NSW Guidelines on Fire Safety in Heritage Buildings
State of New South Wales (Australia) has published the Guidelines on fire safety in heritage buildings. In the introduction to...
Month: April 2010
The Arson Threat to the Built Heritage and Historical Buildings
We publish the paper concerning the arson threat to the built heritage already published by the COST Action C17: Built...
Fire Test On A Standing Georgian Dwelling Bath (UK) 1967
Report on a Fire Test of a Ceiling in a Georgian Dwelling House on 2 March 1967, published in the...
Cost Action C17: List of International Fire Incidents in Historic Buildings
We publish a list of International Fire Incidents in Historic Buildings: Compiled by Ingval Maxwell and published in the Cost...
Windsor Castle Fire London (UK)
The 1992 Windsor Castle fire occurred on Friday, 20 November 1992 in Windsor Castle, to the west of London, England...
Fire of the Dome of St. Petersburg Cathedral (Russia)
On August 25, 2006 the domes of the landmark 19th-century Trinity Cathedral were all but destroyed in a blaze that...
White House Compound Fire (USA)
On December 19, 2007, offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House were damaged by smoke and...
Fire destroyed Historic Pier at Weston-super-Mare (UK)
On July 28, 2008, a huge fire has completely destroyed the partly wooden pier in the North Somerset seaside resort. The...
Millions of Pounds paid for Art lost in Fire (UK)
In the evening of 24 May, 2004, a fire broke out in the Momart storage warehouse in London. The warehouse was...
Berlin Philarmonic Fire (Germany)
On 20 may, 2008, a blaze broke out beneath the roof of the building over the main concert hall of...
The Quebec City Armouries Fire (Canada)
On April 5, 2008, the Quebec City Armouries, a Gothic Revival drill hall in Quebec City, Canada (built between 1885...
Chicago Cathedral Fire (USA)
On February 3, 2009, a fire burned for more than two hours at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, severely damaging...
Fire at Manezh Exhibition Center in Moscow (Russia)
On March 14, 2004, a fire broke out in at the Manezh exhibition hall in Moscow. The historic building (built...
1996 Treasury Building Fire – Washington DC (USA)
On June 26, 1996, during a construction project to install a new roof on the building, a fire started in...
16th century Building Fire in Bologna (Italy)
On August 8th, 2007, a fire due to renovation works has severely damaged the historical Bologna's building Palazzo Albergati. In...
Risk of closure for Museum due to Lack of Fire Protection
Maryport Maritime Museum is likely to close following the discovery of a fire risk. Allerdale council’s building control team says the...
24 die in Historic Building Fire in Calcutta (India)
On March 22nd, 2010, a fire occurred in the Stephen Court, located in the heart of the Calcutta, which houses...
Fire in Historical Exhibition Building in Prague (Czech Republic)
The Industrial Palace (Průmyslový palác) – central building of the Prague Exhibition Grounds in Prague was partly destroyed by a...
700 years old Church Fire in Bistrita (Romania)
The 700-year-old Evangelist church in the city of Bistrita in Romania's Transylvania region burned June 11, 2008 during renovation works....
