| Event | Year | Substance | Volume (million liters) | Height | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Beer Flood | 1814 | Beer | 0.6 – 1.5 | 15 foot wave | 8 |
| Dublin Whiskey Fire | 1875 | Whiskey | 1.2 | 6 inch deep river | 13 (all from alcohol poisoning) |
| John Thixton Distilling Fire (Kentucky) | 1886 | Bourbon | 0.4 | large flaming lake | 0 |
| Great Gorbals Whiskey Flood (Glasgow) | 1906 | Whiskey | 0.6 | waist deep | 1 |
| Great Molasses Flood (Boston) | 1919 | Molasses | 8.7 | 25 foot wave | 21 |
| Rockwood & Co fire (New York) | 1919 | Chocolate and butter | unknown | enough depth to “float a rowboat” | 0 |
| Albany Molasses Flood | 1968 | Molasses | 9.5 | pools up to 4 feet deep | 1 |
| Great Butter and Cheese Fire (Wisconsin) | 1991 | Butter and cheese | 5 – 7.5 | pools up to 5 feet deep | 0 |
| Wild Turkey Rickhouse Fire (Kentucky) | 2000 | Bourbon | 2.8 | 5 foot wide river of flame | 0 |
| Pepsi Fruit Juice Flood (Russia) | 2017 | Fruit juice | 28 | river running through streets | 0 |
| Levira Distillery wine flood (Portugal) | 2023 | Red wine | 2.2 | river running through streets | 0 |
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