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            Chart 		Summary.     Click for More > Gore says prize must spur action Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle 63 died from forest fires   The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
Blaze at orchestra venue Neapolitans torch rubbish piles 100 killed in pipeline fire Fujimori gets 6 years in prison Pipeline death toll at 40 Bush declares major fire disaster 500,000 flee wildfires
Tue.   Berlin
Mon.   Southern Italy
May. 15   Nigeria

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Nov.20   Saudi Arabia
Oct.24   Washington
Oct.23   Southern California
  Relentless fires roared for a third day, sending residents fleeing with family members, pets and whatever prize possessions they could fit in their vehicles.    The blazes have left 2 people dead and destroyed 1,200 homes and businesses. Fierce wi...
Aug.26   Greece
Aug.25   Greece

Californians flee as fires rage Gore says prize must spur action MPs row over fire response Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle  The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, Forest fires reward offered 63 died from forest fires

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Blaze at orchestra venue  Fire-fighters are battling to extinguish a blaze at the home of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra Neapolitans torch rubbish piles Map of Naples Italy  Firefighters battled overnight to extinguish dozens of blazes as angry residents set rubbish piles alight 100 killed in pipeline fire   Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others Mattress factory fire kills 55 Smoke chokes Buenos Aires 19 schoolgirls die in blaze Massive fireworks blast in Dubai kills 2 At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Flames at US government building Fujimori gets 6 years in prison Pipeline death toll at 40   A gas pipeline fire in eastern Saudi Arabia killed 40 workers, 34 of them foreign (18 Pakistanis), and injured nine others Bush flies over fires Bush declares major fire disaster   Conditions that created what Schwarzenegger dubbed 'the perfect storm for fire' eased, helping firefighters gain ground 500,000 flee wildfires
Tue.   Berlin
Mon.   Southern Italy
May. 15   Nigeria
Apr. 26   Morocco
Apr.18   Argentina
Apr.15   Uganda
Mar.26   United Arab Emirates
Feb.10  South Korea  Seoul's historic gate destroyed by fire
Feb.9  London  Blaze ravages market area
Jan.25  Nevada  Guests flee Las Vegas hotel fire
Jan.14  India  Fire burns 2,500 shops in 3 days
Jan.12  Nigeria  At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast

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Dec.26   Nigeria
Dec.19   Washington
Dec.12  China  Apartment blaze kills at least 21
Nov.24  Southern California  Residents flee fires
Nov.20   Saudi Arabia
 South Africa  Huge fire at refinery
Nov.18  Saudi Arabia  'Deaths' from pipeline fire
Nov.5  Russia  29 die in nursing home blaze
Oct.27  Southern California  Pollution warning over fires
Oct.26  San Diego  Wind lull calms fires
Oct.25   Southern California
 Southern California  Fire winds ease
Oct.24   Washington
Oct.23   Southern California
  Relentless fires roared for a third day, sending residents fleeing with family members, pets and whatever prize possessions they could fit in their vehicles
 The blazes have left 2 people dead and destroyed 1,200 homes and businesses. Fierce winds are fanning 16 fires that have razed land from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border
Oct.22   Southern California
Oct.21  Southern California  Malibu celebrities feel the heat
Sep.27  Greece  Forests recovery 'to take decades'
Aug.29  Greece  Fire victims queue for cash
Aug.28  Greece  Foreign firefighters aid Greece
Aug.27   Greece
 United Arab Emirates  Fire ravages port again
Aug.26   Greece
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Aug.25   Greece
  The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
 Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese
Aug.24   Greece Fires kill 27 in southern Greece Aug.23   Brazil At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers Aug.5   Croatia Dubrovnik menaced by major fire Jul.26   Greece Raging fires add to heat wave woes Jun.19   USA 9 Firefighters Killed May.20   London Fire rips through Cutty Sark   A fire on board the famous 19th Century ship. Greenwich town center in south-east has been closed to traffic Mar.19   Russia 63 elderly die in home fire  The fire swept through an old people's home in the village of Kamychevatskaya, in the Kuban region Feb.23  Latvia  Fire in care home kills 26 Jan.18  United Arab Emirates  Dubai tower fire injures workers

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Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing Dec.16  Pakistan  Wedding fire kills 22 Dec.8   Moscow Hospital fire killed 45 women  A fire at Hospital 17, a drug rehabilitation hospital, has killed mostly young addicts Nov.20  Guatemala  Fire kills 15 in market May.24   Istanbul Blaze engulfs airport Mar.22   Japan 2 hurt in nuclear plant fire Feb.23   Bangladesh 85 killed in blaze Feb.4   Egypt Officials: Fire made ferry sink Jan.29   Canada Fire traps 70 inside mine

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Dec.11  Pakistan  Wedding inferno kills 40 Oct.26   Netherlands Detainees killed in blaze Major quake kills thousands Sep.30  Southern California  Wildfire threatens 2,100 buildings Sep.23   Texas Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes  A bus caught fire and exploded on a crowded interstate, killing 24 people who were fleeing ahead of a hurricane Sep.5  Egypt  Candle sparks deadly fire Sep.3  Paris  Apartment fire near Paris kills 12  New Orleans  Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on Aug.29   Paris Immigrants die in new fire Aug.27  Paris  Fire survivors hold march Aug.25   Paris Apartment fire kills 16
  A massive fire has swept through a 7-story building shortly after midnight
Jul.27   Mumbai 100 missing after offshore fire  Rescue ships are navigating rough waters to locate people missing after a fire tore through an oil platform  Mumbai  Fire breaks out on oil rig Jul.12  Costa Rica  Hospital fire kills 17 Jun.4   France Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire Apr.15  Paris  Hotel fire toll tops 20 Apr.14   Paris Many killed in hotel fire  20 people have died and about 50 people have been injured in a fire in central Paris Mar.7   Dominican Republic Prison fire 'kills 140' Feb.14  Iran  Dozens killed in mosque fire 31 Marines killed in chopper crash Jan.25  Aceh  Banda Aceh battles raging fire

year 2004 Top ^

Dec.30   Argentina 175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire  The fire began about 11 p.m. during a rock concert in the Republica Cro Magnon disco, in the Once section 9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead Dec.23  Nigeria  '20 die' in fuel blaze Aug.8  Texas  Firefighter Red Adair dies at 89 Aug.2  Paraguay  Doors were locked Aug.1   Paraguay Supermarket fire death toll tops 300
  The fire broke out at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket while it was crowded with Sunday shoppers. Dozens were injured
Jul.17  Southern India  Parents mourn fire victims Jul.16   Southern India School blaze kills 90  Mostly children aged between 4 and 9 have been killed after a fire swept through a school Mar.14  Moscow  Historic building ablaze Feb.23  Southern India  Fatal fire at space centre Feb.15  China  90 killed in two fires Jan.22  Southern India  More than 40 people die in wedding blaze

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.16  Iraq  10 killed in Baghdad tanker blast Nov.23  Moscow  32 dead in dorm blaze Oct.29  Southern California  Firefighter dies in fires Oct.28   Southern California Fires consume 500,000 acres Oct.24  Southern California  Hundreds flee fire near L.A. Sep.15  Saudi Arabia  Prison fire kills 67 inmates Aug.16  Iraq  Fire halts flow of oil 10,000 dead in heat wave Aug.4  Portugal  Forest fires 'calamity' Jul.22  Paris  Fire forces Eiffel Tower closure Apr.9  North Caucasus  Deaf school blaze kills 28 Apr.7  Siberia  School fire kills 22 Feb.21  New England  Nightclub fire: Death toll at 95  New England  Death toll rises to 65 in club inferno  New York  Blast hits oil plant Feb.20   New England 96 killed in nightclub inferno
  Band's pyrotechnics display igniting soundproofing material. Fire engulfed the wooden structure in 3 minutes
Space shuttle and crew lost Jan.29  USA  Three dead after N.C. blast Jan.19  Australia  Canberra sifts through rubble  Australia  Canberra fights its worst bushfires Jan.18  Australia  3 die in brush fires  Australia  State of emergency in capital

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.4  Sydney  Wildfires ravage Sydney Dec.1   Venezuela Nightclub Blaze in Caracas Kills 47 Nov.1  Morocco  Jail fire kills 49 Jul.20  Peru  Nightclub fire kills 28 Jun.23  Arizona  Wildfires merge, form massive blaze Jun.2   London Fire at Buckingham Palace Feb.20  Egypt  Train inferno kills 350 Jan.28   Nigeria Lagos blasts leave 500 dead  killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump Jan.20  Congo  Goma petrol station blast kills 50 Half of the city has been burned

year 2001 Top ^

Dec.29   Peru Fireworks blaze kills 230  Blaze swept through a popular shopping district in the capital Lima Dec.24  Australia  Bush fires wreck holiday havoc Oct.24  Switzerland  Tunnel inferno after head-on crash Terror attacks hit U.S. Aug.31   Japan Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44  Most victims in a mahong parlor on the third floor died by carbon monoxide poisoning. Several jumped from windows Aug.17  Manila  Manila hotel inferno kills 75 May.21  Chile  28 die in prison riot fire U.S. spy plane lands in China Mar.25  Kenya  Fire kills 58 children

year 2000 Top ^

Dec.25   China Christmas Day blaze kills 309  Fire tore through a commercial multi-story building in the city of Luoyang and burned for more than 3 hours