List of disasters in Romania by death toll

The list of disasters in Romania by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place on Romanian soil and resulted in at least five fatalities:

Disasters represented below:

Disaster below:
Plague
Earthquakes
Train wrecks
Storms
Floods
Structural fire
Explosions
Plane crashes

Disasters

Date	Disaster	Type	Death toll	Ref
1813	Caragea's plague	Epidemic	90,000	[1]
2020–2023	COVID-19 pandemic	Pandemic	68,728	[2]
4 March 1977	Vrancea earthquake	Natural disaster	1,578	[3]
14 January 1917	Ciurea rail disaster	Train wreck	600	[4]
10 September 1940	Vrancea earthquake	Natural disaster	593	[3]
21 April 1689	Brașov fire	Fire	300
10 September 1989	Sinking of the Mogoșoaia	Ship wreck	239	[5]
May–June 1970	Romanian floods	Natural disaster	209
18 April 1930	Costești wooden church fire	Structural fire	118	[6]
30 October 1971	Certej dam failure	Flood	89	[7]
January–February 2012	European cold wave	Cold wave	86	[8]
30 April 1922	1922 Lupeni mine disaster	Mine explosion	82	[9]
11 January 1838	Vrancea earthquake	Natural disaster	73	[10]
30 October 2015	Colectiv nightclub fire	Structure fire	64	[11]
31 March 1995	TAROM Flight 371	Plane crash	60	[12]
29 June 1980	Huțani bus accident	Bus crash	48	[13]
1 September 1979	Brașov explosion	Foundry failure	47	[14]
3 May 1944	1944 Lupeni mine disaster	Mine explosion	33	[15]
September 1974	Broșteni bridge truck accident	Mobile accident	31	[16]
August 2005	Romanian floods	Flood	31
10 November 1979	Bucharest drugs factory explosion	Explosion	27	[17]
21 August 1988	Fărăoani truck accident	Truck accident	27	[18]
June–July 2010	Romanian floods	Natural disaster	23
24 May 2004	Mihăilești explosion	Vehicle explosion	18	[19]
23 March 1847	Great Fire of Bucharest	Fire	15	[20]
14 August 2009	Scânteia train accident	Train collision	14	[21]
15 November 2008	Petrila mine disaster	Mine explosion	13	[22]
8 September 2013	Valea Lupului train accident	Train collision	11	[23]
30-31 May 1990	Vrancea earthquakes	Natural disaster	8	[24]
17 September 2017	Timișoara storm	Natural disaster	8	[25]
26 December 2023	Ferma Dacilor fire	Structural fire	8	[26]
26 July 2010	IAF Sikorsky CH-53 crash	Plane crash	7	[27]
16 August 2010	Giulești maternity fire	Structure fire	6	[28]
26 August 2023	Crevedia explosions	Gas explosion	6	[29]