List of historic fires

Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities. Following is a list of major historical fires:

• Great Fire of Rome[?] - 64
• Great Fire of London - 1666
• Great Chicago Fire - 1871
• Peshtigo, Wisconsin[?] - 1871 - the largest forest fire in United States history, overshadowed by the Chicago fire, which occurred on the same day
• San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906
• Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire - 1911
• Reichstag fire - 1933
• Cocoanut Grove fire - this fire in a Boston nightclub in 1942 killed 492 people and led to reform of the fire codes.
• King's Cross fire - 1987