| Top 10 Costliest Large-Loss Fires, 2017 |
($ millions)
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| Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Estimated loss |
| 1 |
October |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
$10,020.0 |
| 2 |
December |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
1,775.2 |
| 3 |
July |
Massachusetts |
Apartments under construction |
110.0 |
| 4 |
July |
Hawaii |
569-unit apartment building |
107.4 |
| 5 |
April |
Maryland |
Apartments under construction |
100.0 |
| 6 |
March |
North Carolina |
Apartments under construction |
62.5 |
| 7 |
January |
Florida |
Paper mill |
50.0 |
| 8 |
May |
California |
Apartments under construction |
50.0 |
| 9 |
June |
Massachusetts |
Apartments under construction |
45.0 |
| 10 |
March |
Pennsylvania |
Saw mill |
35.6 |
Source: Reproduced with permission from Large-Loss Fires in the United States, 2017 by Stephen G. Badger, © 2017, National Fire Protection Association https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/US-Fire-Problem. |
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