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Largest recorded fire in Georgia history. 26 structures were lost. 2007: 124,584 acres (50,417 ha) Florida Bugaboo Fire: Florida: Largest fire on record in Florida. 2007: 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) Warren Grove Fire: New Jersey: Forest fire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens caused by a flare from an F-16 jet. Destroyed 4 homes, damaged 53 homes ...
The Cameron Peak Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history seven weeks later, at a size of 206,667 burned acres as of October 21, 2020. The 2012 Colorado forest fires broke the record for most destructive fire twice and led to declaration of a federal disaster area in June 2012. [ 7 ]
1988 – Yellowstone fires of 1988 largest, most expensive wildfire in the history of the National Park Service, at the world's first national park. 1991 – Oakland firestorm of 1991, Oakland, California, U.S., killed 25 people and injured 150 others. 1994 – Isabela Island forest fire, Galápagos Island, Ecuador, 12 km² lost in April.
The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19, [1] was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. With a final size of between 1,400,000 and 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 and 4,200,000 acres), it is the single largest recorded fire in North ...
At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote public funds to fire suppression and fire prevention efforts. For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [4]
Remains of houses destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991 Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history. Starting in 2001, the National Interagency Fire Center began keeping more accurate records on the total fire acreage burned in each state. [16]
2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada: 1,148,000 0 [17] 14 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires ...
Western perimeter fires on one of the largest fires in United States history. The center of the burn was in Idaho and Montana 1902 Yacolt Burn [50] Yacolt Burn Clark / Skamania / Cowlitz: 238,900 acres (96,700 ha) Unknown 65+ Unknown A complex of several fires The majority was as one fire between Carson and Yacolt Fire-killed Douglas-fir in 1934