| Top Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires and Explosions, 2020 (1) |
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| Rank (2) |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Deaths |
| 1 |
August |
California |
Wildfire |
16 |
| 2 |
January |
Alabama |
Houseboat and boats |
8 |
| 3 |
February |
Mississippi |
Single-family home |
7 |
| 4 |
March |
Indiana |
Single-family home |
6 |
| 4 |
August |
California |
Wildfire |
6 |
| 4 |
December |
West Virginia |
Single-family home |
6 |
| 5 |
June |
Georgia |
Aircraft in flight |
5 |
| 5 |
August |
Colorado |
Single-family home |
5 |
| 5 |
August |
California |
Wildfire |
5 |
| 5 |
October |
New Jersey |
Furniture store |
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. |
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