Commercial & Industry

Case Studies That Shaped Fire Safety

Explore more than 100 historical fire incident case studies, examining how fires developed, the lessons learnt and their impact on fire safety and engineering.

From new legislation and regulation arising from serious fires of recent times to the historical lessons learnt from incidents in the past, here you can learn more about how these fires developed and, crucially, how those lessons learnt can help prevent recurrences.

2013

Port of Tyne fire

What happened at the Port of Tyne in 2013? On 11 October 2013 a fire broke out at the Port of Tyne....

2013

Slaughterhouse factory fire

What happened to the Slaughterhouse/meat processing plant in Mishazi in 2013? On 3 June 2013 a fire...

2013

Vuhlehirska Power Station fire

What happened to the Vuhlehirska Power Station? On 29 March 2013 a fire broke out at the Vuhlehirsk...

2011

Magnablend Chemical Plant fire

What happened at the Magnablend Chemical Plant facility in 2011? On 3 October 2011 at around 10:30a...

2007

Warwickshire warehouse fire

What happened at the warehouses in Warwickshire in 2007? On 2 November 2007 a fire broke out in war...

2006

Marlie Farm Festival Fireworks incident

What happened at Marlie Farm in 2006? On 3 December 2006 a fire broke out at the Festival Fireworks...

2005

Buncefield oil storage facility fire

What happened at the Buncefield oil storage facility in 2005? On 11 December 2005 a number of explo...

2002

Morledge Street factory fire

What happened at Morledge Street, Leicester in 2002? On 31 October 2002 a fire broke out at a disus...

1992

Hickson & Welch factory explosion

What happened at the Hickson & Welch factory in 1992? On 21 September 1992 an explosion occurre...

1992

Allied Colloids Limited warehouse fire

What happened at the Allied Colloids warehouse? On 21 July 1992 a fire broke out at the Allied Coll...

1991

Gillender Street fire

What happened at Gillender Street, London in 1991? On 10 July 1991 a fire broke out at the Hays Bus...

Broadgate Development construction fire

What happened at the Broadgate Development, London? In 1990 a fire developed at the partially compl...

1987

Sherwin-Williams Paint warehouse fire

What happened to the Sherwin-Williams paint warehouse in 1987? On 27 May 1987 a fire broke out at t...

1981

Grain silo elevator explosion

What happened at the Corpus Christie grain silo, Texas, USA? On 7 April 1981, an industrial dust ex...

1976

Seveso disaster

What was the Seveso disaster? On 10 July 1976 an industrial accident occurred at a small chemical m...