Building
|
Height (m)
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City
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Country
|
Date
|
Death(s)
|
Notes
|
Central Tower
|
91 m[1]
|
San Francisco
|
United States
|
1906-04-18 April 18, 1906
|
?
|
Burned in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
|
Merchants Exchange Building
|
69 m[2]
|
Old Chronicle Building
|
95 m[3]
|
Mutual Bank Building
|
|
Asch Building
|
48 m[4]
|
New York City
|
1911-03-25 March 25, 1911
|
146
|
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
|
The Sherry-Netherland
|
171 m[5]
|
New York City
|
1927-04-12 April 12, 1927
|
0
|
Occurred during construction
|
Empire State Building
|
381 m[6]
|
New York City
|
1945-07-28 July 28, 1945
|
14
|
Plane crash
|
40 Wall Street
|
283 m[7]
|
New York City
|
1946-05-20 May 20, 1946
|
5
|
Plane crash
|
La Salle Hotel
|
|
Chicago
|
1946-06-05 June 5, 1946
|
61
|
Electrical fire likely
|
Winecoff Hotel
|
59 m[8]
|
Atlanta
|
1946-12-07 December 7, 1946
|
119
|
Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history
|
Ronan Point
|
64 m[9]
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
1968-05-16 May 16, 1968
|
4
|
Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise.
|
1 New York Plaza
|
192 m[10]
|
New York City
|
United States
|
1970-08-05 August 5, 1970
|
2
|
Sparked from a faulty computer connection[11]
|
Taeyongak Hotel
|
72.6 m
|
Seoul
|
South Korea
|
1971-12-25 December 25, 1971
|
163
|
Daeyeonggak Hotel fire, deadliest hotel fire in history
|
Andraus Building
|
115 m[12]
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
1972-02-24 February 24, 1972
|
16
|
Sparked from an electrical overload[13]
|
Rault Tower
|
|
New Orleans
|
United States
|
1972-11-29 November 29, 1972
|
6
|
Suspected arson[14]
|
Avianca Building
|
161 m
|
Bogotá
|
Colombia
|
1974-07-23 July 23, 1973
|
4
|
Sparked on the 14th floor
|
City-Haus
|
142 m
|
Frankfurt
|
West Germany
|
1974-02-01 August 23, 1973
|
0
|
Occurred during construction
|
Joelma Building
|
82.5 m
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
1974-02-01 February 1, 1974
|
179–189
|
Joelma fire
|
One World Trade Center
|
417 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
1975-02-13 February 13, 1975
|
0
|
Arson[15]
|
Campbell Shopping Complex
|
66 m
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
Malaysia
|
1976-04-08 April 8, 1976
|
1
|
Campbell Shopping Complex fire
|
Bank Bumiputra
|
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
1980-11-80 November 4, 1980
|
|
|
MGM Grand Hotel
|
85.8 m
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
1980-11-21 November 21, 1980
|
84
|
MGM Grand fire
|
Las Vegas Hilton
|
114 m
|
Las Vegas
|
1981-2-10 February 10, 1981
|
8
|
Arson
|
Torre Santa María
|
|
Santiago
|
Chile
|
1981-3-21 March 21, 1981
|
11
|
Occurred when carpet glue ignited during carpet installation.[16]
|
Al Rasheed Hotel
|
59.4 m
|
Baghdad
|
Iraq
|
1982-7-21 July 21, 1982
|
1
|
Plane crash-Suicide by F-4 Phantom during Iran-Iraq War
|
Northwestern National Bank
|
52.8 m
|
Minneapolis
|
United States
|
1980-11-21 November 25–26, 1982
|
0
|
Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire
|
KOMTAR
|
248.7 m
|
Penang
|
Malaysia
|
1983-1-23 January 23, 1983
|
0
|
Likely occurred due to welding sparks[17]
|
Prudential Tower
|
276 m
|
Boston
|
United States
|
1983-1-23 January 2, 1986
|
0
|
A nine-alarm fire in the building spread because of the lack of a sprinkler system.[18][19]
|
Dupont Plaza Hotel
|
|
Condado, Puerto Rico
|
United States
|
1986-12-31 December 31, 1986
|
97
|
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson
|
Schomburg Plaza
|
|
New York City
|
United States
|
1987-03-22 March 22, 1987
|
7
|
Ignited from the plaza's trash compactor room[20]
|
Hotel International
|
85 m
|
Zurich
|
Switzerland
|
1988-02-14 February 14, 1988
|
6
|
Deadliest high-rise fire in Swiss history
|
First Interstate Tower
|
261.52 m
|
Los Angeles
|
United States
|
1988-05-04 May 4, 1988
|
1
|
First Interstate Tower fire
|
Peachtree 25th Building
|
33 m
|
Atlanta
|
1989-06-30 June 30, 1989
|
1
|
Suspected to spark from a faulty electric panel[21]
|
One Meridian Plaza
|
150 m
|
Philadelphia
|
1991-02-23 February 23–24, 1991
|
3
|
Occurred when rags ignited, fire spread uncontrollably after all fire protection systems failed.[22] Later torn down.
|
UNITIC Twin Towers
|
105.5 m
|
Sarajevo
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1992-05-28 May 28, 1992
|
|
Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells.
|
Executive Council Building
|
69.3 m
|
Sarajevo
|
1992-05-28 May 28, 1992
|
|
Burned after being repeatedly hit by Serbian incendiary tank shells.
|
Groeneveen and Kruitberg
|
33 m
|
Amsterdam
|
Netherlands
|
1992-10-04 October 4, 1992
|
43
|
El Al Flight 1862 plane crash, Partial collapse
|
One World Trade Center
|
417 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
1993-02-26 February 26, 1993
|
6
|
Bombing which also resulted in 1,042 smoke related injuries
|
Stratosphere Tower
|
350.2 m
|
Las Vegas
|
1993-08-30 August 30, 1993
|
0
|
Occurred during construction
|
White House (Moscow)
|
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
1993-10-08 October 8, 1993
|
187
|
Caught fire from tank shelling during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
|
Hotel Olympik
|
73 m
|
Prague
|
Czech Republic
|
1995-05-26 May 25, 1995
|
8
|
Occurred on the 11th floor within a janitor's closet[23]
|
Tower 42
|
183 m
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
1996-1-17 January 17, 1996
|
0
|
Occurred during refurbishment
|
Garley building
|
52.8 m
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
1996-11-20 November 20, 1996
|
41
|
1996 Garley Building fire
|
Ušće Tower
|
115 m
|
Belgrade
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
1999-04-21 April 21, 1999
|
0
|
Struck by NATO air strikes during the Kosovo War setting the upper floors on fire.
|
Immigration Tower
|
181 m
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
2000-08-02 August 2, 2000
|
2
|
Arson
|
Ostankino Tower
|
540.1 m
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
2000-08-27 August 27, 2000
|
3
|
Tallest structure in Europe
|
1 and 2 World Trade Center
|
417 m / 415.1 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2001-09-11 September 11, 2001
|
2,312
|
Plane crashes in the September 11 attacks, causing explosion, structural damage, and fires resulting in collapse.
|
7 World Trade Center
|
190 m
|
New York City
|
2001-09-11 September 11, 2001
|
0
|
Full structural collapse caused by debris from the collapse of Building 1 (North tower) of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.
|
90 West Street
|
98.76 m
|
New York City
|
2001-09-11 September 11, 2001
|
2
|
Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center: September 11 attacks
|
130 Cedar Street
|
50 m
|
New York City
|
2001-09-11 September 11, 2001
|
0
|
Caused by debris from the collapse of Building 2 (South Tower) of the World Trade Center: September 11 attacks
|
Pirelli Tower
|
127 m
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
2002-04-18 April 18, 2002
|
3
|
Plane crash
|
Cook County Administration Building
|
|
Chicago
|
United States
|
2003-10-17 October 17, 2003
|
6
|
Seven other seriously injured, fire thought to have been arson[24][25]
|
Al Rasheed Hotel
|
59.4 m
|
Baghdad
|
Iraq
|
2003-12-26 December 26, 2003
|
1
|
Twenty-eight 68 mm and 85 mm Katyusha rockets were fired at and struck the hotel
|
Parque Central Complex east tower
|
255 m
|
Caracas
|
Venezuela
|
2004-10-17 October 17, 2004
|
0
|
Damage to 34th-44th floors
|
LaSalle National Bank Building
|
163.1 m
|
Chicago
|
United States
|
2004-12-07 December 7, 2004
|
0
|
25 injured[26]
|
Harrow Court
|
56.1 m
|
Hertfordshire
|
United Kingdom
|
2005-02-02 February 2, 2005
|
3
|
Harrow Court fire
|
Windsor Tower
|
106 m
|
Madrid
|
Spain
|
2005-02-12 February 12, 2005
|
0
|
Partially collapsed; subsequently demolished
|
Tohid Town Residential
|
33 m
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
2005-12-06 December 6, 2005
|
106
|
Plane crash: 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash
|
Transport Tower
|
112.2 m
|
Astana
|
Kazakhstan
|
2006-05-30 May 30, 2006
|
0
|
Fire destroyed upper floors of 34-story government building
|
Belaire Apartments
|
156 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2006-10-11 October 11, 2006
|
2
|
Plane crash
|
Fortune Tower
|
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2007-01-18 January 18, 2007
|
4
|
Occurred during construction, 57 injured
|
Shanghai World Financial Center
|
494.3 m
|
Shanghai
|
China
|
2007-08-14 August 14, 2007
|
0
|
Occurred on 40th floor during construction
|
Deutsche Bank Building
|
157.6 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2007-08-18 August 18, 2007
|
2
|
Occurred during dismantling, demolished due to damage from the September 11 attacks
|
The Water Club
|
125.4 m
|
Atlantic City
|
2007-09-23 September 23, 2007
|
0
|
Occurred during construction.[27]
|
Monte Carlo Resort and Casino
|
110 m
|
Las Vegas
|
2008-01-25 January 25, 2008
|
0
|
Fire affecting top six floors
|
TU Delft Faculteitsgebouw Bouwkunde
|
56 m
|
Delft
|
The Netherlands
|
2008-04-13 April 13, 2008
|
0
|
A broken water pipe on the 8th floor caused a short circuit in a coffee machine a floor below, resulting in a fire. [28] The building was demolished afterwards.
|
Abraj Al Bait Towers
|
601 m
|
Mecca
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2008-10-28 October 28, 2008
|
0
|
Occurred during construction; fire consumed nine floors
|
Beijing Television Cultural Center
|
159 m
|
Beijing
|
China
|
2009-02-09 February 9, 2009
|
1
|
Beijing Television Cultural Center fire
|
Bashundhara City Tower
|
62.7 m
|
Dhaka
|
Bangladesh
|
2009-03-13 March 13, 2009
|
4
|
|
Abraj Al Bait Towers
|
|
Mecca
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2009-05-01 May 1, 2009
|
0
|
Occurred during construction
|
Rabobank Bestuurscentrum
|
105 m
|
Utrecht
|
Netherlands
|
2010-06-27 June 27, 2010
|
0
|
Occurred on the 25th and 26th floor during the construction. The exact cause of the fire has never been identified. [29]
|
Lakanal House
|
46.2 m
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
2009-07-03 July 3, 2009
|
6
|
Lakanal House fire
|
Wooshin Golden Suites
|
|
Busan
|
South Korea
|
2010-09-01 September 1, 2010
|
0
|
Wooshin Golden Suites fire
|
Unnamed high-rise apartment block
|
85 m
|
Shanghai
|
China
|
2010-11-15 November 15, 2010
|
58
|
Occurred during renovation; 2010 Shanghai fire
|
Dynasty Wanxin building complex Towers A and B (Tower C was unaffected)
|
|
Shenyang
|
2011-02-03 February 3, 2011
|
0
|
Started from fireworks during Chinese New Year Celebrations.[30]
|
EVN Headquarters Tower 1
|
147 m
|
Hanoi
|
Vietnam
|
2011-12-16 December 15, 2011
|
0
|
Fire occurred during construction, 11 workers injured.[31]
|
Uncompleted high rise block
|
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
Malaysia
|
2012-01-18 January 18, 2012
|
0
|
[32]
|
Fico Place
|
|
Bangkok
|
Thailand
|
2012-03-03 March 3, 2012
|
0
|
Two firemen injured[33]
|
Federation Tower (East Tower)
|
450 m
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
2012-04-2 April 2, 2012
|
0
|
Occurred while the building was under construction
|
Al Tayer Tower
|
|
Sharjah
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2012-04-28 April 28, 2012
|
0
|
[34]
|
Polat Tower Residence
|
138.6 m
|
Istanbul
|
Turkey
|
2012-07-17 July 17, 2012
|
0
|
[35]
|
Tamweel Tower
|
160 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2012-11-18 November 18, 2012
|
0
|
[36]
|
Oko Tower 1
|
354.1 m
|
Moscow
|
Russia
|
2013-01-25 January 25, 2013
|
0
|
Fire occurred on 24th floor during construction, one worker was injured.[37]
|
Torre Ejecutiva Pemex Tower
|
214 m
|
Mexico City
|
Mexico
|
2013-01-31 January 31, 2013
|
33
|
Gas explosion affecting the main building's 14 story annex Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion
|
Grozny-City Towers
|
150 m
|
Grozny
|
Russia
|
2013-04-03 April 3, 2013
|
0
|
[citation needed]
|
Jianye Mansion
|
|
Guangzhou
|
China
|
2013-04-03 December 15, 2013
|
0
|
[38]
|
The Strand
|
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2014-01-05 January 5, 2014
|
1
|
[39]
|
One57
|
410 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2015-03-14 March 15, 2014
|
0
|
Fire broke out in the loading dock, then spread to the courtyard and a neighboring property.
|
Lotus Park building
|
|
Mumbai
|
India
|
2014-07-18 July 18, 2014
|
1
|
[40]
|
Lacrosse Apartments
|
|
Melbourne
|
Australia
|
2014-11-25 November 25, 2014
|
0
|
Fire started on an 8th floor balcony and rapidly spread up the facade cladding.[41]
|
The Wedgwood
|
30 m
|
Castle Hills
|
United States
|
2014-12-28 December 28, 2014
|
5
|
The fire occurred on one wing of the third floor causing extensive smoke damage.[42][43]
|
The Marina Torch
|
336.8 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2015-02-21 February 21, 2015
|
0
|
At least 7 people were injured.
|
Wisma Kosgoro
|
|
Jakarta
|
Indonesia
|
2015-03-10 March 10, 2015
|
0
|
Fire destroyed floors 16–20.[44]
|
Unnamed Highrise
|
|
Baku
|
Azerbaijan
|
2015-05-19 May 19, 2015
|
16
|
See 2015 Baku residence building fire
|
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
|
184 m
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
2015-07-25 July 25, 2015
|
0
|
Fire occurred on the pool deck fueled by cabanas and artificial trees; two people were treated for smoke inhalation.[45]
|
Unnamed Residential Tower
|
|
Sharjah
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2015-10-01 October 1, 2015
|
0
|
Fire burned building facade, 19 treated for smoke inhalation.[46]
|
John Hancock Center
|
457 m
|
Chicago
|
United States
|
2015-11-21 November 21, 2015
|
0
|
A two-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor. Five injured.[47]
|
The Address Downtown Dubai
|
306.2 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2015-12-31 December 31, 2015
|
1
|
Occurred on New Year's Eve, 14 injured.[48]
|
Sulafa Tower
|
288 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2016-07-20 July 20, 2016
|
0
|
|
Plasco Building
|
42 m
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
2017-01-19 January 19, 2017
|
21
|
The 17-story building collapsed after a fire started on the ninth floor. Seventy injured.[49]
|
Grenfell Tower
|
79.2 m
|
London
|
United Kingdom
|
2017-06-14 June 14, 2017
|
72
|
The 24-storey tower block fire spread from the second floor to the top of the building.[50] See Grenfell Tower fire
|
Pamchal Chitgar Building
|
66 m
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
2017-06-14 June 14, 2017
|
0
|
The residential 20-storey tower - four injured
|
Marco Polo Apartments
|
118.8 m
|
Honolulu
|
United States
|
2017-07-14 July 14, 2017
|
3
|
Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36-story apartments. Fire quickly spread to three more floors, making it a 5-alarm fire. This is the deadliest high-rise fire in Hawaii's history.
|
Rotana Hotel Building
|
66 m
|
Mashhad
|
Iran
|
2017-07-22 July 22, 2017
|
0
|
Under construction 20-storey hotel
|
The Marina Torch
|
336.8 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2017-08-04 August 4, 2017
|
0
|
|
Trump Tower
|
202 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2018-04-30 April 7, 2018
|
1
|
6 firefighters injured
|
Almas Tower
|
360 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2018-04-30 April 22, 2018
|
0
|
|
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Baku)
|
108.9 m
|
Baku
|
Azerbaijan
|
2018-04-30 April 28, 2018
|
0
|
Involved two separate fires the same day
|
Wilton Paes de Almeida Building
|
79.2 m
|
São Paulo
|
Brazil
|
2018-04-30 April 30, 2018
|
7–9
|
Building collapsed shortly after blaze
|
Paramis Building
|
69.3 m
|
Tehran
|
Iran
|
2018-07-22 July 22, 2018
|
0
|
21-storey residential building
|
Bank of Lisbon building
|
108 m
|
Johannesburg
|
South Africa
|
2018-09-06 September 6, 2018
|
3
|
Building demolished/Imploded in 24 Nov 2019
|
FR Tower
|
|
Dhaka
|
Bangladesh
|
2019-03-28 March 28, 2019
|
25
|
FR Tower fire
|
AXA Equitable Center
|
229.3 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2019-06-10 June 10, 2019
|
1
|
2019 New York City helicopter crash
|
Unnamed Highrise
|
47.9 m
|
Prešov
|
Slovakia
|
2019-12-06 December 6, 2019
|
8
|
Natural gas explosion, 40 injuries[51]
|
Abbco Tower
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2020-05-05 May 5, 2020
|
1
|
25 injuries, likely started by a discarded cigarette or shisha coals[52]
|
Tower block at 1158 Nerudova street
|
42.9 m
|
Czech Republic
|
Czech Republic
|
2020-08-08 August 9, 2020
|
11
|
Bohumín arson attack
|
Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau apartment building
|
108.9 m
|
South Korea
|
South Korea
|
2020-10-09 October 8, 2020
|
0
|
92 residents and 1 firefighter injured. Ulsan Samhwan Art Nouveau Fire [ko][53]
|
Torre dei Moro
|
60 m
|
Milan
|
Italy
|
2021-08-29 August 29, 2021
|
0
|
Fire event similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster[54]
|
Cheng Chung Cheng Building
|
|
Kaohsiung
|
Taiwan
|
2021-10-14 October 14, 2021
|
46
|
2021 Kaohsiung tower fire
|
World Trade Centre Hong Kong
|
|
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
2021-12-15 December 15, 2021
|
0
|
13 injured, over 300 trapped on roof[55]
|
Twin Parks North West, Site 4
|
|
New York City
|
United States
|
2022-01-09 January 9, 2022
|
17
|
2022 Bronx apartment fire
|
Lotus Garden China Telecom Building
|
218 m
|
Changsha, Hunan
|
China
|
September 16, 2022
|
0
|
(fire extinguished. Under investigation.)
|
The Centaurus
|
110 m
|
Islamabad
|
Pakistan
|
October 9, 2022
|
0
|
2022 The Centaurus Mall Fire Incident[56]
|
RiverCourt
|
108.1 m
|
New York City
|
United States
|
November 5, 2022
|
0
|
|
8 Boulevard Walk
|
123 m
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
November 7, 2022
|
0
|
|
Jixiangyuan community
|
~60 m (21 floors)
|
Ürümqi
|
China
|
November 26, 2022
|
11
|
2022 Ürümqi fire
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The Kimpton
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175 m
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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March 2, 2023
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0
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Occurred during construction
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Unnamed Apartment Block
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Hanoi
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Vietnam
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September 12, 2023
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56
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2023 Hanoi building fire
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Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower
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65.72 m
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Khartoum
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Sudan
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September 17, 2023
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Unknown
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Occurred during War in Sudan (2023)
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Unnamed Highrise
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València
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Spain
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February 22, 2024
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10
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2024 València residential complex fire
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Unnamed Highrise
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Nanjing
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China
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February 23, 2024
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15
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2024 Nanjing building fire
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Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall
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Dhaka
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Bangladesh
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February 29, 2024
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46
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2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire
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|
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Tver
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Russia
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March 14, 2024
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0
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Occurred during construction
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Botanik Torre Flora
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Recife
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Brazil
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March 28, 2024
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0
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Occurred during construction
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