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Numerous fires were set in the night, likely by a combination of drunks and continuing Union bombardment. A large explosion of gunpowder set off by a plunderer destroyed the South Carolina Railroad depot around 6 a.m. on the 17th. Numerous cotton fires were burning by the morning of the 17th. [36]
The Mill Mountain Fire along the Chattooga River in northwestern South Carolina has grown to 350 acres and is expected to continue to expand due to dry vegetation and steep terrain.
Allen Fire: North Carolina: Nearly 93,000 acres of forest, wetlands and farmland burned in northeastern North Carolina in one of the biggest fires in modern state history. [44] 1987: 650,000 acres (260,000 ha) Siege of 1987: California and Oregon: Cause: large lightning storm in late August.
McLaws withdrew to Branchville, causing only one day's delay in the Union advance. [5] The Burning of Columbia, South Carolina (1865) by William Waud for Harper's Weekly. On February 17, 1865, Columbia surrendered to Sherman, and Wade Hampton's Confederate cavalry retreated from the city. Union forces were overwhelmed by throngs of liberated ...
The two fires burned a combined more than 20,000 acres since starting on June 17. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Nearly 2,000 first responders from multiple agencies are on the ground and in the air battling the Franklin Fire burning in Malibu, California, outside Los Angeles on Thursday.
On November 11, 2016, a Chattanooga man was arrested for setting three separate fires north and west of the city. Over 500 acres had been burned in connection with these fires. [15] Governor Bill Haslam issued a burn ban for 51 counties starting on November 14 through December 15. [16]
Two people were found dead in unrelated house fires in the Midlands area Saturday morning, South Carolina officials said. At about 1 a.m. in Hodges, 78-year-old Eula Byrd was pronounced dead after ...