| Top 10 Costliest Large-Loss Fires In U.S. History |
($ millions)
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Estimated loss (1) |
| Rank |
Date |
Location/event |
Dollars when occurred |
In 2018 dollars (2) |
| 1 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
World Trade Center (terrorist attacks) |
$33,400 |
$47,400 (3) |
| 2 |
Oct. 8, 2017 |
Northern CA Wildland Urban Interface fire |
10,000 |
10,200 |
| 3 |
Apr. 18, 1906 |
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire |
350 |
9,700 |
| 4 |
Nov. 8, 2018 |
Camp Wildland Urban Interface fire |
8,500 |
8,500 |
| 5 |
Oct. 8-9, 1871 |
Great Chicago Fire |
168 |
3,500 |
| 6 |
Nov. 8, 2018 |
Woolsey Wildland Urban Interface fire |
2,900 |
2,900 |
| 7 |
Oct. 20, 1991 |
Oakland, CA, firestorm |
1,500 |
2,800 |
| 8 |
Oct. 20, 2007 |
San Diego County, CA, The Southern California Firestorm |
1,800 |
2,200 |
| 9 |
Dec. 14, 2017 |
Southern CA Wildland Urban Interface fire |
1,800 |
1,800 |
| 10 |
Sep. 12, 2015 |
Valley Fire, CA, Wildland Urban Interface fire |
1,500 |
1,600 |
(1) Loss estimates are from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) records. The list is limited to fires for which some reliable dollar loss estimates exists.
(2) Adjustment to 2018 dollars made by the NFPA using the Consumer Price Index, including the U.S. Census Bureau's estimates of the index for historical times.
(3) Differs from inflation-adjusted estimates made by other organizations due to the use of different deflators.
Source: Reproduced with permission, ©2019 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org. |
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