List of accidents and disasters by death toll

This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents. This list does not include deaths by natural disasters, war, or violent acts.

Amusement parks

Deaths	Date	Ride	Theme park	Location
8	11 May 1984	Haunted Castle	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States[1]
7	9 June 1979	Ghost Train	Luna Park Sydney	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[2]
7	14 August 1981	Skylab	Hamburger Dom	Hamburg, Germany[3][4]
6	29 June 2010	Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey	Overseas Chinese Town East	Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China[5]
5	30 May 1972	Big Dipper	Battersea Park	Battersea, London, United Kingdom[6]
4	25 October 2016	Thunder River Rapids Ride	Dreamworld	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia[7]
3	14 June 1986	Mindbender	Galaxyland	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[8]

Aviation

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
583	27 March 1977	Pan Am Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805	Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
520	12 August 1985	Japan Airlines Flight 123	Ueno, Japan
349	12 November 1996	Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907	Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India
346	3 March 1974	Turkish Airlines Flight 981	Fontaine-Chaalis, France
329	23 June 1985	Air India Flight 182	Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Ireland
301	19 August 1980	Saudia Flight 163	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
298	17 July 2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17	Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
290	3 July 1988	Iran Air Flight 655	Strait of Hormuz, off Shib Deraz, Iran
275	19 February 2003	Iranian military Il-76 Accident	Near Kerman, Iran
273	25 May 1979	American Airlines Flight 191	Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
270	21 December 1988	Pan Am Flight 103	Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom
269	1 September 1983	Korean Air Lines Flight 007	The East Sea
265	12 November 2001	American Airlines Flight 587	Queens, New York, United States
264	26 April 1994	China Airlines Flight 140	Komaki, Japan
261	11 July 1991	Nigeria Airways Flight 2120	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
257	28 November 1979	Air New Zealand Flight 901	Antarctica
256	12 December 1985	Arrow Air Flight 1285	Gander, Newfoundland, Canada

Cable transport

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
155	11 November 2000	Kaprun disaster[9]	Kaprun, Austria
43	9 March 1976	1976 Cavalese cable car disaster[10]	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 June 1990	Tbilisi cable car disaster[11]	Tbilisi, Georgia
20	3 February 1998	1998 Cavalese cable car disaster[12]	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 July 1999	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car disaster[13]	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
11	13 February 1983	Champoluc cable car disaster[14]	Champoluc, Italy
9	5 September 2005	Sölden cable car disaster[15]	Sölden, Austria
8	13 January 1989	Vaujany cable car disaster[16]	Vaujany, France
7	25 December 1965	Le Mont-Dore cable car disaster[13]	Le Mont-Dore, France
7	29 January 1983	Singapore cable car disaster[17]	Singapore
7	19 January 2003	2003 Pavagadh cable car disaster[18]	Pavagadh, India
5	29 August 1961	Aiguille du Midi cable car accident[14]	Aiguille du Midi, France
5	8 December 1970	Merano cable car accident[14]	Merano, Italy
4	26 March 1976	Vail cable car accident[19]	Vail, Colorado, USA
4	15 April 1978	Squaw Valley cable car accident[13]	Olympic Valley, California, USA
4	24 April 2016	2016 Pavagadh cable car accident[20]	Pavagadh, India
2	14 December 1985	Keystone cable car accident[21]	Keystone, Colorado, USA
2	23 December 1995	Whistler Blackcomb cable car accident[22]	Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada
2	3 August 2013	Gross Aubrig cable car accident[23]	Gross Aubrig, Switzerland
1	14 December 1996	Riederalp cable car accident[11]	Riederalp, Switzerland
1	3 January 2001	Table Mountain cable car accident[24]	Cape Town, South Africa
1	12 April 2014	Jinggangshan cable car accident[25]	Jinggangshan, China

Explosions

Deaths	Date	Incident
20,000	30 May 1626	Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people.
6,000	1 November 1948	Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948[26]
3,000	18 August 1769	A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia (Italy), destroying one-sixth of the city[27][28]
1,950	6 December 1917	Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada[29]
1,500	8 June 1941	Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia
1,200	16 October 1926	Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China[30]
1,200	7 August 1956	Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia
1,121	8 June 1943	Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion, ship sank on 9 June
1,100	27 January 2002	Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic
1,007	18 November 1918	Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium
1,000+	31 August 1794	Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France
843	9 July 1917	Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard
800	14 April 1944	Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
738	26 November 1914	British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark destroyed due to a magazine explosion
700	17 August 1988	Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq
621	27 February 1925	Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil[31]
600+	28 March 1943	Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured
590	3 November 1893	Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, at the port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, with over 2000 injured[32]
575	4 June 1989	Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union
568+	16 April 1947	Texas City disaster
565	21 September 1921	Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed
500+	19 November 1984	San Juanico Disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico
372	11 December 1944	Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371
339	11 September 1905	Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port
322	17 July 1944	Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States
300 (estimate)	25 September 1911	An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté
296+	18 March 1937	New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States
246+	4 March 2012	Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
234	23 December 2003	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China
233	20 October 1916	Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion
230+	2 July 2010	South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
226+	18 July 1806	Gunpowder explosion near Valletta, Malta
220	11 December 1944	Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.[33]
217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
207	28 July 1948	Tank car explosion at BASF, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured[34]
206	22 April 1992	Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
200+	6 June 1991	Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
200+	4 June 2015	Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana
200	2 December 1984	Gas explosion in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
200	1 May 1900	Scofield Mine disaster in Scofield, Utah, United States, caused by a dust explosion
200	27 February 1908	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
189	29 April 1942	Tessenderlo, Tessenderlo Chemie ammonium nitrate explosion, Belgium
181	12 August 2015	Tianjin explosions in China
180	26 August 1990	Tuzla, Dobrnja-Jug mine disaster, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia
171	15 February 1991	A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
166	28 November 2004	Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
163	21 May 1944	West Loch Disaster, where the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch, Hawaii, United States while handling ammunition
160	20 April 1944	Vågen explosion in Norway
159	26 September 2000	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
154	22 April 2004	Ryongchon disaster in North Korea
153	1 January 1982	Tacoa Disaster (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela)
151	1 January 1807	Gunpowdership disaster in Leiden, the Netherlands
151	9 July 1930	Hausdorf, Germany (currently Jugów, Poland)
150	2 November 1773	Gunpowder explosion in Abbeville, France
150	18 August 1947	Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain
150	28 March 2011	Jaʿār munitions factory explosion in Abyan Governorate, Yemen[35]
147	12 November 1945	Gunpowder explosion at Soeda, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan. US Army 2nd lieutenant misconfigured disposal of ammunition of the surrendered army.[36]
146	2 August 2014	2014 Kunshan explosion, a dust explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
140	31 January 2009	Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion in Kenya
139	10 April 1917	Munitions plant in Pennsylvania, United States
134	1 July 1918	Chilwell Munitions factory explosion in Nottingham, England
130	20 October 1944	Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
126	11 March 1597	Dublin Gunpowder Disaster in Dublin, Ireland
125+	10 August 1945	Accidental explosion at disposal of ammunition, just at the time of Japanese soldiers and civilians withdrawal from Manchuria at that time, Mishan, Heilongjiang, China.[37]
121	12 July 2012	Road tanker explosion in Okobie, Nigeria
118	12 March 1907	Explosion on the French battleship Iéna
117	22 March 2007	2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique.
117	3 June 2010	Electrical transformer explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh
116	2 April 1916	Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England
115	23 April 1945	Explosion on a gunpowdership Tamaemaru that induced the warehouse, Sakai, Tottori, Japan.
112	26 May 1942	An unknown originated big naval mine drifted ashore exploded out at the time the local residents trying to dispose it, Monbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.[38]
110	12 March 1995	A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
107	21 September 1940	US military ammunition transport ship exploded docking in Iejima, Okinawa, Japan.[39]
106+	10 April 2016	Kollam temple accident at Puttingal temple in Kollam
106	21 September 1940	Pinar de Antequera ammunition dump explosion in Valladolid, Spain
105	24 November 1980	24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kırıkkale, Turkey
103	26 May 1954	USS Bennington, off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Catapult_Explosion
103	28 April 1995	Gas explosions by subway construction in Daegu, South Korea
102	13 June 1935	Munitions factory explosion in Reinsdorf, Germany
102	30 November 1942	Explosion of German tanker Altmark at Yokohama-bay, Japan killed Kriegsmarine soldiers, Chinese labors and Japanese.[40]
100+	23 June 1958	Fireworks stand explosion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
100	12 October 1654	Delft Explosion in the Netherlands
100	12 February 1693	Gunpowder explosion in Limerick, Ireland
100	21 June 1749	Gunpowder explosion in Wrocław, Poland
100	18 May 1918	Chemical plant in Pittsburgh, United States
100	4 October 1918	T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion in Sayreville, New Jersey, United States.[41]
100	10 June 1930	Explosion of an ammunitions dump in Chuchow, China[42]
100	10 April 1988	Pakistani Army ammunition dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan
100	15 May 2008	NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria
98	28 March 2007	A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
94	1 March 1939	Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan
94	27 December 1924	Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
92	24 October 1960	Nedelin catastrophe, at a space center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
90	31 January 1996	Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China
90	20 June 2004	A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran
79	8 April 1970	Gas explosions by subway construction in Osaka, Japan
78	12 October 1978	Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore
75	27 November 1944	Underground ammunition store explosion at Fauld, Staffordshire, England
74	31 October 1963	Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday on Ice show at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, United States
73	19 January 1917	Silvertown explosion in London, England
73	4 June 1988	Arzamas train disaster, where a railroad station exploded in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
70	18 August 1946	Vergarolla explosion at Pula, Italy
70	6 August 1993	Shenzhen factory explosions in Shenzhen, China. A chain reaction of explosions rippled through factory district originating from an army-owned factory.[43]
70	26 September 1999	Fireworks explosion in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
68	11 December 1988	Explosion caused by children playing with fireworks destroys market area in Mexico City, Mexico
63[lower-alpha 1]	25 September 1990	A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand
63	31 August 1987	St. Helena Gold Mine explosion by methane gas in Welkom, Free State, South Africa
63	30 March 1949	An unknown originated big naval mine drifted ashore exploded out at the time the local residents trying to dispose it, Nadate, Niigata, Japan.[44]
61	22 August 1891	Park Place Building explosion in New York City, New York, United States
60+	20 January 1909	Water intake tunnel explosion under Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois, United States
60+	14 December 1939	Chlorine tank explosion at a cellulose plant in Zarnesti, Romania
60	1 January 1936	Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia)
60	9 September 2000	Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
60	11 November 1994	Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria
58	20 March 1905	Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
57	15 January 1895	Kenyon-Connell and Butte Hardware Company warehouses explosion in Butte, Montana, United States
57	11 November 1977	Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea
57	18 May 1980	1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
51	12 September 1940	297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, U.S.[45]
50	15 October 1907	DuPont Powder Mill explosion in Fontanet, Indiana, United States
50	2 July 1918	Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, New York, United States
50	8 January 1979	Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland
50	28 July 1987	Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al Jazira, northern Syria
49	15 February 1979	Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, Warsaw Poland
49	23 October 1980	Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Ortuella, Vizcaya, Spain
48	1 January 1980	Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Soviet Union)
48	25 August 2012	Paraguana Refinery Complex explosion, Falcon State, Venezuela
47	19 April 1989	USS Iowa turret explosion
47	6 July 2013	Lac-Megantic, Quebec, freight train derailment, explosion and fire in Quebec, Canada.
45	24 August 1964	Fireworks ignite storage tanks in Atlatlahuaca, Mexico
45	11 June 1996	Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall in Osasco, Brazil. Another 482 were injured
43	27 September 1915	Explosion of rail car that was leaking casinghead gas in Ardmore, Oklahoma; dozens injured, destroyed most of downtown area.[46]
43	22 May 1919	Grain dust explosion at the Douglas Starch Works factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
42	3 January 1924	Corn Products Starch factory explosion in Pekin, Illinois, United States
41	29 September 1883	Hercules Powder Company plant explosion in Hercules, California, United States
41	23 September 1928	Fuerte de Cabrerizas ammunition dump explosion in Melilla, Spain
41	6 April 1968	Richmond, Indiana explosion; more than 150 were injured, United States
41	7 January 1993	Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
40	12 July 1646	Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands
40	13 April 1976	Lapua ammo factory in Finland
39	29 April 1993	Hekimbasi garbage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey
37	8 November 1895	Detroit Journal building explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
37	13 April 1928	Dance Hall explosion in West Plains, Missouri, United States
36	22 December 1977	Grain dust explosion at the Continental Grain Company elevator in Westwego, Louisiana, United States
36	16 August 1984	Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil
35	1 January 1916	Ammunition factory near Leeds, England
35	17 April 1953	Haber Corporation factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
35	19 September 1999	A potassium chlorate explosion in a dried-longan factory, San Pa Tong, Chiang Mai, Thailand[47]
33+	30 April 1931	Explosion at a naval laboratory in Brazil[48]
33	26 May 1985	Explosion of the Petragen One at a refinery in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain
33	21 November 1996	Humberto Vidal explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico
32	29 June 2009	2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion in Italy
32	31 July 2014	2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions, a series of gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
30	25 November 1901	Penberthy Injector Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
29	12 May 1902	Naptha explosion at Sheridan Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
29	26 November 1901	Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant explosion in Delray, Detroit, Michigan, United States
29	3 February 1971	Thiokol-Woodbine explosion in Brunswick, Georgia, United States
29	21 September 2001	AZF chemical factory explosion in Toulouse, France
29	1 January 2008	Blast in ammunition depot in Albania
28	14 November 1927	Pittsburgh gasometer explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
28	1 June 1974	Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England
28	11 August 1871	Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
27	1 August 1928	Indian Refining Company plant explosion in Lawrenceville, Illinois, United States
27	19 January 2004	LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria
26+	18 March 1912	Locomotive boiler explosion in San Antonio, Texas, United States
26	7 May 2013	2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
25	7 August 1945	Dust explosion in grain elevator in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
25	5 September 2012	2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion, Turkey
25	16 July 1992	Tarata bombing, Lima, Peru
24	6 September 1947	Cerro Zulema ammunition dump explosion in Alcalá de Henares, Spain
24	30 July 2004	Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium
23	3 October 1962	Explosion in a New York Telephone Company building in New York City, New York, United States
23	10 January 1976	Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, United States
23	23 October 1989	Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas, United States
22	18 August 1895	Gumry Hotel boiler explosion in Denver, Colorado, United States
22	20 March 1926	Woodward Iron Company furnace explosion near Birmingham, Alabama, United States
22	10 August 1959	Gateway Restaurant/Isaly's Ice Cream Parlor explosion, Andover, Ohio, United States
22	22 June 1991	Fireworks store, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22	17 April 1995	Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk, Poland)
22	1 January 1995	Gas explosion in pipeline, (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
23	13 May 2000	Fireworks factory (Enschede, the Netherlands), Enschede fireworks disaster
22	18 February 1889	Park Central Hotel explosion in Hartford, Connecticut, United States
22	29 July 1903	United States Cartridge Company explosion in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States
22	11 December 1971	Lake Huron tunnel construction explosion near Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States
22	11 August 2016	2016 Dangyang explosion in Dangyang, Hubei, China
21+	23 April 1927	Briggs Automobile Manufacturing plant explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
21	15 January 1919	Boston Molasses Disaster in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
21	14 December 1949	Swift and Company plant explosion in Sioux City, Iowa, United States
21	24 November 1965	National Guard armory explosion in Keokuk, Iowa, United States
21	25 June 1985	Fireworks explosion in Hallet, Oklahoma, United States
21	1 January 1926	Arsenal dump in New Jersey, United States
21	22 August 2003	Brazilian rocket explosion
20+	20 November 1908	Gas main explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
20+	24 June 1913	Husted Milling Company explosion in Buffalo, New York, United States
20+	16 August 1917	Curtis & Harvey ammunition plant explosion in Dramon, Quebec, Canada
20+	6 March 1928	Fireworks factory explosion in Samarang, Java
20	1 March 1924	1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster in Nixon, New Jersey, United States
19	9 May 1930	Armour meat processing plant explosion in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
19	29 July 1956	McKee refinery fire in Sunray, Texas, United States
19	29 October 1951	Morania Fire, Buffalo, New York, United States – Destroyed Morania, Penobscot, and Dauntless
19	28 March 1960	Whisky warehouse explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
19	15 December 1972	Weirton Steel Company explosion near Weirton, West Virginia, United States
18	9 February 1898	Chautauqua Lake Ice Company ice house explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
18	4 January 1966	Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France
18	27 December 1977	Grain elevator explosion in Galveston, Texas, United States
18	24 May 2004	Mihăileşti explosion in Romania
17	21 June 1901	Fireworks explosion in downtown shop/tenement house in Paterson, New Jersey, United States
17	6 April 1927	Parco refinery explosion in Sinclair, Wyoming, United States
17	2 January 1963	Home Packing Company plant explosion in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
17	5 July 1990	Arco Chemical Company plant explosion in Channelview, Texas, United States
16	3 September 1891	F.A. Reynolds & Company dynamite factory explosion in White Pigeon, Michigan, United States
16	13 August 1956	Lariat Cafe explosion in Monticello, Utah, United States
16	24 February 1978	Waverly, Tennessee, tank car explosion, United States
16	23 May 1984	Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England
15	4 November 1904	Fireworks explosion at Madison Square in New York City, New York, United States
15	13 September 1905	Climax Fuse Works explosion in Avon, Connecticut, United States
15	14 June 1926	Illinois Steel Company coke oven explosion in Gary, Indiana, United States
15	8 November 1928	Preble Box Toe shoe factory in East Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
15	9 March 1932	Public Service Electric and Gas Company plant explosion in Camden, New Jersey, United States
15	8 May 1943	Triumph Explosives Company plant explosion in Elkton, Maryland, United States
15	23 March 2005	Texas City Refinery explosion, Texas City, Texas, United States
15	16 August 1980	Gas explosions from an underground shopping mall in Shizuoka, Japan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka#Post-war Shizuoka
15	17 April 2013	West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, United States
15	4 October 1960	Kingsport, Tennessee Chemical Plant Explosion, October 1960#October 4.2C 1960 .28Tuesday.29, United States
14	21 May 1895	Hercules Powder Company explosion in Pinole, California, United States
14	9 January 1907	Jones and Laughlin Company blast furnace explosion in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
14	17 May 1910	American Sheet & Tin Plate Company explosion in Canton, Ohio, United States
14	25 November 1912	U.S. Corn Products plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois, United States
14	15 May 1916	Repauno Chemical Company explosion in Gibbstown, New Jersey, United States
14	7 August 1959	Truck filled with dynamite explodes in downtown Roseburg, Oregon, United States
14	7 February 2008	2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States)
14	2 February 1973	Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, United States
13	29 November 1902	Swift & Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
13	14 August 1945	Export Box and Sealer Company explosion in Detroit, Michigan, United States
13	30 July 1947	Beauty parlor explosion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
13	17 September 1951	Shell Oil refinery explosion in Wood River, Illinois, United States
13	4 February 1966	Brush factory explosion in Buenos Aires, Argentina
13	13 June 1971	Fireworks explosion destroys school in Puebla, Mexico
13	3 July 1973	Doxol Propane Company tank explosion in Kingman, Arizona, United States
13	11 July 2011	Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (Mari, Cyprus)
12+	12 October 1923	Sporting goods store explosion in Moscow, Russia
12	7 April 1894	C. N. Romaine & Brothers fireworks factory explosion in Petersburg, Virginia, United States
12	13 June 1917	American Sugar Refining Company plant explosion in Brooklyn, New York, United States
12	10 July 1923	Western Cartridge Company plant explosion in East Alton, Illinois, United States
12	21 November 1923	Vida Sugar refinery explosion in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States
12	25 May 1945	Edgewood Arsenal explosion in Edgewood, Maryland, United States
12	12 February 1953	Hercules Powder factory explosion in Hercules, California, United States
12	12 December 1957	Gas explosion in Villa Rica, Georgia, United States
12	25 August 1965	DuPont chemical plant explosion in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
12	29 October 2009	Jaipur oil depot fire (IOC), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
11+	20 August 1916	Harlan-Morris Manufacturing Company plant explosion in Jackson, Tennessee, United States
11	7 October 1935	Nubian Paint & Varnish Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois. United States
11	6 November 1942	Rochester Fireworks Company explosion in Perinton, New York, United States
11	24 March 1943	Ordnance plant explosion in Ravenna, Ohio, United States
11	21 June 1946	Baker Hotel explosion in Dallas, Texas, United States
11	23 September 1953	Novadel-Agene Corporation plant explosion in Tonawanda, New York, United States
11	16 July 1954	Kent Manufacturing Company explosion in Chestertown, Maryland, United States
11	15 February 1967	Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Texarkana, Texas, United States
11	21 February 1967	Combustible dust explosion at the Morningstar Paisley complex in Hawthorne, New Jersey, United States
11	27 May 1983	Benton fireworks disaster at illegal fireworks factory in Benton, Tennessee, United States
11	5 March 1990	Koryo restaurant explosion in Frankfurt, Germany
11	20 April 2010	Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Mississippi River Delta
10+	9 October 1927	Kimberly Clark mill explosion in Kimberly, Wisconsin, United States
10	20 August 1902	Jessup & Moore Paper Company explosion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States
10	27 June 1934	J. A. Denn Powder Company explosion in Olympia, Washington, United States
10	10 June 1933	American Pyroloxion Waste Company plant explosion in North Arlington, New Jersey, United States
10	20 July 1938	WPA tunnel project explosion in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
10	3 June 1942	Stockton Army Air Corps Advanced Flying School explosion in Stockton, California, United States
10	3 April 1947	Fireworks factory explosion in Clinton, Missouri, United States
10	17 May 1948	Koppers Company tar and chemical plant explosion in Kearny, New Jersey, United States
10	27 January 1953	Downtown natural gas explosion in Aiken, South Carolina, United States
10	25 October 1960	Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10	10 May 1962	Maumee Chemical Company plant explosion in Toledo, Ohio, United States
10	19 August 2000	El Paso Pipeline explosion, two families camping 20 miles North of Carslbad, New Mexico, United States, off the Pecos River.[49]
9	16 February 1916	Opera house explosion in Mexia, Texas, United States
9	18 April 1924	Box factory explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
9	3 April 1930	Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
9	26 May 1945	Cornhusker Ordnance plant explosion in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
9	18 July 1946	Explosion at Buzzards Bay tourist area in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States
9	29 May 1968	Hapeville Day Nursery explosion in Atlanta, Georgia
9	27 May 1983	Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Benton, Tennessee, United States
9	20 May 1985	Illegal fireworks factory explosion in Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States
9	3 July 1996	Fireworks stand explosion in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States
9	11 May 2004	Stockline Plastics factory explosion in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
9	17 December 1976	SS Sansinena ship explosion in the Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California, United States
8	5 October 1906	Market Street subway explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
8	1 August 1932	Ritz Tower Hotel explosion in New York City, New York, United States
8	1 May 1942	Central Railways Signal Company explosion in Versailles, Pennsylvania, United States
8	16 February 1950	Dow Chemical Company plant explosion in Midland, Michigan, United States
8	15 October 1952	Du Pont Munitions plant explosion in Barksdale, Wisconsin, United States
8	19 July 1960	J.C. Penney store explosion in Merrill, Wisconsin, United States
8	7 February 1968	Mickelberry Sausage Company plant explosion in Chicago, Illinois, United States
8	7 December 1983	Gas explosion in Łódź, Poland
8	4 February 1986	Explosion at Watkins Furniture and Appliance Store in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States
8	2 May 1991	IMC fertilizer plant explosion in Sterlington, Louisiana, United States
8	22 December 1996	Wyman Gordon Forging Company plant explosion in Cypress, Texas, United States
8	20 November 2002	Ammunitions factory explosion in Riobamba, Ecuador[50]
8	9 September 2010	2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, a natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, United States
7	21 July 1897	Winchester Repeating Arms shop explosion in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
7	4 July 1930	Hickson and Parsons Chemical factory explosion in Castleford, England
7	12 July 1951	General Motors plant explosion in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
7	28 January 1957	Gieseke Hardware Store explosion in Roselle, Illinois, United States
7	13 December 1958	Mountainville Inn explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
7	31 October 1963	Atherton's Drug Store explosion in Marietta, Georgia, United States
7	12 January 1964	Thompson Chemical plant explosion in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
7	27 December 1983	North Division Street explosion, Buffalo, New York, United States
7	7 September 1984	Illegal fireworks that were being disposed by the Maltese patrol boat C23 exploded killing seven and injuring another
7	11 December 1998	Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, United States
6	1 July 1937	Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6	6 January 1943	Southside Beverly Recreation Hall explosion and fire in Chicago, Illinois, United States
6	19 November 1946	Ideal Laundry and Cleaners explosion in Greenville, South Carolina, United States
6	16 November 1947	Forbidden Palace restaurant explosion in Nampa, Idaho, United States
6	10 April 1949	Bottled fuel gas explosion at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Dakota, United States
6	11 February 1958	Reynolds Metals Company plant explosion in McCook, Illinois, United States
6	29 May 1967	Shooter's Paradise gun shop explosion in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, United States
6	25 May 1972	Ingram Industries munitions plant explosion in Kiln, Mississippi, United States
6	30 October 1972	Ben Franklin store explosion in Lake City, Minnesota, United States
6	22 February 1976	Goodpasture grain elevator explosion in Galena Park, Texas, United States
6	9 August 1976	Natural gas pipeline explosion at mobile home park in Calhoun, Louisiana, United States
6	21 October 1980	Amoco chemical plant explosion in New Castle, Delaware, United States
6	13 October 1981	Dow Chemical plant explosion in Freeport, Texas, United States
6	19 January 1982	Explosion at the Star Elementary School in Spencer, Oklahoma, United States
6	6 December 1985	River Restaurant explosion in Derby, Connecticut, United States
6	17 June 1991	Albright & Wilson Americas Inc. plant explosion near Charleston, South Carolina, United States
5	3 December 1929	Post office explosion in Munhall, Pennsylvania, United States
5	28 February 1954	Luncheonette explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
5	6 March 1955	Wieboldt's Bakery explosion in River Forest, Illinois, United States
5	12 November 1970	Fuelgas Corporation plant explosion in Hudson, Ohio, United States
5	10 October 1971	Faulty boiler explosion in the Sunday school wing of First Baptist Church in Marietta, Ohio, United States
5	3 October 1980	Gate City Day Care Center explosion in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
5	31 July 1981	Mining Services International Inc. explosives manufacturing plant explosion in Grantsville, Utah, United States
5	10 June 1998	DeBruce grain elevator explosion in Haysville, Kansas, United States
5	29 March 1999	Independence Professional Fireworks factory explosion in Osseo, Michigan, the second fatal explosion at this factory in three months, United States
5	11 November 1999	Clara Barton Terrace Convalescent Center explosion in Flint, Michigan, United States
4	6 May 1971	DuPont Powder Line Explosion in Louviers, Colorado, United States
2	4 May 1988	PEPCON rocket fuel chemical plant explosion in Nevada, United States
1	7 January 1983	1983 Newark explosion in Newark, New Jersey claims 1 life and injures 22–24. The explosion is notable because it was felt 100–130 miles away from the epicenter.

Industrial disasters

Deaths	Date	Incident
3,787–19,000+	2–3 December 1984	Bhopal disaster at Union Carbide (now Dow Chemicals) factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
1,784+[51]	1932–1968	Minamata disease, Japan
1,549	26 April 1942	Benxihu Colliery explosion, China
1,129	24 April 2013	Collapse of the Rana Plaza, Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh[52]
1,099	10 March 1906	Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France
687	15 December 1914	Mitsubishi Hōjō, Kyūshū, Japan
682	9 May 1960	Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion Datong, China
568+	16–17 April 1947	Texas City Disaster, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
512	28 August 1899	Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan
500+	19 November 1984	San Juanico Disaster, Mexico City, Mexico[53]
458	9 November 1963	Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan[54]
439	14 October 1913	Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Senghenydd, Wales
437	21 January 1960	Coalbrook mining disaster, Coalbrook, South Africa
426	6 June 1972	Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
422	28 November 1914	New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
405	20 February 1946	Bergkamen mining disaster, West Germany
388	12 December 1866	Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, England
376	21 December 1917	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
375	28 May 1965	Mine explosion caused by Methane gas near Dhanbad, Bihar, India[55]
372	27 December 1975	Chasnala mining disaster, Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India
365	20 July 1907	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
362	6 December 1907	Monongah Mining disaster, Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
344	21 December 1910	Pretoria Pit Disaster, Westhoughton, England
319	31 May 1892	Marie ore mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic
301	13 May 2014	Soma mine disaster, Manisa, Turkey
300+	11 September 2012	2012 Pakistan garment factory fires, Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan
300+	9 May 1993	Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
299[56]	7 February 1962	Luisenthal Mining Disaster, Saarland, West Germany
277	8 September 2008	2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill in Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China[57]
268	11 September 1878	Abercarn colliery disaster Abercarn, Wales
266	22 September 1934	Gresford Disaster Gresford, Wales
263	22 October 1913	Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. (first disaster)
263	3 March 1992	Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
262	8 August 1956	Marcinelle, Belgium
259	13 November 1909	1909 Cherry Mine disaster, Cherry, Illinois, U.S.
254	11 November 1937	Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan
243	5 August 1909	Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
243	25 December 2003	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China[58]
239	19 December 1907	Darr Mine Disaster, Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.
236	1 June 1965	Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan
235	14 June 1894	Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka), Karviná, Czech Republic
220	28 March 1965	El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake in Chile
216	19 May 1902	Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.
214	15 February 2005	2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster, Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China
210	15 June 1899	Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
204	16 January 1862	Hartley Colliery Disaster, New Hartley, Northumberland, England
202	25 May 1917	Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic
200+	25 February 1984	Vila Socó oil spill fire, Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
200+	1 May 1900	Scofield Mine disaster, Scofield, Utah, U.S.
200+	27 February 1908	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico
189	19 June 1914	Hillcrest mine disaster, Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada
183	3 February 1942	Chosei, Ube, Japan
181	17 August 2007	Mine disaster with flooding, Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China
180	26 August 1990	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
177	16 September 1986	Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa[59]
177	March 1941	Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan
169	3 June 1903	Hanna Mine Disaster, Hanna, Wyoming, U.S.
168	8 June 1917	Speculator Mine disaster, Butte, Montana, U.S.
167	6 July 1988	Piper Alpha oil rig disaster North Sea
166	28 November 2004	Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China
160+	19 December 1982	Tacoa powerplant fire, Vargas State, Venezuela
159	26 September 2000	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
155	12 January 1918	Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK
153	31 March 1969	Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster, Coahuila, Mexico
151	9 July 1930	Hausdorf, Germany, currently Jugów, Poland
150	3 May 1887	Nanaimo mine explosion, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
148	20 October 2004	Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China
147	21 April 1991	Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China
146	25 March 1911	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York City
146	2 August 2014	2014 Kunshan explosion, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China[60]
144	21 October 1966	Aberfan landslide disaster, Wales
142	3 January 1934	Nelson, Osek, Czech Republic
134	27 March 1927	Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan
134	27 November 2005	Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China
125	26 February 1972	Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, West Virginia, U.S.
125	21 February 1891	Springhill mining disaster, Canada
125	15 July 1977	Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia
124	20 June 2002	Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China
123	8 February 1923	Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. (second disaster)
123	27 March 1980	Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway
123	6 August 2005	Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China
121	27 April 1917	Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, near Ludlow, Colorado, U.S.
119	25 December 1951	Orient No. 2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S.
111	25 March 1947	1947 Centralia mine disaster, Centralia, Illinois, U.S.
110	6 September 1869	Avondale Mine Disaster, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
109	30 April 1927	Everettville, West Virginia, U.S.
108	19 March 2007	Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Region, Siberia, Russia
108	7 July 1961	Dukla, Dolná Súča, Slovakia
108	5 March 1885	Jan, Karviná, Czech Republic
105	11 May 1995	Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa
105	5 December 2007	Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China
104	15 August 1947	William pit disaster, Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom
101	18 November 2007	Methane explosion Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine
100	8 March 1983	Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
94	5 December 1984	Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan
93	16 October 1981	Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan
92	20 May 1919	Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czech Republic
92	18 November 1989	Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia
92	22 July 2001	Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
92	5 June 1919	Baltimore Colliery explosion, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
91	27 November 1996	Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China
91	10 January 1940	Bartley, West Virginia, U.S.
91	2 May 1972	Hard rock mine fire Sunshine mine, Kellogg, Idaho, U.S.
89	11 March 1997	Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China
86	13 May 2003	Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China
84	15 February 1982	Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada
84	9 December 1911	Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, U.S.
83	18 January 1984	Mitsui Miike coal mine, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
83	13 July 2005	Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang, China
82	11 March 2000	Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine
82	5 November 1930	Millfield Mine disaster, Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, U.S.
78	20 November 1968	Farmington Mine disaster, Farmington, West Virginia, U.S.
76	12 October 1978	Spyros disaster, Singapore
74	23 October 1958	Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
74	27 February 1943	Smith Mine disaster, Bearcreek, Montana, U.S.
73	17 June 2010	San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia
72	16 March 1940	Willow Grove No. 10 explosion, Neffs, Ohio, U.S.[61]
72	7 April 1911	Price-Pancoast Colliery fire, Throop, Pennsylvania, U.S.
71	9 March 1961	Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan
71	16 February 1882	Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England[62]
68	2 March 1960	Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea
68	2 December 1997	Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia
66	16 October 1889	Mossfield, Longton, Staffordshire, U.K.
65	24 February 2006	KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh
65	26 March 1896	Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand
65	19 February 2006	Pasta de Conchos mine disaster, Coahuila, México
65	4 September 1981	Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic,[63] Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
64	2 April 1979	Sverdlovsk anthrax leak, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
63	28 April 1904	La Reunión Mine explosion, Villanueva del Río y Minas, Sevilla, Spain
63	31 August 1987	St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa
63	4 April 1998	Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine
63	15 July 1940	Sonman Mine explosion, Portage, Pennsylvania, U.S.
62	29 July 1867	Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic
61	3 January 1981	Trojice, Ostrava, Czech Republic
60	22 November 2004	Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China
60	28 May 1997	Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China
59	20 March 2005	Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China
59	26 March 1885	Bettina, Orlová, Czech Republic
58	28 June 1896	Twin Shaft Disaster, Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
56	7 May 1991	Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
55	25 April 2008	Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco
54	22 May 1960	Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic
54	1860	Františka, Záluží, Czech Republic
54	24 December 1932	1932 Moweaqua Coal Mine disaster, Moweaqua, Illinois, U.S.
53	17 March 1898	Santa Isabel Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
53	13 May 1993	Middelbult Colliery explosion, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa
52	19 August 2001	Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine
48	5 June 1942	Joliet Army Ammunition Plant explosion near Elwood, Illinois, United States
47	18 September 1959	Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
45	21 March 2011	Surran range, Quetta, Balochistan Pakistan
45	28 June 1960	Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
43	30 December 1976	Staříč, Czech Republic
43	24 February 2003	Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China
40	13 April 1976	Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, Finland
39	1 November 1956	Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada
38	30 December 1970	Hurricane Creek mine disaster, Hyden, Kentucky, U.S.
37	26–27 June 1971	Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire, Poland
36	4 October 1950	Michálka, Ostrava, Czech Republic
36	19 July 2004	Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine
36	26 January 1924	Lancashire Mine, Shanktown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
35	15 October 1970	West Gate Bridge collapse (during construction), Melbourne, Australia
34	1 December 1907	Naomi Mine explosion, Fayette City, Pennsylvania, U.S.
34	10 April 1944	Clara de l'Espà Mine explosion, Saldes, Barcelona, Spain
34	9 June 1970	Dukla, Šardice, Czech Republic
33	1890	Anna, Souš, Czech Republic
31	16 August 1968	Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain
31	22 March 1977	ČSA, Karviná, Czech Republic
30	3 November 1975	La Consolación Mine explosion, Fígols, Barcelona, Spain
30	7 September 1985	Osceola Mine fire, copper mine fire in Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, U.S.[64]
30	2 July 1937	Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK
30	18 October 1990	Barbora, Karviná, Czech Republic
30	11 January 2008	Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
29	1 April 1868	Santa Elisa Mine explosion, Bélmez, Córdoba, Spain
29	21 September 2001	AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France
29	19 November 2010	Pike River Mine disaster, Greymouth, New Zealand
29	5 April 2010	Upper Big Branch mine explosion, Montcoal, West Virginia, U.S.
29	31 October 1941	Nordegg, Alberta, Canada
28	1 June 1974	Flixborough disaster, England
26	4 April 1970	Paskov, Paskov, Czech Republic
26	9 May 1992	Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada
25	7 May 1985	Doubrava, Czech Republic
25	7 February 1881	Chatterley Whitfield, Staffordshire, England
24	13 November 2003	Nanshan Colliery disaster, Shanxi Province, China
24	12 February 1949	Doubrava, Czech Republic
23	23 October 1989	Phillips Disaster, Pasadena, Texas, U.S.
23	21 November 2006	Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, Poland
22	14 September 1997	Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
21	15 January 1919	Boston Molasses Disaster, Massachusetts, U.S.
21	5 November 1962	Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway[65]
21	7 January 1963	Santa Eulalia Mine explosion, Langreo, Asturias, Spain
20	10 August 2009	2009 Handlová mine blast, Handlová, Slovakia
19	10 January 1990	Methane explosion in Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska Poland
17	20 February 1947	O’Connor Electro-Plating Company explosion in Los Angeles, California
17	24 December 2008	Gas leak, Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., Hebei, China
17	22 February 1994	Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, Virginia, Free State, South Africa
17	8 June 1925	Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, U.S.
16	4 March 1942	Ordnance plant explosion in Burlington, Iowa, United States
16	16 October 2008	Ningxia, China
15	17 April 2013	West Fertilizer Company explosion, West, Texas, U.S.
15	23 March 2005	BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion, Texas City, Texas, U.S.
11	4 October 1960	Kingsport, TN Chemical Plant Explosion
11	23 May 1975	Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
11	27 May 1983	Benton fireworks disaster, illegal fireworks operation in Benton, Tennessee, U.S.[66]
11	20 April 2010	BP Deepwater Horizon explosion, Gulf of Mexico
7	2 April 2010	Tesoro Refinery, Anacortes, Washington, U.S.
6	9 December 1948	Tecumseh power plant of the Kansas Power & Light Company explosion in Topeka, Kansas
5	2 October 2007	Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire, Georgetown, Colorado, U.S.

Maritime

Deaths	Incident
1,565–4,400	MV Doña Paz (Tablas Strait, Philippines, 20 December 1987). Casualty estimates vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers
2,750–3,920	SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, December 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board
1,863	MV Le Joola (Senegal, 26 September 2002)
1,800	Sultana (Mississippi River, 27 April 1865)
1,573	MV Spice Islander I (Zanbizar Channel, 10 September 2011)
1,517	RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 15 April 1912)
1,500	Taiping, (East China Sea, 27 January 1949)
1,159	Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 26 September 1954)
1,021	PS General Slocum, (New York, USA, 15 June 1904)
1,018	MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 3 February 2006)
1,012	RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 29 May 1914)
1,000	SS Kiche Maru (off Honshu, Japan, 22 September 1912)
1,000	SS Hsin-Yu (Zhoushan, 22 April 1916)
~1,000	SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 3/4 March 1921)
894	MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 21 May 1996)
852	MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 28 September 1994)
844	SS Eastland (Chicago, 24 July 1915)
832	MV Princess of the Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, 21 June 2008
746	SS Vaitarna (lost in cyclonic storm of coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, 8 November 1888)[67]
737	SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 6 May 1902)
702	Slave trade ship Leusden, (Marowijne Suriname, 18 January 1738)
673	HMS Queen Charlotte (Cabrera, 17 March 1800)
~640	SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 3 September 1878)
627	SS Norge (Rockall, 28 June 1904)
625	1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, SS Ramdas (Bombay, 17 July 1947)
608	Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 29 October 1955)
600	Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, 25 May 1986)
587	Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 18 September 1890)
580	Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, 27 January 1981)
570	HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands, 22 December 1810)
558	SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 5 March 1916)
550	Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 29 June 2000)
546	RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1 April 1873)
528	MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, 8 July 2003)
500	Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 29 January 1986)
497	Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
496	Saint-Philibert (off Île de Noirmoutier, France, 14 June 1931)
464	Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 17 December 1991)
461	MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 30 December 2006)
442	MV Dong Fang Zhi Xing capsized on the (Yangtze River, China, 1 June 2015)
438	Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
423	SS Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 31 August 1986)
400	Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, 11 March 1895)
400	PS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 8 September 1860)
400	Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 4 August 1845)
397	Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
392	SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, 19 January 1947)
389	Filipino ferry MV Doña Marilyn capsized during Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, 24 October 1988
361	KM Bimas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 20 October 1999)
360	Lampedusa migrant shipwreck (off Lampedusa, Italy, 3 October 2013)
358	Drummond Castle, (off Ouessant, France, 16 June 1896)
358	HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 22 June 1893)
357	10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 25 May 1983)
353	SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 19 October 2001)
350	Annie James (off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, 28 September 1853)
340	Salahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 3 May 2002)
338	Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, 19 January 1996)
325	Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 6 February 1999)
314	Principessa Mafalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, 25 October 1927)
308	Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 15 December 1970)
304	Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy conditions (off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, 9 December 1945.)
304	Sewol-Ho capsized off South-Korea (16 April 2014)
300	Steamer "Hsinwah" sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China (15 January 1929)[68]
300	Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized (Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, 19 September 1981)
300	Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, 11 October 1968
297	RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 21 January 1854)
292	A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county 10 October 1993[69]
289	A boat of clandestine immigrants sank near Portopalo, Italy, 25 December 1996
280	Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, 24 November 1999
280	Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280	Myanmar passenger ferry U Hla Myist sunk by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279	Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, 2 July 1993
274	USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 15 February 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
272	Turkish ferry SS Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, 1 March 1958
272	Kenyan ferry MV Likoni Ferry sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 29 April 1994
260	Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 5 February 1805)
260	Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 6 September 1622)
259	Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, 8 July 1961
254	Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 22 November 1978
250	Powhattan sunk off New Jersey, 16 April 1854[70]
250	Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 9 November 1913)
250	Russian liner Ogoza sank in the Black Sea, 1928[71]
250	Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, 20 August 1994
250	Chinese steamer Lee Cheong sank in a storm off Swabue (21 December 1929)[72]
249	Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 5 January 1953)
241	SS G. P. Griffith burned and sank in Lake Erie, 17 June 1850. The number of lives lost may have been as high as 289.
240+	MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, 11 January 2009)
230	Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized (Amazon River, Pará, Brazil, 6 January 1981)
230	Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
226	Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 22 November 1873)
224	Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) 13 May 1835
220	Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, 24 January 1996
217	SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 8 December 1966) Official death toll; exact fatality count unknown
215	Myanmar double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 7 April 1990
211	SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, 27 July 1909
210	Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
209	Naval transport ship Angamos sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, 6 July 1928[73][74]
209	Seven Japanese fishing boats sunk by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 7 October 1965)
206	Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May 1963
205	HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1 January 1919)
205	SS Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada 19 February 1860
200	Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer Pa Shi, 1931[75]
200	Victoria (London, Ontario, 24 May 1881)
200	Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, 7 July 2005
200	Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, 27 December 1988
200	SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong (4 February 1947[76])
193	Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 6 March 1987)
192	Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
189	MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 19 February 2005)
189	HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
185	Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
182	Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 27 November 2003
180	Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 31 March 1998
177	Russian cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, 5 June 1983
171	Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 20 August 1985
170	Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 30 December 1853)
168	Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 11 May 1955)
167	Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 26 January 1958
167	Dona Cassandra sunk by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 21 November 1983)
165	Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, 20 February 1997
161	Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sunk by collision with Bulgarian barge Peter Karaminchev at Danube River, Galaţi, Romania, 10 September 1989
159	Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 7 April 1990)
158	Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, 3 August 2007
150	Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, 7 May 1991
150	Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso Island, Sierra Leone, 25 March 1999
150	A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, 23 May 1965
150	Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 3 September 1961
148	French frigate Méduse (off Senegal, 2 July 1816)
147	Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on 2 March 1983
140	SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 20 March 1912)
140	Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, 11 June 1948
140	Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 10 April 1991
140	Two African immigrants boats sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 8 December 2007
140	Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, 2 December 1994
137	SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 8 September 1934)
136	SS Valencia (off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 22 January 1906)
136	Finnish steamer SS Kuru capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, 7 September 1929
134	Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, 6 March 1990
134	RMS Quetta struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890
131	Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000
131	Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 29 April 1881)
130	SS Hankow fire (Hong Kong, 14 October 1906)[77][78]
130	SS Volturno (Burned and sank in the North Atlantic, 9 October 1913)
130	MV Princess Victoria (Scotland, 31 January 1953)
130	Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 1 September 1997
130	Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, 9 March 1992
129	USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 10 April 1963)
128	SS City of Rio de Janeiro (San Francisco Bay, 22 February 1901)
128	Ferry SS Berlin struck the pier near Hook of Holland (the Netherlands), 21 February 1907
128	HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908)
128	Greek cruise ship TSMS Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, 22 December 1963
125	SS Bokhara (Formosa, 10 October 1892)
124	SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 23 March 1911)
124	Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, 6 April 2006
122+	Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, 10 July 2011
120	Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, 7 April 2006
118–139 (est)	SS Noronic caught fire while docked in Toronto, Ontario, 17 September 1949
118	Kursk (Barents Sea, 12 August 2000)
117	Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
113	Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, 12 April 1957
111	SS Vestris (North Atlantic, 12 November 1928)
105	Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 14 March 1970
104	Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, 9 September 1952
102	SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875)
100	Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1 January 1989
99	USS Scorpion (near Azores, 21 May 1968)
92	Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sunk by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, 1 October 1933
90	SS Yarmouth Castle (Bahamas, 13 November 1965)
89	SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, 6 August 1859
85	Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
84	Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
82	STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
81	MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
81	Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, 4 April 1953
80	Pamir (1957)
80	Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, 17 August 1971
78	Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong shipyard, Singapore, 12 October 1978
78	MV George Prince ferry sank after colliding with the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta on the Mississippi River, 20 October 1976
74	MV Princess Ashika sunk while on a regular ferry service in Tonga due to the combined effects of the boats age and lack of maintenance leading to its unseaworthiness, 5 August 2009.
70	Ming 361 (2003)
61	Turkish fishing boat carrying illegal migrants sank after hitting rocks (2012)
58	Bahrain wooden pleasure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57	Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, 8 July 1959
54	MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
53	Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
51	TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
51	SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
51	Marchioness (River Thames, London 1989). 131 people on board leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger Bowbelle
48	Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, 4 May 2008
46	PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette (Baengnyeong-do island, South Korea, 26 March 2010)
45	SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
44	British bulk carrier MV Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, 9 September 1980
42	Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on 4 November 2008.[79][80]
39	Lamma IV, collision by Sea Smooth (Hong Kong, 1 October 2012)
36	FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
36	Ellan Vannin (Liverpool, United Kingdom en route from the Isle of Man), December 1909
35	HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
32	River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster (Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1876)
32	Costa Concordia (cruise ship capsized off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, 13 January 2012)
31	SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
29	SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
28	Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
23	Pajtás passenger boat (Hungary, Lake Balaton, 30 May 1954, capsized by design flaws, when all passengers gathered on one side of the ship to watch a sailing competition to start)[81]
22	Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire (Hong Kong, 3 February 1992)[76]
20	Ethan Allen (Lake George, 2 October 2005)
18	Migrant boat sank off Lesbos, Greece (2012)
17	1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
16	MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
14	Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, 15 January 1944
13	Essex (South Pacific, 1819)
13	MS Norman Atlantic (Strait of Otranto, 2014) The ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea off Corfu, Greece and was burnt out. 13 of the 478 people on board were killed, 2 during salvage.
8	Bourbon Dolphin (Offshore of Shetland, 2007) The ship capsized and sank three days later.
6	Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Bass Strait, 1998)

Nuclear and radiation accidents

Deaths	Date	Incident
200	29 September 1957	Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.[82]
31 to 4,000+[83][84]	26 April 1986	Chernobyl disaster, Soviet Union, 26 April 1986. The official report is 31 immediate deaths, 64 recorded cancer deaths by 2008, and potentially up to, but no more than 4,000 total cancer deaths.[85] Far higher death toll estimates have been made, but are disputed.
17	August 2000 – March 2001	Instituto Oncologico Nacional of Panama, August 2000 – March 2001; patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.[86][87]
13	1996	Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica, 1996 (114 patients received an overdose of radiation)[88]
11	December 1990	Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain, December 1990 (27 patients were injured)[89]
10	10 August 1985	Soviet submarine K-431 accident, 10 August 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries)[90]
10	1974–1976	Columbus radiotherapy accident, 1974–1976, 88 injuries[87][91]
9	24 May 1968	Soviet submarine K-27 accident, 24 May 1968. (83 people were injured)[87]
8	4 July 1961	Soviet submarine K-19 accident, 4 July 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation)[92]
8	March 1984	Radiation accident in Morocco, March 1984[93]
7	1980	Houston radiotherapy accident, 1980[87][91]
5	9 August 2004	Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident, 9 August 2004. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe[94]
5	5 October 1982	Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR, 5 October 1982. 13 injuries[87]
4		Goiânia accident, Brazil, (249 people received serious radiation contamination)[95]
4	1962	Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962
3	1961	SL-1 reactor explosion and melt-down (US Army) 1961
3	1985–1987	Software and engineering errors in the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine result in patients receiving massive overdoses of radiation.[96]^:425 and three people dying as a result of the overdose.[97]
3	February 2000	Samut Prakan radiation accident: Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled, February 2000[98]
2	30 September 1999	Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, 30 September 1999)[94]

Road

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
2,700	3 November 1982	Salang Tunnel fire[99]	Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster[99]	Tarragona, Spain
125	12 June 1965	Sotouba truck collision[99]	Sotouba, Togo
110	12 March 1995	Tamil Nadu truck collision[100]	Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
104	18 August 1968	Gero bus accident[99]	Gero, Gifu, Japan
94	8 June 1999	Karnataka bus accident[101]	Karnataka, India
90	29 June 1980	Kashmir bus accident[99]	Kashmir, Pakistan

Smog

Deaths	Date	Incident
12,000	5–9 December 1952	The Great Smog (London, 5–9 December 1952)
2,200	1880	Coal smog (London, 1880)[102]
160	12–15 December 1991	Smog (London, 12–15 December 1991)[103]
60	1930	Meuse Valley smog (Belgium, 1930)[102]
50	27–31 October 1948	The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, 27–31 October 1948)[102]

Space exploration

Deaths	Date	Incident
7	28 January 1986	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, over Florida, U.S.
7	1 February 2003	Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, over Texas/Louisiana, U.S.
3	27 January 1967	Apollo 1, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, U.S. – occurred on ground before launch
3	30 June 1971	Soyuz 11, space
1	24 April 1967	Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia
1	15 November 1967	X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S.
1	31 October 2014	VSS Enterprise, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S.

Sporting events

Deaths	Date	Incident
1112	140	Collapse upper tier of the Circus Maximus, (Rome, 140AD)
590	26 February 1918	Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, 26 February 1918)
328	24 May 1964	1964 Lima football riot tragedy, (Lima, Peru, 24 May 1964)[104]
~200	20 January 1980	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980[105]
96	1989	Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
93	1988	Hailstorm & Stadium crush (Kathmandu, Nepal, 1988)[106]
84	1955	1955 Le Mans disaster (motor racing accident) (Le Mans, France, 1955)
79	1 February 2012	Port Said Stadium disaster (Port Said, Egypt, 1 February 2012)
71	23 June 1968	Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)[107]
66	1971	Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
66	20 October 1982	Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR (20 October 1982)[108]
56	1985	Bradford City stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
43	11 April 2001	Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
41+	24 March 2016	Iskandariya suicide bombing, suicide bombing during trophy presentation (Iskandariya, Iraq, 24 March 2016)
44	17 September 1967	Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 17 September 1967)
39	1985	Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
32	2014	2014 Patna stampede (Patna, Bihar, India, 2014)
33	1946	Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)
28	1928	Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
26	1902	First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
24	15 November 2014	Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 18 November 1982[109]
22	1900	Spectators on roof of glass factory observing 1900 Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse, causing deaths from falls and burns (San Francisco, 1900)[110]
21	8 February 1981	Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece, 8 February 1981)[111]
18	5 May 1992	Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, 5 May 1992.[112]
17	1979	1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
15	1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 1961)
13	12 May 1957	Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and nine spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators.(Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, 12 May 1957). Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia and Florence)[113][114]
13	18 January 1953	1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 January 1953
13	14 September 2008	2008 Congo football riots: Democratic Republic of Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 14 September 2008
13	31 August 1952	Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; 31 August 1952
12	1969	Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, 1969)
12	8 August 1903	Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, 8 August 1903
11	1911	Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, 1911)
11	16 September 2011	2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands (Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada; 16 September 2011)
9	18 July 1909	The Racetrack Disaster of Berlin 9 killed, 52 injured in a cycling event when a motorcycle pacemaker crashed into spectators at a newly built velodrome (Berlin Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany; 18 July 1909)[115][116]
9	1992	1992 Le Mans Moto accidents, 9 dead and 50 injured in a chain of road accidents involving motorcyclists in the surrounding area during the running of the race (Le Mans, France, 1992)[117]
8	11 January 1999	Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, 11 January 1999[118]
8	1903	1903 Paris-Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.[119][120]
8	15 August 2010	2010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off road truck rolled into the gallery[121][122]
6	1998	1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after being caught in a large storm
6	1977	Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.[123]
6	8 September 1912	Vailsburg Motordrome, two riders including Eddie Hasha and four spectators died and 17 injured through a chain of events that began when Hasha collided into a rail (Vailsburg, Newark; 8 September 1912).[124]

Stampedes

Deaths	Incident
6,000	Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto, 1809. A multitude of civilians fleeing from an advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river passing over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed
4,000	Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
2,268	2015 Mina stampede in a Mina street en route to the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2015)
1,426	1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
1,389	Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
953	Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)
800	1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1954)
357	Phnom Penh stampede (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2010)
354	Galleria delle Grazie (Genoa, Italy, 1942)
362	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
270	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
258	Mandher Devi temple stampede (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 25 January 2005)
251	Stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
224	2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple (Rajasthan, India, 30 September 2008)
200	Stampede in the central place of Nagpur (Maharashtra, India, 1992)
183	Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush (Sunderland, 1883)
173	Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
162	Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster (Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 3 August 2008)
130	1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building (Nagpur, Maharastra, India, 23 November 1994)
124	New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine (Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, 1 January 1956)
123	Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko football match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
118	Pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
110	Carnival tragedy of 1823 (Valletta, Malta, 1823)
105	Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (10 October 1991)
102	2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage (Sabarimala, Kerala, India, 14 January 2011)
100	The Station nightclub fire, fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 20 February 2003)
96	Hillsborough disaster crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
84	Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush (Guatemala City, 16 October 1996)
78	PhilSports Arena stampede, (Manila, Philippines, 4 February 2006)[125]
77	Stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station (Japan, 8 January 1934)
73	Italian Hall disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)[126]
72	River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)
70	Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema, (Paisley, Scotland, 31 December 1929)
67	1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster: Typhoon Billie forced the evacuation of thousands of people through tight corridors of a stadium (Busan, South Korea, 17 July 1959)
66	Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
66	Luzhniki disaster, football match crush (Moscow, USSR. 20 October 1982)[108]
61	Abidjan stampede disaster, (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1 January 2013)
60	Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, (Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6 December 1988)
60	A tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade (Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on 3 March 1989)
53	Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, 31 May 1999)
52	Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China (14 February 1994)
51	Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster (Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, 13 September 2006)
50	Mahamaham stampede disaster (Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on 18 February 1992)[127]
45	Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure (Delhi, India, 4 December 1981)
44	Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 17 September 1968)
42	Ellis Park Stadium Disaster (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
39	Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, 29 May 1985)
37	Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster (Miyun, Beijing, China, 5 February 2004)
36	Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster (Bamako, Mali on 21 February 2011),[128]
36	2013 Kumbh Mela stampede (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India)
36	2014 Shanghai stampede (The Bund, Shanghai, China)
33	Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster (Nasik, Maharashtra, India, 26 August 2003)
29	Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006)[129]
26	Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster (Timbuktu, Mali, February 2010)
25	A stampede by building collapse, during Shiva ratri festival (Patna, Bihar, India, 6 March 1989)
24	Covento Franciscano de la Villa partial building collapse during a heavy hail storm with 1,300 people inside caused panic and rush down the stairs to the exit. (Granadilla, Tenerife Island, Spain, 3 February 1963)[130]
24	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster (Cali, Colombia, 18 November 1982)
23	al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony (Omdurman, Sudan 13 July 2008)
21	Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster (Hong Kong, 1 January 1993)[131]
21	Love Parade stampede (Duisburg, Germany, 24 July 2010)
21	2003 E2 nightclub stampede (Chicago, IL, USA, 17 February 2003)
20	Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster (Maseru, Lesotho, 29 August 1980)
20	Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 31 January 1965)
19	Synagogue stampede during the fast of Yom Kippur (Ostrowo, Germany, 10 October 1872)
19	Stampede disaster after Christina Nilsson's appearance at a window of Grand Hôtel (Stockholm, Sweden, 23 September 1885)
13	News Divine nightclub stampede disaster (Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, 20 June 2008)
13	Throb Nightclub stampede disaster (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 24 March 2000)
12	Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York City, 30 May 1883)[132]
11	Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, 3 December 1979)
11	Eleven killed and 247 injured in a pedestrian crush after a fireworks festival (Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 21 July 2001)[133]
11	Alexandria Stadium football match stampede disaster (Northern Egypt, January 1999)
10	All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster (Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, 10 February 2008)
9	Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival (Denmark, 30 June 2000)

Structural collapses

Deaths	Incident
171,000	failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin (Zhumadian, southern Henan province, China, 8 August 1975)[134]
1,129	Collapse of the Rana Plaza (Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh, 24 April 2013)
608	Puentes dam collapsed flooding Lorca, Murcia, Spain, 30 April 1802
502	Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, 29 June 1995)
200~	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, 20 January 1980[105]
169	Manila Film Center collapsed, Pasay, Philippines, 17 November 1981
144	Vega de Tera dam collapsed flooding Ribadelago, Zamora, Spain, 9 January 1959
140	Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on 19 November 1974
139	a six-story apartment collapsed at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on 13 September 1976
135	Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 13 August 1993)
128	Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse near Bogota, Colombia, 28 July 1983
125	a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, 8 November 1984
120	a nuns' school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on 1 February 1963
115	Synagogue Church Building collapsed at Lagos State, Nigeria on 12 September 2014
114	Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981)
112	Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on 20 August 1963.
111	Mecca Crane Collapse, at Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 11 September 2015.
100	Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, 16 June 1990
98	Knickerbocker Theatre (Washington, D.C.) weight of snow causes building collapse, Washington, D.C., 28 January 1922
94	Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on 2 February 2004
94	Pétionville school collapse, (Pétionville, Haiti, 7 November 2008)
84	Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on 27 December 1938
82	Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on 27 December 1627
75	Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907)
74	Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938)
74	Fengcheng power station collapse (Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China, 24 November 2016)
73	Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on 16 April 1955
71	Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 October 1985
70	116-year-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on 4 March 2001
70	A three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India on 4 May 1992
69	Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 4 February 1971)
67	Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
65	Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006)
64	Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, 27 October 1996
61	Apartment building under construction collapsed at Moulivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 28 June 2014
60	Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on 26 September 2007
60	Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006
60	Under-construction Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on 13 August 2007
58	Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on 15 September 1959[135]
56	Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, 21 February 2006)
56	Los Ángeles de San Rafael restaurant building collapse (near Segovia, Castile-León, Spain, 15 June 1969)
54	2013 Riga Maxima superstore collapse (Riga, Latvia, 21 November 2013)
51	Willow Island disaster (Willow Island, West Virginia, USA, 27 April 1978)
51	Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, 6 September 2008
50+	Black Forest Hotel collapse in Nagold, Germany, 5 April 1906
50	Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, 17 January 1982
49	Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May 1963
48	Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 December 1993
48	Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 November 1971)
47	Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938)
46	Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967)
45	Under-construction Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India on December 2009.
43	Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
42	Grandstand collapse at Boy Scout review in Bucharest, Romania, 8 June 1936
42	Interstate 880 (Oakland, California, Collapsed due to earthquake, 17 October 1989.)
39	Kelly Barnes Dam collapse at Toccoa, Georgia, 1977
35	West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970)
35	Illegally built seven-story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, 24 December 2007
34	Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, 7 February 1985
33	Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March 1986
32	Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, 31 July 1988
32	Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October 1994
29	Under-construction Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on 20 December 1996
28	Offshore defense radar facility, Texas Tower 4 collapsed in Atlantic Ocean, southeast of New York City, New York, United States, 15 January 1961
28	L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, 23 April 1987
28	Transvaal Park roof collapsed, Moscow, Russia, 14 February 2004
27	The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 17 June 1958
26	Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, 26 July 1985)
24	Ritz Cafe collapse in Phenix City, Alabama, United States, 21 April 1938
24	Unlicensed construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, 3 May 1984
23	City Hall auditorium collapse in London, Ontario, Canada, 3 January 1898
23	Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding, 24 May 2001
22	Ford's Theatre floor collapse in Washington, D. C., United States, 9 June 1893
20	Cavalese cable car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20	Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996
20	Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, 25 December 2007. Another 15 missing
19	a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on 1 July 2008
17	Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 17 January 1982
15	Wonderland Theatre collapse in Detroit, Michigan, 5 November 1898
14	La Tienda Amigo clothing outlet collapse in Brownsville, Texas, 7 July 1988
14	Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995
14	I-40 bridge disaster collapse, (Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, 2002)
13	John G. Myers Company store collapse in Albany, New York, on 8 August 1905
13	Apartment balcony collapse in Chicago, Illinois, 2003
13	I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
12	Schlitz Brewing Company warehouse collapse in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1942
12	Bridge ramp collapse near Indiana Harbor, Indiana, 1982
11	Harbor Cay Condominium collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1981
11	Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)
10+	Amsden Building collapse in South Framingham, Massachusetts, 1906
10	Erie Tunnel collapse near Brooklyn, New York, 1910
10	Consumers Power Company building wall collapse in Jackson, Michigan, 1956
9	Crystal Restaurant collapse in Akron, Ohio, 1916
9	Dance pavilion collapse at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, 1924
9	Stone arch collapse in Texcoco, Mexico, 1951
9	Heron Road Bridge collapse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1966
8	Hatchie River Bridge collapse near Covington, Tennessee, 1989
7	Johanns Steamship Provisions Company building collapse in New York City, New York, 1917
7	Television transmitting tower collapse in Shoreview, Minnesota, 1971
7	Lake Keowee dam collapse at Seneca, South Carolina, 1978
6	Foothill Freeway bridge collapse near Pasadena, California, 1972
5	Interstate highway bridge collapse near Rapid City, South Dakota, 1962
5	Reservoir roof collapse in Hillsboro, Oregon, 1962
5	Rosemont Horizon (later called Allstate Arena) roof collapse in Rosemont, Illinois, 1979
5	Bridge collapse near Port Isabel, Texas, 2001
3	Drugstore collapse in Flora, Illinois, 1954
3	Baseball stadium wall collapse in Augusta, Georgia, 1955
3	Illinois State Fair grandstand roof collapse in Springfield, Illinois, 1966
3	Turia disco lights collapse (Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan; 5 January 1988)[136]

Structural fires

Deaths	Incident
2,000+	Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, 8 December 1863)
1,995	Theater fire (Kamli, Japan, 1893)[137]
1,670	Theater fire (Canton, China, 25 May 1845)
900	Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
800	Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
667	Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
658	Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, 13 February 1937)
602	Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, 30 December 1903)
600	Theater fire (Tientsin, China, 20 May 1872)
538	Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India, 23 December 1995)
530	Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, 17 March 2000)
500	Gran Circus Norte-Americano – Niterói circus fire (Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17 December 1961)
492	Cocoanut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, 28 November 1942)
448	Ringtheater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, 8 December 1881)
430	Circus Ferroni fire (Berdichev, Russia, 13 January 1883)
422	Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, 19 August 1978)
400	Coliseo theater fire (Zaragoza, Spain, 17 December 1778)
396	Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, 1 August 2004)
360	Comayagua prison fire (Comayagua, Honduras, 14 February 2012)
324	1994 Karamay fire (Karamay, China, 10 December 1994)
322	Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, 21 April 1930)
322	L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
309	Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, 25 December 2000)
278+	Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, 5 December 1876)
250	Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, 15 February 1909)
242	Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 27 January 2013)
225	Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 14 July 1960)
209	Rhythm Night Club fire (Natchez, Mississippi, 23 April 1940)
208	Hoteiza theater fire (Kucchan, Japan, 6 March 1943)
200	Carslruhe theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1847)
200	Banquet theater fire (Porto, Portugal, 21 March 1888)
198	Daegu subway fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
194	República Cromagnon nightclub fire (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 30 December 2004)
188	Joelma Building fire (São Paulo, Brazil, 1 February 1974)
188	Kader Toy Factory fire (Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 10 May 1993)
186	Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, 5 September 1887
175	Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, 4 March 1908)
171	Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
168	Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, 6 July 1944)
167	Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
165	Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, 28 May 1977)
163	Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, 13 November 1960)
162	1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)[138]
162	Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
153	Perm Lame Horse club fire, (Perm, Russia, 4 December 2009)[139]
146	Club Cinq-Sept fire night club fire (Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 1 November 1970)[138]
146	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
144	1930 Costești wooden church fire, (Costești, Romania, 19 April 1930)[140]
139	Wing On godown fire, Sai Wan, Hong Kong, 139 killed[76][141][142]
130	Cinema fire in Kirin, China, 18 March 1930[143]
124	2010 Nimtoli Fire, Nimtoli, Old Dhaka, 3 June 2010[144]
124	2012 Dhaka fire, Tazreen Fashion factory (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24 November 2012)[145]
119	Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, 7 December 1946)
118	Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, 13 May 1972)
109	1961 Elbarusovo school fire (Elbarusovo, Soviet Union, 5 November 1961)
108	Fire at San Pedro Sula's prison (San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 17 May 2004)
104	Cinema fire at the Chinkai Guard District, 10 March 1930[146]
104	Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, 29 November 1973)
100	The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
99	Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire, (Yokohama, Japan, 17 February 1955)
97	Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
95	Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, (Chicago, Illinois, 1 December 1958)
94	2004 Kumbakonam School fire, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India 16 July 2004
90	Novedades Theater fire, (Madrid, Spain, 23 September 1928)
89	AMRI hospital fire, Kolkota, West Bengal, India, 9 December 2011
87	Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
87	MGM Grand fire, (Paradise, Nevada, 21 November 1980)
82	Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, 17 December 1983)
80–88	Karlslust dance hall fire, (Berlin, Germany, 8 February 1947)
80	Hotel Corona de Aragón fire, (Zaragoza, Spain, 12 July 1979)
78	Laurier Palace Theatre fire, (Montreal, Canada, 9 January 1927)
77	Cleveland school fire, (Camden, South Carolina, 16 May 1923)
64	Restaurant fire in Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C., (15 February 1995)
64	Cinema Statuto fire, (Turin, Italy, 13 February 1983)
63	Gothenburg nightclub fire in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
61	La Salle Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, 5 June 1946
63	Colectiv nightclub fire, (Bucharest, Romania, 30 October 2015)
59 (to 61)	Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, 1 January 2009)[147]
59	Uphaar Cinema fire, Green Park, Delhi, India on Friday, 13 June 1997
56	Bradford City Football Club stadium fire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, 11 May 1985
50	Summerland disaster, Douglas, Isle of Man, 2 August 1973
49	2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire, (Hermosillo, Mexico, 5 June 2009)
48	Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, 14 February 1981)
44	Chau Street tenement house fire, (New Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1 August 1962)
44	Myojo 56 building fire, (Tokyo, Japan, 1 September 2001)
43	Flying nightclub fire, (Zaragoza, Spain, 14 January 1990)
42	Dromcolliher Cinema Fire, (County Limerick, Ireland, 5 September 1926)
41	Ballantynes Fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 November 1947
40	The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, 20 November 1996)
38	Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire. near Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 December 1942
37	Blue Bird Café fire, Montreal, Canada, 1 September 1970
37	Karen refugee camp fire (Mae Hong Son, Thailand, 22 March 2013)
35	Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 September 1973
34	Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on 30 October 1971[148][149]
33	2016 Oakland warehouse fire, Oakland, California, U.S., 2 December 2016[150]
33	Hotel Polen fire, possibly after a burglary below the hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9 May 1977
33	Hotel New Japan Fire, (Tokyo, Japan, 8 February 1982)
31	King's Cross Fire underground Tube Train station fire, London UK. 18 November 1987
30	William Booth Memorial Home fire – Australia's deadliest building fire. Salvation Army home for destitute men (3 August 1966).[151]
29	Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (20 December 1970)[152]
29	Utopia nightclub fire, (Lima, Peru, 20 July 2002)[153]
24	Gulliver's nightclub fire (Port Chester, New York, United States, 30 June 1974)
24	2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
22	Lobohombo, Mexico City, Mexico, 20 October 2000[154]
21	Hostel for homeless fire, Kamień Pomorski, Poland, 13 April 2009
21	Andorinha Building fire (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17 February 1986)
21	St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, 28 October 1915
20	Hotel fire, Borås, Sweden, 10 June 1978[155]
19	Calderón Guardia Hospital fire, San José, Costa Rica, 12 July 2005
19	Dorothy Mae Apartment arson fire, Los Angeles, California, 4 September 1982[156]
19	Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968[157]
17	A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on 20 April 1937
17	Top One Karaoke fire (fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 25 January 1997)[158]

Rail accidents and disasters

Deaths	Incident
1700+	Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck (Sri Lanka, 2004)
800–1000	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 1917)
600–1000	Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 1917)
500–800	Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)[159]
600+	Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 1915)[160]
575	Ufa train disaster (Soviet Union, 1989)
521–600+	Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
200–500+	Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 1944)
428	Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
383	Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
358	Firozabad rail disaster (Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1995)
320	Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
307	Sukkur rail disaster (Sangi, Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
300~	Montemorelos, (Mexico, 1915)[161]
300	Tolunda (Angola, 1994)[162]
289	Baku Metro fire (Azerbaijan, 1995)
287	Genthin(186) and Markdorf(101) train disasters (Genthin, Germany, 22 December 1939)
285	Gaisal train disaster (Gaisal, Assam, India, 1999)
281	Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
300	Gambar train crash, (Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan, 1957)[163]
248	El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)[164]
230	Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 1933)
226	Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
212	Khanna rail disaster (Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 1998)
208	Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
200	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster (Poland, 1949). Not confirmed by any official source, cf. Katastrofy kolejowe w Polsce (Polish)
192	Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
189	Nishinari train fire, (Osaka, Japan, 29 January 1940)[165]
185	Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, 20 March 1946)
184	Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
162	Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
161	Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 1963)
156	Bintaro train crash (Indonesia, 1987)
155	Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
154	Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
154	Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
153	Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, then Yugoslavia 1974)
151	Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
150	1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
150	Pukhrayan train derailment, (Pukhrayan, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2016)
148	Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, 2010)
142–236	Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)[166]
100–140	Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
135	Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
132	Ghotki rail crash (Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
131	Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 1982)
130	Rafiganj train disaster (Rafiganj, Bihar, India, 2002)
130	Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, 9 July 1981)
130	Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
128	Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997)
128	Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
126	Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
120	Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
120	Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
119	Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
118	Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
118	Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, (Portugal, 1985)
114	Veligonda train disaster (Veligonda, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India, 2005)
114	Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
112	Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
112	San Rafael River train disaster (Mexico, 1989)
112	Nebukawa, derailment caused by the Great Kantō earthquake, (Japan, 1923)[167]
110	Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
108	Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
107	Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
107	Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
107	Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
107	Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
106	Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
106	Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 1987)
106	Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
105	Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
103	Šakvice train disaster, (Czechoslovakia, 1953)
93–102	Malbone Street Wreck, (Brooklyn, NY, 1918)
102	Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, 16 July 1945)
102	Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
101	Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, 22 December 1939)
101	Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
101	The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 1918)
100	Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, (East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953)
100	Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)
99	St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 29 June 1864)
97	Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 1904)
96	Great Wellington train disaster, (Sky Valley Washington, United States, 1 March 1910)
93	Harmelen train disaster, (Netherlands, 1962)
92	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, (Ashtabula, Ohio, 1876)
91	Lewisham rail crash, (Lewisham, England, 1957)

See also

• List of battles and other violent events by death toll
• List of Canadian disasters by death toll
• List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
• List of disasters in Australia by death toll
• List of disasters of the United Kingdom and preceding states
• List of natural disasters by death toll
• List of New Zealand disasters by death toll
• List of Poland disasters by death toll
• List of United States disasters by death toll
• List of volcanic eruptions by death toll
• List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll

Notes

1. Some sources say 90

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