| Top 10 Costliest Large-Loss Fires, 2018 |
($ millions)
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| Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Estimated loss |
| 1 |
November |
California |
Wildland Urban Interface fire, Camp Fire |
$8,473.4 |
| 2 |
November |
California |
Wildland Urban Interface fire, Woolsey Fire |
2,932.1 |
| 3 |
July |
California |
Wildland Urban Interface fire, Carr Fire |
892.6 |
| 4 |
May |
Kansas |
University library |
70.0 |
| 5 |
April |
California |
Apartment complex under construction |
60.5 |
| 6 |
September |
D.C. |
Occupied apartment building |
47.0 |
| 7 |
July |
California |
Wildland Urban Interface fire, Ranch Fire |
30.3 |
| 8 |
July |
Wisconsin |
Printing facility |
21.0 |
| 9 |
February |
California |
Single-family home |
20.5 |
| 10 |
May |
Missouri |
Hog farm |
20.0 |
| 10 |
August |
California |
Wood product manufacturing Plant |
20.0 |
Note: Loss data shown here may differ from figures shown elsewhere for the same event due to differences in the date of publication, the geographical area covered and other criteria used by organizations collecting the data.
Source: Reproduced with permission from Large-Loss Fires in the United States, 2018 by Stephen G. Badger and Matthew Foley, ©2019 National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org. |
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