Arson Threatens Historic Buildings across the UK: the Link to Dereliction
In recent times, there has been substantial media attention on the fate of derelict or abandoned historic buildings. A particularly...
church fires
St. Patrick’s Cathedral set on Fire in Myanmar Conflict
On March 16, 2025, St. Patrick's Cathedral in Banmaw, in the Kachin State of Myanmar, was severely damaged by a...
Iquique St. Antonio Church Destroyed by Return Fire
On October 11, 2024, the Chilean church of San Antonio de Padua in Iquique, formerly known as the Church of...
Rouen Cathedral Spire Fire requires 70 firefighters
On July 11th, 2024, a fire has broken out on the spire of Rouen Cathedral in France. Renovations had been...
Suspected Arson at St. Ann’s Anglican Church in Toronto
A fire broke out at St. Ann's Anglican Church in Toronto in the morning of Sunday June 9, 2024, severely...
The Third and Final Fire Thorns St Louis Church Down
Another landmark in the panorama of a city eliminated forever by fire and inattention to historical memory. St. Augustine's Roman...
What Really Happened in 1823? Uncovering the Gaps in the Saint Paul Basilica Fire Narrative
On the two-hundredth anniversary of the devastating fire that consumed much of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls...
19th Century Manhattan Church Destroyed by fire in New York (USA)
The New York Serbian Orthodox Cathedral od St. Sava on West 25th Street on May 1st has been destroyed by...
The Arson Threat to Historical Buildings and Built Heritage
Arson has been in history and continues to pose a serious risk to historic and cultural buildings. In fact, the...
Fire Incidents in Historic Buildings (2000–2006): The COST C17 Report
Compiled by Professor Ingval Maxwell and published in the Cost C17 proceedings, this compilation presents a comprehensive catalogue of the...
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...
700 years old Church Fire in Bistrita (Romania)
Image released into the public domain by its author, Muzsi Endre-Előd. The 700-year-old Evangelist church in the city of Bistrita...
