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12 firefighters who parachuted near the fire and 1 forest ranger died after being overtaken by a 200-foot wall of fire at the top of a gulch near Helena, Montana. 1950: 3,500,000 acres (1,400,000 ha) Chinchaga Fire: British Columbia and Alberta: Largest single North American fire on record. The B.C. portion was just 90,000 ha. [38] 1953: 1,300 ...
On the afternoon of April 11, 2023, a large-scale industrial fire impacted a recycling processing facility and its surrounding area in Richmond, Indiana, United States.. The facility, a former industrial plant, had already been designated as a fire hazard after inflammable materials were located near the property line of the building; an excessive amount of plastic was stored at the facility as w
Peshtigo Fire, 1871; most loss of life in a US wildfire. Great Fire of 1910 in the US; shaped 20th-century wildfire policy; 1988 Yellowstone wildfires; 2011 Texas wildfires; 2012 Oklahoma wildfires; 2013 Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho. 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire; 2016 Nevada wildfire [32] October 2017 Northern California wildfires; 2018 Camp Fire; 2018 ...
In October, the state's Department of Fire Service recorded 200 wildland fires, a 1,200% increase from the month's average total of 15 fires. Modest rain in Northeast forecast
A devastating home fire in South Bend, Indiana, resulted in the death of five children, the South Bend Fire Department said Jan. 22. Firefighters responded to a residential fire call in the ...
A massive industrial fire at a recycling facility in eastern Indiana sent a giant plume of toxic smoke billowing into the air on Tuesday, forcing evacuation orders for more than 2,000 people.
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500-2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
New Jersey Forest Fire Service members spray down the scorched earth on East Shore Road while monitoring the West Milford Jennings Creek wildfire in West Milford on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.