1. On December 7, 1946, fire broke out in the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, GA.

The early morning

fire spread quickly through the building, trapping many people in the upper floors. With only
one exit stairway (that, unfortunately, provided a conduit for the fire as many of its doors
had been propped open), no fire alarm system, and no fire sprinkler system, the 119
fatalities from this fire made it the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history,

2. Barton Hotel : on February 12, 1955, killing 29 people and gutting the hotel.

3. On Sunday, December 29, 1963, a fire broke out in the 13-floor Hotel

Roosevelt in Jacksonville, Florida, killing 22 people.

4. On November 18, 1963, a fire broke out in the Surfside Hotel convalescent home in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, killing 25 people, mostly elderly Jews.

5. In January 1966, a fire broke out in the Hotel Carleton in St. Paul, Minnesota, killing 11
people.

6. On January 28, 1966, a fire broke out in the 11-story Paramount Hotel in Boston,
Massachusetts, killing 11 people and injuring 57.

7. In September 1966, a fire broke out in the two-story 33-room frame Lane Hotel in the main
business district of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 14 people.

8. On January 28, 1966, a fire broke out in the 11-story Paramount Hotel in Boston,
Massachusetts, killing 11 people[1] and injuring 57. 

9. In September 1966, a fire broke out in the two-story 33-room frame Lane Hotel in the main
business district of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 14 people.

10. On May 8, 1969, The New Ocean House in Swampscott, Massachusetts was destroyed by a

fire. There were no guests at the time of the fire and only a clerk and three kitchen workers
were in the building when the fire started. 

11. On March 20, 1970, a fire caused by arson broke out in the lobby of the Ozark Hotel
in Seattle, Washington, at about 2:30 am (a clock on the second floor had melted, showing
the time as 2:45). It spread through two stairways and all the halls, killing 20 people 

12. On September 13, 1970, a fire broke out in the Ponet Square Hotel at Pico
Boulevard and Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, killing 19 people.
13. On December 20, 1970, a fire broke out in the 11-story Pioneer International on the corner
of North Stone Avenue and Pennington Street in Tucson, Arizona, killing 28 people, including
several children and teenagers, and injuring 27

14. On January 16, 1972, a fire broke out in the Pennsylvania House Hotel in Tyrone,
Pennsylvania, killing 12 people

15. At about 2:30 am on August 25, 1974, a fire broke out in the Washington House Hotel at the
corner of Fairfax and Washington Streets in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, killing 12 people

16. On July 7, 1975, a fire broke out in the Pomona Hotel in Portland, Oregon, killing 11 people
(initially reported as eight).[1] 26 were injured, 8 of them critically

17. On January 10, 1976, a fire broke out in the Hotel Pathfinder in Fremont, Nebraska, killing 20
people.[1] The fire was fueled by a natural gas leak at the hotel,

18. In January 1977, a fire broke out in the Stratford Hotel in Breckenridge, Minnesota, killing 17
people.

19. In December 1977, a fire broke out in the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City, Michigan, killing 10
people.

20. On January 28, 1978, a fire broke out in the six-story Coates House Hotel at 1005 Broadway
in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, killing 20 people and injuring at least six

21. On November 21, 1980, an early morning fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV,
killed 85 occupants and injured over 650.

22. on February 10, 1981, 8 people died and nearly 200 were injured in an evening fire at the
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

23. on December 31, 1986, an afternoon fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel and Casino in San Juan,
Puerto Rico, resulted in 97 fatalities and more than 140 injuries.