| Top 10 Costliest Large-Loss Fires, 2015 |
($ millions)
|
| Rank |
Month |
State |
Type of facility |
Estimated loss |
| 1 |
September |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
$1,500.0 |
| 2 |
September |
California |
Wildland urban interface fire |
450.0 |
| 3 |
April |
Kentucky |
Appliance parts warehouse |
110.0 |
| 4 |
April |
Nebraska |
Military fighter jet |
62.0 |
| 5 |
March |
Pennsylvania |
Glass manufacturing plant |
55.0 |
| 6 |
June |
Pennsylvania |
Fertilizer manufacturing plant |
40.0 |
| 7 |
July |
California |
Church |
31.0 |
| 8 |
September |
California |
Silk screening product plant |
31.0 |
| 9 |
March |
Idaho |
Grain processing plant |
24.0 |
| 10 |
August |
Washington |
Wildland urban interface fire |
22.0 |
Source: Reproduced with permission from Large-Loss Fires in the United States, 2015 by Stephen G. Badger, 漏National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics. |
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