View source for Steel-frame building fires

==Overview==
[[category:data]]This page is for information about fires in steel-frame high-rise buildings.

No such building has ever been known to collapse due solely to fire.
===Notes===
According to architect [[Richard Gage]], fireproofing is only intended to withstand fire for 2 hours, so any fire lasting longer than that has probably burned through to the structural steel and begun heating it.
==Related Pages==
* [[Steel-frame building collapses]]
==Incidents==
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* 2009-02-09 [http://www.infowars.com/fire-consumes-wtc-7-size-skyscraper-building-does-not-collapse/ Fire Consumes WTC 7-Size Skyscraper, Building Does Not Collapse]: 44-story building in Beijing
* 1993-02-26 '''New York, [[1993 WTC bombing|1 World Trade Center]]''': I seem to recall that there was some fire after the bomb went off, though this is not directly mentioned in any of the articles immediately available
* 1991-02-23 '''Philadelphia, 91 Meridian Plaza''', 38 floors: 8 floors burned for 18 hours
* 1988-05-04 '''Los Angeles, First Interstate Bank''' 62 floors: 5 stories burned for 3.5 hours
* 1975-02-14 '''New York, [[World Trade Center/NYC/v1/WTC1|1 World Trade Center]]''': fire breaks out between 9th and 14th floors; sprinklers are installed afterward
* '''Caracas, Venezuela''', 56 floors:  26 floors burned for 17 hours
* '''New York Plaza''', 50 stories: burned for 6 hours
All of these buildings, except for [[World Trade Center/NYC/v1/WTC1|WTC1]], are still in use.