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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.

Liverpool King's Dock car park fire
2017
Liverpool King's Dock car park fire
What happened at the King’s Dock car park? On 31 December 2017, a devastating fire broke out...
September 11 terrorist attacks
2001
September 11 terrorist attacks
What happened on 11 September, 2001? On 11 September 2001, terrorists attacked the United States by...
Boeing 787 Dreamliner fire
2013
Boeing 787 Dreamliner fire
What happened to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Heathrow Airport in 2013? On 12 July 2013 a Boeing 78...
M5 motorway crash fireball
2011
M5 motorway crash fireball
What happened on the M5 motorway in Somerset in 2011? On the evening of Friday 4 November 2011 a la...
The Brynglas Tunnels fire
2011
The Brynglas Tunnels fire
What happened to the Brynglas Tunnels in 2011? On 26 July 2011 at around 08:30 a lorry caught fire...
7/7 London bombings
2005
7/7 London bombings
What happened in London on 7/7 2005? The 7/7 London bombings were a planned terrorist attack on Lon...
Howard Street Tunnel fire
2001
Howard Street Tunnel fire
What happened to the Howard Street tunnel in Baltimore? On 18 July 2001 a fire broke out on a cargo...
Mont Blanc Tunnel fire
1999
Mont Blanc Tunnel fire
What happened to the Mont Blanc Tunnel? On 24 March 1999 a large multi-vehicle fire broke out insid...
TWA Flight 800 explosion and crash
1996
TWA Flight 800 explosion and crash
What happened to TWA Flight 800? On 17 July 1996 at 20:31, just 11 minutes after take off,  th...
Dusseldorf Airport fire
1996
Dusseldorf Airport fire
What happened at Dusseldorf Airport in 1996? On 11 April 1996 a fire broke out in an occupied passe...
King’s Cross underground station fire
1987
King’s Cross underground station fire
What happened at King’s Cross underground station in 1987? On 18 November 1987 at 19:30pm a f...
Taunton sleeping car fire
1978
Taunton sleeping car fire
What happened to the Taunton sleeper train in 1978? At around 2:40am on 6 July 1978 a fire broke ou...
Hindenburg disaster
1937
Hindenburg disaster
What was the Hindenburg disaster? The Hindenburg was the last passenger airship of the world's firs...