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He notes that in the following decades, the rate of industrial logging increased and the amount of forest fires increased throughout the country, with Wisconsin itself experiencing major fires in 1880, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1908, 1910, 1923, 1931, and 1936. The loss of half a million acres a year was not uncommon. [34]
The National Weather Service issued an alert for fire conditions in southern Wisconsin on Monday morning. The elevated fire weather condition alert said that “breezy southwest winds and low ...
1871 – Fires deliberately set during the Paris Commune in May destroyed the Royal Palace of the Tuileries, the Louvre Library, the Palais de Justice, the Hôtel de Ville, the Gare de Lyon, and the Palais d'Orsay. 1871 – Strong winds fed several simultaneous fires in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois on October 8–9:
The fire eventually stopped after burning itself out, which was helped by rain that had started on the night of October 9. The fire killed around 300 people, burned 2,112 acres, and cost $222 million. The fire would spur Chicago and many other cities to enact new building codes to help prevent fires from breaking out and spreading as far. [15]
The Newhall House Hotel Fire (January 10, 1883) is the deadliest fire ever to have affected the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At least 70 people perished in the fire. Survivors of the fire included General Tom Thumb and his wife Lavinia Warren, who were carried out of the building under the arm of a Milwaukee firefighter. [1]
The six family members who died in a Wisconsin house fire were a former pastor, two of his daughters and three of his granddaughters, authorities and church officials said. The Juneau County ...
2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). [12] 2007 Greek forest fires were
At 9:18 p.m. Saturday, the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at an apartment in the 700 block of 23rd Street North, said Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department Battalion ...