FIRE SAFETY IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS

No Buildings Name Date of Fire Incidents Cause of fire 1 Hôryû-ji temple, Nara , Japan 1949 2 York Minster, York , England July 1984 3 Hampton Court Palace , England March 1986 4 Uppark House , England August 1989 5 Monastery of Simomopetra , Greece August 1990 6 The historical theater “Petruzzelli”, Bari, Italy October 27th, 1991 An arson 7 Proveantgarden, Copenhagen , Denmark February 1992 8 Odd Fellow Palace , Copenhagen , Denmark April 1992 9 Christianborg Palace Church , Copenhagen , Denmark June 1992 10 Windsor Castle , England November 1992 11 ...

Yet to open for public Memorial Dato' Onn Jaafar in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia was destroyed 70% by fire on Friday,11 July 2008. Source: http://www.bharian.com.my

Date Museum name Cause of fire Fire prevention equipment Estimated loss 15/04/1958 Museum of Modern Art , N ew York , USA Origin was workmen repainting second floor galleries who were smoking on the job. Detectors but no sprinklers. USD 700,000 (Loss of one life, 33 injuries, several galleries, two major paintings, including a Monet, seven paintings severely damaged.) 09/08/1970 Henry Ford Museum , Michigan , USA Origin suspected to be an overheated hair curling iron in a dressing room . Detectors but no sprinklers on part of the building. USD 2 million (Loss of several historic displays of shops and equipment.) 30/09/1970 Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. USA Origin was electrical short in the exhibit. Detectors but no sprinklers. ...