Construction and renovation are common circumstances for fires, which present particular difficulties to firefighters.
During construction, buildings often do not have elements that would protect them from fire, such as walls and sprinkler systems. Poor water supplies and the accumulation of flammable materials also present risks. Works often require heat or even open flame, and these can set off fires that smoulder for hours before being noticed. For this reason, work sites may need 24-hour fire watches.
Builder's risk insurance may cover damage from such fires.
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+Notable construction and renovation fires of buildings Fire Date Probable cause Refs Saint Boniface Cathedral 1968 Nantes Cathedral 1972 Montreal Biosphere 1976 Hotel Margaret, Brooklyn 1980 Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River, Massachusetts 1982 See abbreviated version at: "Fall River’s Notre Dame was also consumed by flames" South Coast Today (same date), from The Standard-Times. Uppark, Sussex 1989 Windsor Castle 1992 Limoges-Bénédictins station 1998 Central Synagogue, Manhattan 1998 University of Kentucky Main Building 2001 St. Catherine's Church, Gdańsk 2006 Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 2006 Interfax > Politics Интерфакс Universal Studios Hollywood 2008 Heydar Aliyev Center 2012 Hôtel Lambert, Paris 2013 "Hôtel Lambert in Paris Is Damaged by Fire" "Fire at the hôtel Lambert in Paris destroys 17th-century frescoes", The New York Times, 12 July 2013. Basilica of St. Donatian and St. Rogatian, Nantes 2015 Battersea Arts Centre, London 2015 Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art (2018) 2018 Notre-Dame de Paris 2019 Børsen 2024
+Notable construction and renovation fires on watercraft Fire Date Probable cause Refs SS Normandie 1942 MS Bergensfjord 1980 Cutty Sark 2007 USS Miami (SSN-755) 2012 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)2020
See also List of building or structure fires
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