Charred Collection

The Bazar de la Charite after the fire of June 4, 1897. Creator: T Bianco
The Bazar de la Charite after the fire of June 4, 1897

Interior of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887. Creator: Jean-Louis Talagrand
Interior of the Opera-Comique, after the fire of May 15, 1887

Tel Aviv, Israel, scene of destruction after Scud Missile attack by Iraq, January 1991

Charred food from Pompeii, Italy, Victorian period

Crystal Palace after the fire, 30 November 1936
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, SE London, after the fire, 30 November 1936. 1936

St. Stephens Chapel. - Interior after the Fire, 1881. Creator: Unknown
St. Stephens Chapel. - Interior after the Fire, 1881. From " The Leisure Hour 1881", by. [The Religious Tract Society, London, 1881]

Close-Up Of Charred Wood

Burnt trees and heathland after fire, Netherland

LCC-LFB Major building fire in Cannon Street EC4
The gutted remains of a corner building affected by this serious fire in Cannon Street, London EC4. The building is blackened by the intensity of the heat and smoke

Charred wax figures after fire at Madame Tussauds, 1925
Charred and mutilated wax figures in the sports group after fire ravaged Madame Tussauds waxworks exhibition in the building on Marylebone Road, London. Date: March 1925

Burnt tree bark. Close-up of the cracked and burnt bark of a tree killed by a forest fire. The main trunk of a tree will often burn intact, forming a charcoal-like material

Silver birch seedlings after forest fire
Silver birch (Betula pendula) seedlings growing three months after a forest fire. This fire took place in a clear-felled area in the Tiveden forest, in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Firefighters hosing down a burnt-out car, with their fire engine and police cars in the background. Date: 1972

St Marys Church, Wyndham Place, London
St Marys Church (left), Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, London, built in the 1820s, Grade I listed, with a fire-damaged building in in the centre foreground and Crawford Street on the right

Police Barracks damaged, Petrograd, Russia
Police Barracks damaged after being stormed and sacked, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, during the Revolution. Date: 1917

Suffragette Child Sheet Music. A small boy holds up a charred copy of a piece of suffrage sheet music, Bother the Men performed by Miss Grym, a lecturer on Womans Rights

Fire at 13 Essex Road, Islington Green, N1
LFB firefighters in action at the premises of C F Anderson & Sons Ltd, Timber Merchants, 13 Essex Road, Islington Green, N1, on 13 September 1958

Aftermath of fire at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1
The aftermath of a fire at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion

Blitz in London -- charred remains of a pub, WW2
Blitz in London -- the charred remains of a pub, The White Hart in Windmill Street, near Tottenham Court Road, on 30 March 1941. View of the bar from the street door. Date: 1941

Autumn at the Santiam Pass, Oregon, USA

Dwarf willows, birch trees, berry plants and grasses, autumn
This is new growth after a summer fire charred this forest, leaving few trees, Steese Highway, Alaska, USA, Sep 2005

Burnt trees after a forest fire, Barriere, British Columbia, Canada

Fire damage four months after a forest fire, Nationalpark Garajonay, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

A row of matches, one match is burned, symbolic image of burnout, exclusion, Germany

Heavily roasted meat on a charcoal grill

Chargrilled hamburger in bun with frisee salad, tomato salsa and sour cream credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Two policemen stand outside a house, the site of a fire tragedy in Bromley, Kent. 23 November 1938

A man examines what is left behind following a cottage fire in Chelsfield, Kent. 1936

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