As of 2026-10-12, Great Molasses Flood tops the list with 21 deaths.
- #1 Great Molasses Flood — 21 deaths
wave of molasses which killed 21 people in 1919 in Boston
The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Disaster of the LPG tanker Elisabetta Montanari — 13 deaths
work accident occurred by fire in the port of Ravenna on 13 March 1987, causing the death of 13 workers
source Wikidata - #3 London Beer Flood — 8 deaths
1814 brewery disaster in London
The London Beer Flood was an accident at Meux & Co's Horse Shoe Brewery, London, on 17 October 1814. It took place when one of the 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) wooden vats of fermenting porter burst. The escaping liquid dislodged the valve of another vessel and destroyed several large barrels: between 128,000 and 323,000 imperial gallons of beer were released in total. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Thyssen Krupp accident in Torino — 7 deaths source Wikidata
- #5 Multiple fatalities in bin lorry crash in Glasgow, Scotland — 6 deaths
Wikinews article about road accident
source Wikidata - #6 2023 Ankara Explosion — 5 deaths source Wikidata
- #7 2023 Sundbyberg construction site accident — 5 deaths
construction site accident in Sundbyberg, Sweden on 11 December 2023
source Wikidata - #8 Twilight Zone accident — 3 deaths
crash of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers. It led to years of civil and criminal actions against the personnel overseeing the film shoot, including director John Landis, and the introduction of new procedures and safety standards in the... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 2021 Rust shooting incident — 1 deaths
accidental fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on a movie set
On October 21, 2021, at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Bonanza City, New Mexico, United States, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film Rust when a live round was discharged from a revolver that actor Alec Baldwin was using as a prop. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 death of Satnam Singh — 1 deaths source Wikidata