
3	Illinois State Fair grandstand roof collapse in Springfield, Illinois, 1966
3	Turia disco lights collapse

Structural fires

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
2,000+	8 December 1863	Church of the Company Fire	Santiago, Chile
1,995	2 August 1893	Theater fire	Kamli, Canton, China
1,670	25 May 1845	Theater fire	Canton, China
900	June 1871	Theater fire	Shanghai, China
800	1836	Lehman Theater fire	St. Petersburg, Russia
667	1977	Cinema fire	Xinjiang, China
658	13 February 1937	Antoung Movie Theater fire	Nantong, China
614	27 February 1918	Happy Valley Racecourse fire	Hong Kong
602	30 December 1903	Iroquois Theater Fire	Chicago, Illinois
600	20 May 1872	Theater fire	Tientsin, China
538	23 December 1995	Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire	Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India
530	17 March 2000	Kanungu church fire	Kanungu, Uganda
500	17 December 1961	Gran Circus Norte-Americano Niterói circus fire	Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
492	28 November 1942	Cocoanut Grove fire	Boston, Massachusetts
448	8 December 1881	Ringtheater Fire	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
430	13 January 1883	Circus Ferroni fire	Berdichev, Russia
400	17 December 1778	Coliseo theater fire	Zaragoza, Spain
396	1 August 2004	Paraguay supermarket fire	Asunción, Paraguay
360	14 February 2012	Comayagua prison fire	Comayagua, Honduras
326+	30 June 1900	1900 Hoboken Docks fire	Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
324	10 December 1994	1994 Karamay fire	Karamay, China
322	21 April 1930	Ohio Penitentiary fire	Columbus, Ohio, United States
322	22 May 1967	L'Innovation Department Store Fire	Brussels, Belgium
312	1910	Barn fire	Ököritófülpös, Hungary
309	25 December 2000	Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire	Luoyang, China
291	29 December 2001	Mesa Redonda fire	Lima, Peru
289	28 October 1995	1995 Baku Metro fire	Baku, Azerbaijan
278+	5 December 1876	Brooklyn Theatre fire	Brooklyn, New York, United States
257+	11 September 2012	2012 Karachi garment factory fire	Karachi, Pakistan
250	15 February 1909	Flores Theater fire	Acapulco, Mexico
242	27 January 2013	Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria	Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
234	27 November 1994	Discothèque fire	Fuxin, China
225	14 July 1960	Mental hospital fire	Guatemala City, Guatemala
209	23 April 1940	Rhythm Night Club fire	Natchez, Mississippi
208	6 March 1943	Hoteiza theater fire	Kucchan, Japan
200	1847	Carslruhe theater fire	St. Petersburg, Russia
200	21 March 1888	Banquet theater fire	Porto, Portugal
194	30 December 2004	República Cromagnon nightclub fire	Buenos Aires, Argentina
188	1 February 1974	Joelma Building fire	São Paulo, Brazil
188	10 May 1993	Kader Toy Factory fire	Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
186	5 September 1887	Theatre Royal, Exeter	England, United Kingdom
175	4 March 1908	Collinwood school fire	Collinwood, Ohio, United States
171	13 January 1908	Rhoads Opera House Fire	Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States
168	6 July 1944	Hartford circus fire	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
167	6 July 1988	Piper Alpha oil platform explosions	North Sea
165	28 May 1977	Beverly Hills Supper Club fire	Southgate, Kentucky, United States
163	13 November 1960	Cinema fire	Amude, Syria
162	25 December 1971	Daeyeonggak Hotel fire	Seoul, South Korea
162	18 March 1996	Ozone Disco Club fire	Quezon City, Philippines
157	20 May 1980	Eventide Home for the Aged	Kingston, Jamaica
153	4 December 2009	Perm Lame Horse club fire	Perm, Russia
152	13 November 1960	Cinema fire	Amuda, Syria
150	19 June 1919	Teatro Yagüez fire	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States
146	1 November 1970	Club Cinq-Sept fire night club fire	Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France
146	25 March 1911	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire	New York City, New York, United States
144	19 April 1930	1930 Costești wooden church fire	Costești, Romania
139	22 September 1948	Wing On godown fire	Sai Wan, Hong Kong
130	18 March 1930	Cinema fire	Kirin, China
126	4 May 1897	Bazar de la Charité fire	Paris, France
124	3 June 2010	2010 Nimtoli Fire	Nimtoli, Old Dhaka
124	24 November 2012	2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory	Dhaka, Bangladesh
123	15 May 1929	Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
120–140	1184	Fire at McDermott's Castle caused by lightning strike	Lough Key, Ireland
120+	13 June 2013	Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant fire	Dehui, China
119	7 December 1946	Winecoff Hotel fire	Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States
118	18 April 1930	1930 Costești wooden church fire	Costești, Romania
118	13 May 1972	Sennichi department store fire	Osaka, Japan
113–117	26 May 1822	Grue Church fire	Grue, Norway
109	5 November 1961	1961 Elbarusovo school fire	Elbarusovo, Soviet Union
108	17 May 2004	Fire at San Pedro Sula's prison	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
104	10 March 1930	Cinema fire	Chinkai Guard District
104	29 November 1973	Taiyo department store fire	Kumamoto, Japan
104	10 March 1930	Jinhae Primary School fire	Jinhae, Korea
102	11 July 1997	Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire	Jomtien Beach, Thailand
100	16 February 1955	Nursing home fire	Yokohama, Japan
100	20 February 2003	The Station nightclub fire	West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
99	17 February 1955	Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire	Yokohama, Japan
99	12 December 1942	Knights of Columbus Hostel fire	St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
98	31 December 1986	Dupont Plaza Hotel arson	San Juan, Puerto Rico
95	1 December 1958	Our Lady of the Angels School Fire	Chicago, Illinois, United States
94	16 July 2004	2004 Kumbakonam School fire	Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
92+	8 February 1981	1981 Bangalore circus fire	Bangalore, India
90	23 September 1928	Novedades Theater fire	Madrid, Spain
89	9 December 2011	AMRI hospital fire	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
89	3 November 1974	Pu Lai Win Hotel fire	Seoul, South Korea
87	30 August 1947	Cinema fire	Rueil-Malmaison, France
87	25 March 1990	Happyland Fire	Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
85	21 November 1980	MGM Grand fire	Paradise, Nevada, United States
86	17 March 1899	Windsor Hotel fire	New York City, New York, United States
82	17 December 1983	Alcalá 20 nightclub fire	Madrid, Spain
81	20 November 1993	Zhili Toy Factory fire	Shenzhen, China
81	20 December 1937	Primary School fire	Shirahama, Japan
80–88	8 February 1947	Karlslust dance hall fire	Berlin, Germany
80	20 February 2019	2019 Dhaka fire	Dhaka, Bangladesh
80	12 July 1979	Hotel Corona de Aragón fire	Zaragoza, Spain
79	1985	Saavedra Psychiatric Hospital fire	Buenos Aires, Argentina
79	14 February 1993	Linxi department store fire	Tangshan, China
78	28 March 1996	Kebon Kembang shopping mall fire	Bogor, Indonesia
78	8 September 1727	Barn fire	Burwell, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
78	27 May 1875	Precious Blood Church fire	Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
78	9 January 1927	Laurier Palace Theatre fire	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
77	16 May 1923	Cleveland school fire	Camden, South Carolina, United States
75	24 September 1999	Building fire	Yogyakarta, Indonesia
75	17 August 2001	Manor Hotel fire	Quezon City, Philippines
74	13 May 2015	Kentex slipper factory fire	Valenzuela City, Philippines
74	29 March 2000	Tiantang cinema fire	Jiaozuo, China
73	29 July 1979	Lakshimki Talkies cinema fire	Tuticorin, India
72	26 December 1811	Richmond Theatre fire	Richmond, Virginia, United States
72	17 February 1957	Warrenton Nursing Home Fire	Warrenton, Missouri, United States
72	14 June 2017	Grenfell Tower fire	London, England, United Kingdom
71	31 December 1929	Glen Cinema disaster	Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
71	10 January 1883	Newhall House Hotel fire	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
70	5 April 1949	St. Anthony's Hospital fire	Effingham, Illinois, United States
68	26 March 2001	Kyanguli Secondary school fire	Machakos, Kenya
68	2 March 1960	Manufacturing plant fire	Busan, South Korea
66	1 January 2009	Santika Club fire	Bangkok, Thailand
65	24 February 2006	KTS Composite Textile factory fire	Chittagong, Bangladesh
64	15 February 1995	Restaurant fire	Taichung, Taiwan
64	13 February 1983	Cinema Statuto fire	Turin, Italy
64	4 May 1963	Le Monde theater fire	Diourbel, Senegal
63	19 March 2007	Nursing home fire	Krasnodar, Russia
63	23 November 1963	Golden Age Nursing Home fire	Fitchville Township, Ohio, United States
63	29 October 1998	Gothenburg nightclub fire	Gothenburg, Sweden
63	30 October 2015	Colectiv nightclub fire	Bucharest, Romania
62	8 February 1989	Premier Studio of Mysore fire	Mysore, India
61	5 June 1946	La Salle Hotel fire	Chicago, Illinois, United States
61	13 December 1993	Textile Factory fire	Fuzhou, China
61	1978	Prison fire	Buenos Aires, Argentina
60	8 June 1997	Brihadiswara temple fire	Thanjavur, India
60	29 October 2002	Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
60	25 March 2018	2018 Kemerovo fire	Winter Cherry complex, Kemerovo, Russia
59	1 January 2009	Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire	Bangkok, Thailand
59	13 June 1997	Uphaar Cinema fire	Green Park, Delhi, India
58+	15 November 2010	2010 Shanghai apartment fire	Shanghai, China
58	11 May 1955	Cinema fire	Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Poland
56	11 May 1985	Bradford City Football Club stadium fire	Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
56	30 October 1999		Inchon, South Korea
55	25 April 2008	Rosamar Furniture factory fire	Casablanca, Morocco
55	1980	Mental hospital fire	Górna Grupa, Poland
55	7 September 1943	Gulf Hotel fire	Houston, Texas, United States
54	30 October 1999	Building fire	Incheon, South Korea
53	16 February 2004	Zhongbai Commercial Plaza fire	Jilin, China
51	27 January 1903	Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum fire	London, England, United Kingdom
50	2 August 1973	Summerland disaster	Douglas, Isle of Man
50	2 November 2002	Sidi Moussa prison fire	El Jadida, Morocco
49	5 June 2009	2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire	Hermosillo, Mexico
48	14 February 1981	Stardust fire	Artane, Dublin, Ireland
48	1 January 1980	Opémiska Community Hall	Chapais, Quebec, Canada
44	1 August 1962	Chau Street tenement house fire	New Kowloon, Hong Kong
44	1 September 2001	Myojo 56 building fire	Tokyo, Japan
43	8 October 2017	Northern California Wildfires	Sonoma County, Napa County, Mendocino County, California, United States
43	14 January 1990	Flying nightclub fire	Zaragoza, Spain
42	5 September 1926	Dromcolliher Cinema Fire	County Limerick, Ireland
41	26 January 2018	2018 Miryang hospital fire	Miryang, South Korea
41	20 November 1996	The Garley Building fire	Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
41	18 November 1947	Ballantynes Fire	Christchurch, New Zealand
38+	April 2020	Icheon construction site fire	Icheon, South Korea
38	23 December 2017	2017 Davao City mall fire	Davao City, Philippines
38	8 December 1942	Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire	Dunedin, New Zealand
37	1 September 1970	Blue Bird Café fire	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
37	22 March 2013	Karen refugee camp fire	Mae Hong Son, Thailand
36	2 December 2016	2016 GhostShip Oakland warehouse fire	Oakland, California, United States
36	24 December 1924	Babbs Switch fire	Babbs, Oklahoma, United States
35	1 September 1973	Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel	Copenhagen, Denmark
34	18 July 2019	Kyoto Animation arson attack	Kyoto, Japan
34	30 October 1971	Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire	Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong
33	9 May 1977	Hotel Polen fire	Amsterdam, Netherlands
33	8 February 1982	Hotel New Japan Fire	Tokyo, Japan
32	24 June 1973	UpStairs Lounge arson fire	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
31	18 November 1987	King's Cross tube station fire	London, England, United Kingdom
30	3 August 1966	William Booth Memorial Home fire	Melbourne, Australia
29	20 December 1970	Pioneer Hotel fire	Tucson, Arizona, United States
29	21 December 2017	2017 Jecheon fire	Jecheon, South Korea
29	20 July 2002	Utopia nightclub fire	Lima, Peru
25	3 September 1991	Imperial Foods processing plant fire	Hamlet, North Carolina, United States
24	14 September 2017	Islamic boarding school fire	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24	30 June 1974	Gulliver's nightclub fire	Port Chester, New York, United States
24	28 January 2009	2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire	Nairobi, Kenya
23	10 January 1976	Pathfinder Hotel fire	Fremont, Nebraska, United States
23	30 January 1976	Wincrest Nursing Home fire	Chicago, Illinois, United States
22	16 July 2017	Changshu	Jiangsu, China
22	20 October 2000	Lobohombo	Mexico City, Mexico
21	13 April 2009	Hostel for homeless fire	Kamień Pomorski, Poland
21	17 February 1986	Andorinha Building fire	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21	28 October 1915	St. Johns School Fire	Peabody, Massachusetts, United States
20	10 June 1978	Hotel fire	Borås, Sweden
19	25 August 2018	A hotel fire in kills 19 people while 23 are injured	Harbin, China
19	12 July 2005	Calderón Guardia Hospital fire	San José, Costa Rica
19	4 September 1982	Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fire	Los Angeles, California, United States
19	1968	Knitting factory fire, spread to apartment above the factory	Hong Kong
17	20 April 1937	A cinefilm fire in an elementary school	Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia
17	25 January 1997	Top One Karaoke fire	Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
16	30 June 1999	Sealand Youth Training Center Fire	Hwaseong, South Korea

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Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...
Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...
Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...
Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...