* 1984 – The Summit tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million litres of petrol derails near the town of Todmorden in the Pennines.

" This Oscar was lost in a fire in 1983 and replaced at the 1984 Academy Awards.

* 1984 – McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: in a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.

* 1984 – Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13.

* 1984 – San Juanico Disaster: A series of explosions at the PEMEX petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.

On 1 January 1984, the Cuscatlan bridge over Lempa river in El Salvador, critical to flow of commercial and military traffic, was destroyed by guerilla forces using explosives after using mortar fire to " scatter " the bridge's guards, causing an estimated 3. 7 million dollars in required repairs, and considerably impacted El Salvadoran business and security.

In 1984, Centralia, Pennsylvania was abandoned due to an uncontainable mine fire, which began in 1962 and still rages to this day.

Emery County, the state's No. 2 coal-producing county, was also the site of a fire that killed 27 people in the Wilberg Mine in December 1984.

" The fire was the most recent disaster which has plagued the site, coming after a powerful tornado damaged the site in 1984.

On 9 July 1984, a fire believed to have been caused by a lightning strike destroyed the roof in the south transept, and around £ 2. 5 million was spent on repairs.

The roofs of the transepts are of wood, that of the south transept was burnt in the fire of 1984 and was replaced in the restoration work which was completed in 1988.

After a major fire in 1978 destroyed the Victorian and Edwardian additions to the building, restoration work was completed in 1984.

On March 15, 2006, a large fire destroyed Bowen's Inn ( established in the 1800s ), The Lighthouse Inn restaurant ( established in 1984 ), and a condominium building.

In 1975 and 1976, the Colstrip coal fire generation plants 1 and 2 were completed ; plants 3 and 4 were operational in 1984 and 1986.

* Population dramatically increased in 1984 due to the relocation of residents from Centralia, PA, where an ongoing underground mine fire caused Congress to relocate residents.

Just 12 miles northwest of town is the Wilberg Mine, the site of a mine fire on 19 December 1984 which claimed 27 lives: 18 miners and 9 company officials.

The number 995 was later additionally established in 1984 for direct lines to the fire brigade and ambulance services of the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

Buscemi was a New York City fire fighter from 1980 to 1984, with Engine Company # 55 in the Little Italy section of New York.

Some of the earliest bands to use pyrotechnics were The Who, Pink Floyd, KISS and Queen, even Michael Jackson attempted using pyrotechnics in a 1984 Pepsi advertisement, where a stray spark caused a small fire in his hair.

The Army & Navy agreed and established the Joint Live fire testing program in 1984.

Initially, the LTTE gained prominence due to devastating attacks such as the Kent and Dollar Farm massacres of 1984, where hundreds of men, women and children were attacked during the night as they slept and were hacked to death with fatal blows to the head from axes ; and the Anuradhapura massacre of 1985, where they indiscriminately opened fire, killing and wounding 146 civilians within Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Buddhist shrine.

In 1984, during renovation works, the station suffered a severe fire which burned out one of the platforms.

From 1984 to 2000, 695 major grain combine fires were reported to local fire departments.

During the great fire, hotspots could be seen on satellite images and the haze thus created affected the surrounding countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

It is species-poor, has high bryophyte cover, and is frequently affected by fire.

However, as General Abrams began to make preparations for the equipping of US Cavalry squadrons for the vehicle, the affected squadrons expressed their concerns that the new aluminum tanks were not only highly vulnerable to mines and anti-tank rocket fire, but they would not be as capable of " jungle busting " as the M48A3 medium tanks.

Wood does not last as long as other sculpting media because it can be affected by water rot, dry rot, insect invasion and fire.

The park has been increasingly affected by bushfires with lightning strikes starting large fires in January 2003 and again in December 2006, each fire burning over 10, 000 square kilometres over a number of weeks.

Due to the fire, the station broadcast Eyewitness News from a temporary set in the newsroom, while Live with Regis and Kelly, whose set was also affected, moved to the set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Offcuts and millends, dead and fire affected jarrah also sell as firewood for those using wood for heating in Perth, and loads can ( as of Winter 2005 ) exceed $ 160 per load.

These primeval forests were occasionally affected by natural fire, mostly started by lightning, which led to increased reproduction by pine and oak, as well as fire barrens and their associated species.

Arguably the greatest invention that affected not just the military, but all society, after adoption of fire, was the wheel, and its use in the construction of the chariot.

" The society was further affected by a fire at the house of Charles K. Johnson which destroyed all of the records and contacts of members of the Flat Earth Society.

In addition to being a cornerstone in the structural stability of the towers, the skybridge is also a device that can be employed during an emergency fire evacuation, providing an escape to the people in the upper floors of the affected tower to the other. Residing on the 41st and 42nd floors, the skybridge connects a conference room, an executive dining room and a prayer room.

Utilizing Fire boats from the FDNY as well as extensive help from mutual aid companies, the fire was stopped before two other buildings on Main St. and others nearby on Mountain Avenue, could be affected.

New Mexico TV station KRQE first broke the story on Twitter which quickly became a source of updates through the day on the fire, including Cloudcroft Webcam which happened to be directed at Burro Avenue and the affected area.

While, some businesses were rebuilt, the town's future growth was negatively affected by the fire.

The PTIA's focus was to oversee the reconstruction of not only the area of the town center affected by the fire, but also other retail and residential areas in the central part of the Borough.

Unified Fire Authority members mobilized and were able to arrest the progress of the fire, but not before 3 homes were destroyed, another damaged, and various small structures were also affected.

The nearby coal-fired Centralia Power Plant is not affected, except the coal to fire the plant will now come from Wyoming and Montana.

Wavre was severely affected by both World Wars, with heavy fighting, bombing and several houses put on fire.

Snorri's assertion that ' neither fire nor iron told upon them ' is reiterated time after time, and the sources frequently state that neither edged weapons nor fire affected the berserks, although they were not immune to clubs or other blunt instruments.

The term " fire blight " describes the appearance of the disease, which can make affected areas appear blackened, shrunken and cracked, as though scorched by fire.

Since the 2005 Buncefield fire the former Maylands Avenue factory estate, badly affected by the fire, has been re branded as Maylands Business Park and a 40 tonne sculpture by Jose Zavala called Phoenix Gateway placed on the first roundabout off the M1 to symbolise its renewal.