} NFPA.ORG/ CATASTROPHIC REP ORT SUMMARY Read the complete NFPA report on catastrophic multiple-death fires in the United States in 2016. Catastrophic MULTIPLEDEATH FIRES in the U.S. in 2016 Last year, 21 of these fires resulted in 160 fatalities, topped by a fire in a California warehouse that killed 36. By Stephen G. Badger 78 | NFPA JOURNAL * S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 1 7http://www.NFPA.ORG/cathastrophic