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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.
The largest fire in Arizona state history. In one 24-hour burn period (6/6-6/7), it consumed 77,769 acres of forest land. 2011: 34,000 acres (14,000 ha) Bastrop County Complex Fire: Texas: The worst fire in Texas state history, destroyed over 1,500 homes. 2011: 1,748,636 acres (707,648 ha) Richardson Backcountry Fire: Alberta
Deadliest wildfire in American history. 1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan. 1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9.
That also makes it the seventh-largest fire in U.S. history, and one of only 10 fires to burn 1 million acres or more, according to data compiled by the nonprofit National Fire Protection Agency.
May 28 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire killed 165 and injured more than 200 in Southgate, Kentucky; third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. December 10 – A fire at the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City, Michigan, killed 10. [43] December 13 – A fire in the Aquinas Hall dormitory at Providence College in Rhode Island, killed 10 students.
The fire burned about 1.2 million acres (490,000 ha) and is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, [1] with the number of deaths estimated between 1,500 [1] and 2,500. [2] The exact number of deaths is debated.
Fire history, the ecological science of studying the history of wildfires, is a subdiscipline of fire ecology. Patterns of forest fires in historical and prehistorical times provide information relevant to the vegetation pattern in modern landscapes.
Wildfires are fires in forests or other undeveloped areas, and may grow into a conflagration. An urban conflagration is defined as a "large, destructive fire that spreads beyond natural or artificial barriers; it can be expected to result in large monetary loss and may or may not include fatalities. An urban conflagration moves beyond a block ...