List of high-rise façade fires explained

This is a list of high-rise building fires where the flames were seen to involve the façade.

The original dataset used to create this list was found by searching news reports and research literature 1990 to 2019, and it may be biased towards high-profile fires and English-speaking reporting.

IndexDateBuildingCityCountryImagesdata-sort-type="number" Deaths InjuriesNumber of floors affected by fire
1January 10, 1990393 Kennedy StWinnipegCanadan/an/an/a4
2January 1, 1991Mercantile Credit Building[1] BasingstokeUKn/an/an/a3
3April 5, 1991 Knowsley Heights[2] LiverpoolUK00n/a
4September 6, 1993Sun Valley Poultry Factory[3] HerefordUK2n/an/a
5April 11, 1996Düsseldorf Airport fireDüsseldorfGermanyn/a1762-88n/a
6October 28, 1996Motomachi Apartments[4] HiroshimaJapann/a0212
7September 30, 1997Eldorado Hotel[5] RenoUSAn/a00n/a
8June 20, 1998Palace Station Hotel and CasinoLas Vegas,USAn/a00n/a
9June 11, 1999Garnock Court fire[6] [7] [8] IrvineScotlandn/a147
10June 2, 2002Tip Top Bakery[9] FairfieldAustralian/a01n/a
11July 29, 2003Telstar House[10] LondonUKn/a034
12October 17, 2004Parque Central Complex[11] CaracasVenezuela02517
13February 12, 2005Windsor Tower (Madrid)[12] MadridSpain0732
14April 21, 2005Treskowstrasse Pankow FlatsBerlinGermanyn/a235
15September 23, 2007Water Club Tower, Borgata Casino HotelAtlantic CityUSAn/an/an/a39
16January 25, 2008MGM Monte Carlo Hotel[13] Las VegasUSAn/an/a4
17May 9, 2008 De Punt fireDe PuntNetherlands3on/a
18February 9, 2009Beijing Television Cultural Center fireBeijingChina1744
19July 3, 2009Lakanal House fire[14] [15] LondonUKn/a620n/a
20August 15, 2009Kozepszer Street FlatsMiskolcHungaryn/a3n/a6
21July 6, 2010Al Kuwait Tower[16] [17] SharjahUAEn/an/an/a10
22September 1, 2010Wooshin Golden Suites fire[18] BusanSouth Korea0535
23November 14, 20104 Rue du Lac Flats[19] DijonFrancen/a711n/a
24November 15, 2010 Jiaozhou Road[20] [21] ShanghaiChina587128
25February 3, 2011Royal Wanxin Hotel[22] [23] ShenyangChinan/an/an/an/a
26January 18, 2012Al Baker Tower[24] [25] SharjahUAEn/an/an/an/a
27April 28, 2012Al Tayer Tower[26] SharjahUAEn/a00n/a
28May 14, 2012Mermoz TowerRoubaixFrancen/a1617
29July 17, 2012Polat Tower[27] [28] IstanbulTurkeyn/a00n/a
30October 6, 2012Saif Belhasa Building[29] DubaiUAEn/a02+9
31November 18, 2012Tamweel Tower[30] [31] DubaiUAEn/a00n/a
32April 3, 2013Grozny-City Towers[32] ChechnyaRussian/a0040
33April 22, 2013Al Hafeet Tower 2[33] SharjahUAEn/a0n/a10
34September 21, 2014Krasnoyarsk Apartments[34] KrasnoyarskRussian/a0n/a25
35November 25, 2014Lacrosse Building[35] [36] MelbourneAustralian/a0016
36February 21, 2015The Marina Torch[37] DubaiUAEn/a0760
37May 19, 2015Baku Residential Flats[38] [39] BakuAzerbaijan1663n/a
38October 1, 2015Al Nasser Tower[40] [41] SharjahUAEn/a04026
39December 31, 2015Address Downtown Hotel[42] [43] DubaiUAEn/a015n/a
40March 28, 2016Ajman One Complex[44] [45] AjmanUAEn/a0n/an/a
41July 20, 2016Sulafa Tower[46] DubaiUAEn/a0n/a30
43August 19, 2016Shepherds Court[47] [48] [49] LondonUKn/a013
44November 9, 2016Neo Soho Project[50] [51] JakartaIndonesian/a007
45December 1, 2016Al Bandary Tower B[52] SharjahUAEn/a04n/a
46December 13, 2016Oceana Adriatic Building[53] DubaiUAEn/a00n/a
42May 3, 2016 Longsheng Building[54] NanjingChinan/a00n/a
47March 2, 2017Address Residences Fountain Views[55] [56] DubaiUAEn/a003
48June 14, 2017Grenfell Tower fire[57] [58] LondonUK727024
49August 4, 2017The Marina Torch[59] [60] DubaiUAEn/a0064/87
50February 1, 2018Yuansheng International[61] [62] ZhengzhouChinan/a0n/a20
51April 5, 2018Taksim Ilk Yardim Hospital[63] IstanbulTurkeyn/a0014
52May 15, 2018Zen Tower[64] [65] DubaiUAEn/a0015
53February 4, 2019Neo 200[66] [67] MelbourneAustralian/a006
54March 14, 2019Kaifeng ApartmentsKaifengChinan/a0n/a17
55May 27, 2019Golden Eagle Shopping Mall[68] NanjingChinan/a001
56May 29, 2019Commercial Building[69] LuoyangChinan/a00n/a
57August 14, 2019Residential Flats[70] WarsawPolandn/an/an/a10
58November 16, 2019The Cube Student Housing[71] [72] [73] BoltonUKn/a021
59May 5, 2020Abbco Tower[74] [75] SharjahUAEn/a01248
60July 27, 2020Business Centre[76] AnkaraTurkeyn/a0n/an/a
61August 29, 2020Madrid Tower Block[77] MadridSpainn/a0n/a3
62October 8, 2020Apartment Block[78] UlsanSouth Korean/a09133
63March 9, 2021Apartment BuildingShijiazhuangChinan/a0026
64August 29, 2021Torre dei Moro fire[79] MilanItalyn/a0020
65November 7, 2022Apartment Building[80] DubaiUAEn/a0035
66February 22, 20242024 València residential complex fire[81] ValènciaSpain101514
Plot showing the number of large façade fires worldwide every five years from 1990 to November 2019. Data found from news articles and online.[82] [83]

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