Top Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires and Explosions, 2019 (1)

 

Rank (2) Month State Type of facility Deaths
1 September California Dive boat 34
2 October Connecticut Airplane crash and fire 7
3 May New York Apartment building 6
3 June Wisconsin Single-family home 6
3 December Nevada Apartment building 6
4 February California Aircraft in single-family home 5
4 February New York Single-family home 5
4 April Illinois Single-family home 5
4 August Pennsylvania Day care 5
4 November Minnesota Apartment building 5
4 December Alabama Single-family home 5
(1) Fires or explosions that kill five or more people in residential property, or three or more people in nonhome or nonstructural property. (2) Fires with the same number of deaths receive the same rank. Source: National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org.