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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.
Including 23 deaths from a bus fire during evacuations in Wilmer, Texas [27] 119-120 [28] [29] 1863 New York City draft riots: Riot: New York City, New York: $1–5 million (1863) It was the worst civil unrest in modern U.S. history. Required diverting Union Army troops from the front to put down. 119 1924 Benwood mine disaster: Accident ...
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.
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.
Chongqing Waterfront Fire – "9–2 Fire" Chongqing, China: 1,670 25 May 1845 Theater fire Canton, China 900 June 1871 Theater fire Shanghai, China 800 30 December 1836 Lehman Theater fire St. Petersburg, Russia 694 18 February 1977 Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire: Xinjiang, China 658 13 February 1937 Antoung Movie Theater fire Nantong, China 614
Camp Fire: California The worst fire in California history destroyed more than 18,000 structures in Northern California. It was fueled by large dry national forests and was started by electrical transmission lines. 2018 Hurricane: 74 $25.5 billion Hurricane Michael
Rank Event Date Firefighter Fatalities Coordinates Reference 1 September 11 attacks: September 11, 2001: 343 1]: 2 Great Fire of 1910: August 22, 1910
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