Glasgow Central Blaze: B‑Listed Heritage Dome Collapse and Suspected Lithium‑Ion Cell Involvement 
Strikes Damage UNESCO Golestan Palace: Shockwave Impacts on Tehran’s Historic Jewel 
King’s Hall Methodist Church Fire – London (UK) 
Fire at the Former Odeon Cinema in Canterbury (UK) 
Sannazaro Historic Theater Fire – Naples, Italy 
Glasgow Central Blaze: B‑Listed Heritage Dome Collapse and Suspected Lithium‑Ion Cell Involvement
On March 8, 2026, a major fire on Union Street, beside Glasgow Central Station, has severely damaged and partly collapsed...
Cultural and Historic Heritage Losses in the World: 2026 List
FireRiskHeritage.net acknowledges that this list may not be fully representative of all fires affecting historic and cultural buildings worldwide. Media...
Fire Protection for Heritage Buildings in Hot-Humid Contexts: The Guangzhou Paradigm
TL;DR: Fire Protection Strategies for Guangzhou’s Historic Core Guangzhou’s dense historic districts—over 3,000 assets like qilou arcades and Xiguan mansions—face...
Strikes Damage UNESCO Golestan Palace: Shockwave Impacts on Tehran’s Historic Jewel
The Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013, suffered significant damage from shockwaves and debris caused...
Hidden Fires: The Unseen Cultural Heritage Losses in Latin America, Asia & Africa
Latin America, Asia, and Africa together hold over 60% of UNESCO World Heritage sites, yet fire damage reports from these...
King’s Hall Methodist Church Fire – London (UK)
On February 22, 2026, the King’s Hall Methodist Church, a Grade II-listed historic building constructed in 1916 by the renowned...
Historic Saint-Paul Church Fire, Montreal (Canada): Total Loss
Early Monday 23 February 2026, ~1:40am, a fire engulfed the former Saint-Paul Church (Sud-Ouest borough, Montreal). The historic church, converted...
Germany’s KulturGutRetter: Pioneering the First UCPM Cultural Heritage Response Unit (CHRU)
Summary Germany’s KulturGutRetter pioneers the first UCPM Cultural Heritage Response Unit (CHRU)—a self-sufficient team for rapid protection of cultural assets...
Fire at the Former Odeon Cinema in Canterbury (UK)
On the afternoon of 14 February 2026, a major fire broke out at the former Odeon cinema on St George’s...
Sannazaro Historic Theater Fire – Naples, Italy
On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, a fire broke out at approximately 6:00-6:30 AM at the historic Teatro Sannazaro located in...
EU Funding for Cultural Heritage Safety Research: A Strategic Overview (2021–2026)
How European investment in fire risk, multi-hazard resilience, and emergency coordination is shaping heritage protection—and why it's still not enough....
Niscemi (Italy), when the Earth takes back Memory
In the town of Niscemi, in southern Sicily, a slow-moving landslide has been advancing for months, carving cracks through streets...
STORM: an Horizon 2020 Research Project on Heritage and Environmental Changes
STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) represents one of the European Union's most ambitious efforts to...
Comprehensive FireRiskHeritage Guide for Historic Timber Structures Safety
Historic timber structures represent one of the most vulnerable yet essential components of architectural heritage. From medieval cathedral roofs spanning...
Natural Heritage on Fire: Lessons for Built Heritage Professionals
Historic buildings nestled in forests, parks, or scrubland increasingly face wildfire threats amplified by climate shifts, as evidenced by 2025–2026...
Fire Effects on Heritage Stone: Temperature Thresholds and Assessment
Introduction Stone has long been considered one of the most fire-resistant building materials in architectural history, providing inherent protection to...
The Reconstruction of the Glasgow School of Art following the Second Fire
In the evening of June 15, 2018, a catastrophic fire engulfed the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School...
Two Fires in Rome’s Historic Centre: Specific Risks in Churches
On Sunday 25 January 2026, two separate fires within minutes of each other affected churches in the very heart of...
Montreal: when a Forgotten Industrial Landmark burns
In the early hours between 20 and 21 January 2026, a major fire tore through the former Barsalou/Familex factory in Montreal, a...
Wildfires in Chile Damage Historic Heritage
Large-scale wildfires and other widespread emergencies are usually narrated in terms of hectares burned, people evacuated, houses destroyed and victims....
Review: A Study about Guangzhou Fire Protection Strategies and Technologies for Heritage Buildings
In an era when historic city centres across the globe are at risk—not only from large-scale redevelopment and neglect, but...
Fire in Historic District in Netherlands
A major fire broke out in the historic centre of Leeuwarden (West Frisian, Netherlands) between 12 and 13 January 2026....