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...
building site and renovation works fires
Hundreds of Visitors forced to Evacuate from Versailles Palace
On June 11, 2024, several hundred people were evacuated after a fire broke out on part of the roof under...
Why Need to Assess Fire Risk in Historic Buildings?
According to Mr Ingval Maxwell, a leading expert on the safety of historic buildings, "about one historic building is damaged...
Copenhagen Stock Exchange. One More Renovation Site Fire?
On 16 April 2024, a fire broke out in a historic building of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, causing the collapse...
Cultural Heritage Resilience: An Overview of Fire Safeguarding Measures
In the annals of history, fires have left an indelible mark, narrating tales of unintentional and deliberate blazes that have...
An Investigation into the Enigma of the 1823 Fire at St Paul Basilica in Rome
In commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the fire that on 16th July 1823 destroyed a wide part of...
120 Firefighters to Extinguish a Museum Fire in Paris
In the early hours of August 20, 2015, a devastating fire engulfed the Cité de la Science et de l'Industrie...
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...
