List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States
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List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

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Rank	Event	Date	Fatalities	Coordinates	Reference

1	September 11 attacks	September 11, 2001	343	40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″W / 40.713000°N 74.013500°W

2	Great Fire of 1910	August 22, 1910	78	47°25′34″N 116°6′13″W / 47.42611°N 116.10361°W

4	Texas City disaster	April 16, 1947	27	29°22′39″N 94°53′29″W / 29.37750°N 94.89139°W

5	Chicago Union Stock Yards fire	December 22, 1910	21	41°49′8.31″N 87°39′40.08″W / 41.8189750°N 87.6611333°W

6	McKee refinery fire	July 29, 1956	19	35°57′21.28″N 101°53′11.49″W / 35.9559111°N 101.8865250°W

Yarnell Hill Fire	June 30, 2013	19	34°14′47.84″N 112°45′20.94″W / 34.2466222°N 112.7558167°W

8	Blackwater fire of 1937	August 21, 1937	15	44°24′43″N 109°44′30″W / 44.41194°N 109.74167°W

Rattlesnake Fire	July 9, 1953	15	39°39′19.05″N 122°38′9.67″W / 39.6552917°N 122.6360194°W

10	South Canyon Fire	July 6, 1994	14	39°34′26.48″N 107°25′36.82″W / 39.5740222°N 107.4268944°W

11	Strand Theatre fire	March 10, 1941	13	42°4′58.40″N 71°1′9.58″W / 42.0828889°N 71.0193278°W

Mann Gulch fire	August 4, 1949	13	46°52′46.56″N 111°54′17.64″W / 46.8796000°N 111.9049000°W

Friedlander Leather Remnants Factory fire	December 21, 1910	13	39°58′5.50″N 75°8′29.35″W / 39.9681944°N 75.1414861°W

14	Kingman explosion	July 5, 1973	12	35°12′54.10″N 114°1′48.95″W / 35.2150278°N 114.0302639°W

23rd Street Fire	October 16, 1966	12	40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W / 40.7409417°N 73.9888917°W	Loop Fire 1 November 1966 Angeles National Forest, El Cariso Hot Shots 12

16	Inaja Fire	November 25, 1956	11	33°5′54″N 116°39′50″W / 33.09833°N 116.66389°W

17	West Fertilizer Company explosion	April 17, 2013	10	31°48′58″N 97°05′17″W / 31.816°N 97.088°W

18	Charleston Sofa Super Store fire	June 18, 2007	9	40°44′27.39″N 73°59′20.01″W / 40.7409417°N 73.9888917°W

Hotel Vendome fire	June 17, 1972	9	42°21′4.55″N 71°4′43.09″W / 42.3512639°N 71.0786361°W

Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, NY)	February 3, 1939	9	43°3′4.79″N 76°9′12.92″W / 43.0513306°N 76.1535889°W

21	Great Boston Fire of 1872	November 9, 1872	8	42°21′13.75″N 71°3′30.80″W / 42.3538194°N 71.0585556°W

1975 Philadelphia Gulf refinery fire	August 17, 1975	8	39°54′7″N 75°12′17″W / 39.90194°N 75.20472°W

Jackson Pyrotechnic Explosion (Chester, PA)	February 17, 1882	8	39°50′46″N 75°21′24″W / 39.84611°N 75.35667°W

24	Waldbaum's supermarket fire	August 2, 1978	6	40°35′33.93″N 73°57′0.48″W / 40.5927583°N 73.9501333°W

Kansas City ammonium nitrate explosion	November 29, 1988	6	39°50′47.98″N 94°34′22.49″W / 39.8466611°N 94.5729139°W

Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire	December 3, 1999	6	42°15′36.23″N 71°47′34.17″W / 42.2600639°N 71.7928250°W

Sentence(s)

9/11 was the deadliest firefighter disaster in the United States, with 343 killed.

final_sentence: 9/11 was the deadliest firefighter disaster in the United States, with 343 killed.