Major industrial fires 1950-2020
| Events | Country | Date | Description | Consequences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut port explosions | Lebanon | 4 August 2020 | Explosion of 2 750 tons of ammonium nitrate | More than a 100 dead and 4000 injured Between 3.8 and 4.6 billion USD of economic losses More than 1 billion in insured losses |
| Lubrizol factory fire | Rouen, France | 26 September 2019 | 5 000 tons of flammable chemicals catch fire | a smoke cloud more than 20 kilometers long |
| Explosion in a pesticide plant | Yancheng, China | 21 March 2019 | 78 dead and 617 injured Heavy pollution | |
| Grenfell Tower Fire | London, United Kingdom | 13 June 2017 | 72 dead and 74 injured | |
| Tianjin port explosions | Tianjin, China | 12 August 2015 | A fire broke out in a warehouse storing dangerous and flammable products | 173 deaths |
| Explosion and a four-day fire | Lac-Mégantic, Canada | 6 July 2013 | Derailment of a train with 70 oil tanks | Destruction of 2 km2 of the Canadian city center |
| West Fertilizer Company explosion | Texas, United States | 17 April 2013 | 14 dead and 200 injured | |
| Buncefield fire | London, England | 11 December 2005 | Explosions followed by a fire in an oil terminal | 43 injured |
| Fire in a pesticide factory | Béziers, France | 27 June 2005 | 1 700 tons of toxic products caught fire | Several thousand people in lockdown |
| Explosion in a BP refinery | Texas City, United States | 23 March 2005 | 15 deaths | |
| Gas explosion | Ghislenghien, Belgium | 30 July 2004 | 24 dead and 132 injured | |
| Fire and explosion of a fireworks factory | Enschede, Netherlands | 13 May 2000 | 22 dead and nearly a 1 000 injured | |
| Explosion of an ammonia tank of the company Sonacos | Dakar, Senegal | 24 March 1992 | 129 dead and over a thousand injured | |
| Explosion of a chemical plant | Pasadena Texas, United States | 23 October 1989 | The explosion followed by a fire created a tremor of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale | 23 dead and 314 injured |
| Explosion followed by fire in a fuel warehouse at the PEPCON plant | Henderson, Nevada, United States | 4 May 1988 | 2 dead and 372 injured An artificial earthquake of magnitude 3 to 3.5 on the Richter scale | |
| Explosion and fire on the Piper Alpha oil platform | North Sea off Scotland | 6 July 1988 | 167 deaths | |
| Explosion and fire in one of the four reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant | Ukraine | 26 April 1986 | 31 direct deaths Many indirect victims Millions of contaminated hectares and transboundary radioactive pollution | |
| Series of explosions at PEMEX LPG terminal | San Juan Ixhuatepec Mexico City, Mexico | 19 November 1984 | 500 dead, 7 000 injured and 1 200 missing | |
| Windscale fire | Sellafield, Cumbria, England | October 1957 | Large releases of radioactive materials | |
| Explosion followed by a fire in the petrochemical plant | Feyzin, Rhône, France | 4 January 1966 | 18 dead and a hundred injured |
