The fire didn't burn it down. It buckled the steel.

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fire-weakened steel

The Plasco Building — the Unfireproofed Skyscraper That Fire Pancaked, Killing 16 Firefighters

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19 January 2017 · Collapsed

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fire-weakened steel

World Trade Center 7 — the First Tall Building to Fall Primarily From Fire

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11 September 2001 · Collapsed

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fire-weakened steel

The Windsor Tower, Madrid — Floors Above the Fireproofing Line Sheared Off and Fell

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12 February 2005 · Partial collapse

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fire-weakened steel

Kader Toy Factory — Uninsulated Steel Girders Buckled and Dropped Three Floors

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10 May 1993 · Collapsed

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fire-weakened steel

McCormick Place — Unprotected Steel Roof Trusses Sagged and the Hall Came Down

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16 January 1967 · Collapsed

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fire-induced collapse

TU Delft Architecture — a Coffee-Machine Fire That Collapsed a Concrete Building

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13 May 2008 · Partial collapse

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fire-induced collapse

CESP Building 2, São Paulo — a Concrete Office Tower That Fully Collapsed in Fire

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21 May 1987 · Collapsed

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thermal expansion of slab

Katrantzos Sport, Athens — the Roof Slab Expanded, Pushed the Columns, Floors Fell

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19 December 1980 · Partial collapse

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fire-weakened steel

One Meridian Plaza — Eight Floors Gutted and Steel Sagging Three Feet

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23 February 1991 · Gutted

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fire-weakened steel

First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles — Five Floors Gutted in the Worst U.S. High-Rise Fire

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4 May 1988 · Gutted

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combustible ACM cladding

Grenfell Tower — Combustible ACM Cladding Defeated Every Compartment in the Building

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14 June 2017 · Gutted

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combustible ACM cladding

Lacrosse Tower, Melbourne — the Cigarette That Proved ACM Cladding Could Race Up a Facade

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25 November 2014 · Gutted

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combustible cladding

The Address Downtown, Dubai — ACM Cladding Wrapped a Skyscraper in Flame

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31 December 2015 · Gutted

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compartmentation breach

The Joelma Building, São Paulo — No Compartmentation, and the Tower Became a Chimney

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1 February 1974 · Gutted

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compartmentation breach

MGM Grand, Las Vegas — Plenums and Seismic Joints Let Fire Climb 26 Floors

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21 November 1980 · Gutted