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Loss in Year Fire Occurred
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Adjusted Loss
in 2013 Dollars
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1. The World Trade Center
New York City, New York
September 11, 2001
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$33.4 billion
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$44.0 billion
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2. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
San Francisco, California
April 18, 1906
(See Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco for more information on this disaster.)
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$350 million
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$9.0 billion
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3. Great Chicago Fire *
Chicago, Illinois
October 8-9, 1871
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$168 million
|
$3.3 billion
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4. Oakland Fire Storm
(wildland/urban interface)
Oakland, California
October 20, 1991
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$1.5 billion
|
$2.6 billion
|
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5. The Southern California Firestorm
San Diego County, California
October 20, 2007
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$1.8 billion
|
$2.0 billion
|
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6. Great Boston Fire
Boston, Massachusetts
November 9, 1872
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$75 million
|
$1.5 billion
|
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7. Polyolefin Plant
Pasadena, Texas
October 23, 1989
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$750 million
|
$1.4 billion
|
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8. "Cerro Grande" Wildland Fire
(wildland/urban interface)
Los Alamos, New Mexico
May 4, 2000
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$1.0 billion
|
$1.4 billion
|
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9. "Cedar" Wildland Fire
Julian, California
October 25, 2003
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$1.1 billion
|
$1.3 billion
|
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10. Baltimore Conflagration
Baltimore, Maryland
February 7, 1904
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$50 million
|
$1.3 billion
|
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11. "Old" Wildland Fire
San Bernardino, California
October 25, 2003
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$975 million
|
$1.2 billion
|
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12. Los Angeles Civil Disturbance
Los Angeles, California
April 29 - May 1, 1992
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$567 million
|
$943 million
|
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13. Power Plant
(auto manufacturing complex)
Dearborn, Michigan
February 1, 1999
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$650 million
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$909 million
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14. Southern California November Wildfire**
Sacramento, California
November 13, 2008
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$800 million
|
$867 million
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15. "Laguna Beach Fire"
(wildland/urban interface)
Orange County, California
October 27, 1993
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$528 million
|
$852 million
|
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16. Textile Mill
Methuen, Massachusetts
December 11, 1995
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$500 million
|
$765 million
|
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17. U.S.S. Lafayette
(formerly S.S. Normandie ocean liner)
New York, New York
February 9, 1942
|
$53 million
|
$758 million
|
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18. S.S. Grandcamp and Chemical Co. Plant
Texas City, Texas
April 16, 1947
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$67 million
|
$700 million
|
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19. Petroleum Refinery
Norco, Louisiana
May 5, 1988
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$330 million
|
$650 million
|
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20. Cargo plane in-flight fire
Near Newburgh, New York
September 5, 1996
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$395 million
|
$587 million
|
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21. Great Fire of New York
New York, New York
December 16, 1835
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$26 million
|
$585 million
|
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22. Wildland Fire**
Florida
May – June, 1998
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$395 million
|
$564 million
|
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23. One Meridian Plaza
(high-rise office building)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23, 1991
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$325 million
|
$556 million
|
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24. Forest Fire
Cloquet, Minnesota
October 12, 1918
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$35 million
|
$540 million
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25. Apollo Spacecraft Cabin
Cape Kennedy, Florida
January 27, 1967
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$75 million
|
$523 million
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