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List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

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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.

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Rank Event Date Firefighter Fatalities Coordinates Reference
1 September 11 attacks September 11, 2001 343 40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″W [1]
2 Great Fire of 1910 August 22, 1910 78[N 1] 47°25′34″N 116°6′13″W [1][3]
3 Texas City disaster April 16, 1947 27 29°22′39″N 94°53′29″W [4][2]
4 Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1910) December 22, 1910 21 41°49′8.31″N 87°39′40.08″W [4][2]
6 McKee refinery fire July 29, 1956 19 35°57′21.28″N 101°53′11.49″W [4][2]
Yarnell Hill Fire June 30, 2013 19 34°14′47.84″N 112°45′20.94″W [2]
8 Blackwater fire of 1937 August 21, 1937 15 44°24′43″N 109°44′30″W [5]
Rattlesnake Fire July 9, 1953 15 39°39′19.05″N 122°38′9.67″W [4][2]
10 South Canyon Fire July 6, 1994 14 39°34′26.48″N 107°25′36.82″W [4][2]
11 Strand Theatre fire (Brockton, Massachusetts) March 10, 1941 13 42°4′58.40″N 71°1′9.58″W [4][2]
Mann Gulch fire August 4, 1949 13 46°52′46.56″N 111°54′17.64″W [4][2]
Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire December 21, 1910 13 39°58′5.50″N 75°8′29.35″W [4]
Bowen-Merrill Bookstore Fire March 17, 1890 13 39°46′02.7″N 86°09′32.0″W [6]
15 Kingman explosion July 5, 1973 12 35°12′54.10″N 114°1′48.95″W [4]
23rd Street Fire October 17, 1966 12 40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W [4]
Loop Fire Disaster November 1, 1966 12 34°20′05″N 118°23′47″W [N 2] [7]
18 Inaja Fire November 25, 1956 11 33°5′54″N 116°39′50″W [8]
W. T. Jennings Fire April 25, 1854 11 40°42′44″N 74°00′29″W [9][10]
20 West Fertilizer Company explosion April 17, 2013 10 31.816°N 97.088°W / 31.816; -97.088 [11]
21 Charleston Sofa Super Store fire June 18, 2007 9 40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W [12]
Hotel Vendome fire June 17, 1972 9 42°21′4.55″N 71°4′43.09″W [4][2]
Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, New York) February 3, 1939 9 43°3′4.79″N 76°9′12.92″W [13]
2008 Carson Helicopters Iron 44 crash August 5, 2008 9 40°54′46.8″N 123°15′7.2″W [14][15]
24 Great Boston Fire of 1872 November 9, 1872 8 42°21′13.75″N 71°3′30.80″W [1]
1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire August 17, 1975 8 39°54′7″N 75°12′17″W [16]
Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, Pennsylvania) February 17, 1882 8 39°50′46″N 75°21′24″W [17]
28 Woolworth Fire- Charleston WV March 4, 1949 7 38°21′00.0″N 81°38′06.1″W [citation needed]
29 Waldbaum's supermarket fire August 2, 1978 6 40°35′33.93″N 73°57′0.48″W [18]
Queens soap plant fire October 26, 1962 6 40°43′39″N 73°55′24″W [19][20]
1988 Kansas City explosion November 29, 1988 6 39°50′47.98″N 94°34′22.49″W [21]
Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire (Worcester, Massachusetts) December 3, 1999 6 42°15′36.23″N 71°47′34.17″W [4]
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