Deadliest fires in apartment buildings

1978-2017
 Date
 State
 Number of deaths
     
 September 4, 1982  California  24 deaths
     
 January 20, 1979  New Jersey  21 deaths
     
 December 24, 1989  Tennessee  16 deaths
     
 July 5, 1982  Connecticut  14 deaths
     
 December 28, 2017  New York  13 deaths*
     
 May 3, 1993  California  12 deaths
     
 December 7, 1978  New Jersey  12 deaths
     
 December 18, 1980  Utah  12 deaths
     
 October 24, 1981  New Jersey  11 deaths
     
 October 28, 1980  Illinois  10 deaths
     
 February 16, 1991  Connecticut  10 deaths
     
 December 9, 1991  Illinois  10 deaths
     
 September 12, 2004  Ohio  10 deaths

 

*Total as of January 19, 2018