List of building or structure fires

This is a list of building or structure fires where a building or structure has caught fire. For major urban conflagrations, see List of town and city fires.





== Antiquity through Middle Ages ==

586 BC – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians.

480 BC – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

356 BC – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus.

70 AD – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus.

Library of Alexandria destroyed by fire. Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed.

48 BC – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar.

272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during the occupation of Alexandria.