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1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9. 1872 – Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people. 1874 – Chicago Fire of 1874, July 14, was in some respects very similar to the 1871 fire, but was stopped by a new fire-proof wall. It destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.
March 16 – Paxton Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, killed 19 and 30 injured. [159] April 19 – During the Waco Siege, a Branch Davidian church, Mount Carmel Center, was destroyed by fire near Waco, Texas, killed 76. May 10 – Kader Toy Factory fire, Bangkok, Thailand, killed 189.
The 2024 Virginia wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Virginia.During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres.
Virginia is a city and the county seat in Cass County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ]
In the 2010s, the county has become reliably Republican in US presidential elections. Cass County is located in Illinois's 18th Congressional District and is currently represented by Republican Darin LaHood. For the Illinois House of Representatives, the county is located in the 93rd district and is currently represented by Republican Norine ...
Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
2018 Little Village fire; C. Chicago Fire of 1874; ... Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1934) Cook County Administration Building fire; G. Great Chicago Fire; I.
The hiring practices of the sheriff's office came under fire from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who last week formally called for Campbell to resign. Campbell, who has been sheriff since 2018, did ...