Top 10 Costliest Large-Loss Fires, 2015 |
($ millions)
|
Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Estimated loss |
1 |
September |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
$1,500.0 |
2 |
September |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
450.0 |
3 |
April |
Kentucky |
Appliance parts warehouse |
110.0 |
4 |
April |
Nebraska |
Military fighter jet |
62.0 |
5 |
March |
Pennsylvania |
Glass manufacturing plant |
55.0 |
6 |
June |
Pennsylvania |
Fertilizer manufacturing plant |
40.0 |
7 |
July |
California |
Church |
31.0 |
8 |
September |
California |
Silk screening product plant |
31.0 |
9 |
March |
Idaho |
Grain processing plant |
24.0 |
10 |
August |
Washington |
Wildland urban interface fire |
22.0 |
Source: Reproduced with permission from Large-Loss Fires in the United States, 2015 by Stephen G. Badger, ©National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics. |
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