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  • Apollo 1 - Information about the January 27, 1967 capsule fire that killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. (Hits: 2351 Rating: 6.88 Votes: 8) Rate It
  • Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters 1980-1999 - A National Climatic Data Center report containing data, images and movies about the blizzards, drought, firestorms, flooding, freezes, ice storms, hail, hurricanes and tornados of this turbulent decade. (Hits: 1801 Rating: 5.50 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Dresden Bombing Firestorm of 1945 - Account of the Allied bombing of Dresden, which produced a firestorm and killed somewhere between 35,000 and 135,000 civilians. (Hits: 2440 Rating: 5.75 Votes: 8) Rate It
  • Fires of Kuwait - In 1991, retreating Iraqi troops detonated 696 oil wells, of which 607 were left burning. A worldwide effort put out the fires at the cost of $1.5 billion, taking nine months. (Hits: 1912 Rating: 5.37 Votes: 8) Rate It
  • Great Chicago Fire (1871) - Offers descriptions and photos of the fire disaster that killed 300 and left 90,000 homeless. (Hits: 3152 Rating: 6.11 Votes: 9) Rate It
  • Great Fire of London (1666) - A description with an image of the Great Fire of London, which burned for five days and destroyed medieval London. (Hits: 2435 Rating: 6.25 Votes: 8) Rate It
  • Notable Volcanic Disasters - A table offering details of all major volcanic disasters since 1500 AD, since when more than 300,000 have died from volcanic activity. (Hits: 1074 Rating: 2.33 Votes: 3) Rate It
  • Rain Forest Fires of Indonesia - The rain forest of Sumatra is continuing to burn as of March 2000. The Jakarta government has forbidden slash-and-burn cultivation techniques in order to stop the ecological damage that has been spreading since 1997. (Hits: 1287 Rating: 9.67 Votes: 3) Rate It
  • San Francisco Fire (1906) - Narrative and photos about the fire that followed the earthquake, claiming around 450 lives. (Hits: 1485 Rating: 2.00 Votes: 1) Rate It
  • Tokyo’s Burning - Offers an account of Tokyo’s bombing and resultant fire. About 100,000 people died during the U.S. bombing raid and fire of March 10, 1945. (Hits: 1343 Rating: 9.60 Votes: 5) Rate It

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