List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.

List Rank Event Date Firefighter Fatalities Coordinates Reference 1 September 11 attacks 343 2 Great Fire of 1910 78 Inferno 3 Texas City disaster 27 4 Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1910) 21 6 McKee refinery fire 19 Yarnell Hill Fire 19 8 Blackwater fire of 1937 15 Rattlesnake Fire 15 10 South Canyon Fire 14 11 Strand Theatre fire (Brockton, Massachusetts) 13 Mann Gulch fire 13 Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire 13 Bowen-Merrill Bookstore Fire 13 15 Kingman explosion 12 23rd Street Fire 12 Loop Fire Disaster 12 18 Inaja Fire 11 W. T. Jennings Fire 11 20 West Fertilizer Company explosion 10 21 Charleston Sofa Super Store fire 9 Hotel Vendome fire 9 Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, New York) 9 "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"2008 Carson Helicopters Iron 44 crash 924 Great Boston Fire of 1872 8 1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire 8 Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, Pennsylvania) 8 "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"28Woolworth Fire- Charleston WV 7 29 Waldbaum's supermarket fire 6 Spak, Steve. Queens soap plant fire 6 1988 Kansas City explosion 6 Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire (Worcester, Massachusetts) 6

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