In this study, the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is adopted to simulate tank and dike pool fires in a tank farm. These simulations are performed in order to evaluate the potential for secondary fire events in nearby storage tanks based on the resulting incident radiative heat flux. As a precursor to the tank farm fire scenario case studies, the model is compared with experimental data of 1 m crude oil pool fire and 30 m and 50 m diameter kerosene pool fires. These comparisons are made to validate the modeling approach ahead of the application of the modeling to a problem of practical interest. The results of the FDS are consistent with experimental data. The FDS results indicate that the studied dike pool fire has the potential of triggering the domino effects in the tank farm, but not so true in the case of the tank fire. Quantitative results obtained by FDS modeling can be used in quantitative risk assessment of a tank farm and determination of safe inter-tank separation distances. (C) 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.