Tall Building Fires

Take a look through the information below and click any of the link to find out more. We will be adding to this page and our Presentation Archive page regularly in future to make it a useful reference point for those in the industry.

2020

• 8 October 2020 - Samhwan Art Nouveau Building, Ulsan, South Korea - www.bbc.co.uk
• 9 August 2020 - Bohumin, Czech Republic, High-rise Fire - www.uk.reuters.com
• 5 May 2020 - Abbco Tower, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, High-rise Fire - www.bbc.co.uk

2019

• 10 June 2019 - Axa Equitable Center, New York City, USA, Skyscraper Fire - www.abc7ny.com
• 28 March 2019 - FR Tower, Dhaka, Bangladesh, High-rise Fire - www.dhakatribune.com

2018

• 5 September 2018 - Bank of Lisbon Building, Johannesburg, South Africa, High-rise Fire - www.bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za
• 2 May 2018 - Wilton Paes de Almeida Building, São Paulo, Brazil, Mixed-use High-rise Fire - www.redalyc.org
• 7 April 2018 - Trump Tower, New York City, USA, Skyscraper Fire - www.cbsnews.com

2017

• 14 July 2017 - Marco Polo Apartments, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, High-rise Fire - www.civilbeat.org
• 14 June 2017 - Grenfell Tower, London, United Kingdom, High-rise Fire - Metropolitan Police Newsroom 
• 19 January 2017 - Plasco Building, Tehran, Iran, High-rise Mixed Use High-rise Fire - www.bbc.co.uk

2015

• 31 December 2015 - The Address Downtown, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Skyscraper Fire - www.bbc.co.uk
• 21 November 2015 - John Hancock Center, Chicago, USA, Skyscraper Fire - www.nbcchicago.com
• 1 October 2015 - Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, High-rise Fire - www.yahoo.com/news
• 25 July 2015 - Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Commercial High-rise Fire - www.abcnews.com
• 19 May 2015 - Baku, Azerbaijan, Residential High-rise Fire - www.rferl.org
• 10 March 2015 - Wisma Kosgoro, Jakarta, Indonesia, Skyscraper Fire - www.thejakartapost.com
• 29 Aug 2015 - Odessa., Ukraine, High-rise Fire - pravda.com/ua
• 7 Jun 2015 - Portsmouth, United Kingdom, tall building Fire - portsmouth.co.uk
• 27 May 2015 - Melborne, Australia, High-rise Fire - abc.net.au
• 19 May 2015 - Baku, Azerbaijan, High-rise Tower Block Fire - mirror.co.uk
• 21 Feb 2015 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Skyscraper Fire - nydailynews.com

2014

• 11 Dec 2014 - Dallas, USA, Skyscraper Fire - usatoday.com
• 8 Dec 2014 - Los Angeles, USA, Construction Site Fire - edition.cnn.com
• 25 Nov 2014 - Melborne, Australia, High-rise Apartment Building Fire - abc.net.au
• 30 Sept 2014 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, High-rise Hotel Fire - independent.co.uk
• 18 Jul 2014 - Mumbai, India, High-rise Fire - ndtv.com

2013

• 15 Dec 2013 - Guangzhou, China, tall building Fire - rt.com
• 13 Dec 2013 - Mumbai, India, tall building Fire - www.ndtv.com
• 18 Oct 2013 - Los Angeles, USA, tall building Fire - www.nbclosangeles.com
• 17 Jul 2013 - Istanbul, Turkey, Polat Tower Fire, - www.dailymail.co.uk
• 9 May 2013 - Lahore, India, High Rise Fire - www.demotix.com
• 2 May 2013 - tall building Fire Safety Concerns in Middle East - www.bbc.co.uk
• 3 Apr 2013 - Grozny, Chechnya, Olympus Tower Fire - www.huffingtonpost.ca
• 31 Jan 2013 - Mexico City, Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower Explosion (Over 30 People killed in tower designed to withstand Magnitude 8 Earthquake) - www.bbc.co.uk

2012

• 15 May 2012 - Nord Pas-de-Calais, France, High Rise Residential fire (Video showing rapid spread of fire in tall building with balconies) - www.dailymotion.com