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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
The Greenwood Fire was a wildfire in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota in the United States. First noted near Greenwood Lake in Lake County on August 15, 2021, it is believed to have been sparked by lightning. [1] [2] [3] The fire burned 26,797 acres, largely within the Superior National Forest, destroying 14 buildings and damaging 3 more.
At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote public funds to fire suppression and fire prevention efforts. For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [3]
This category includes articles on fires in the United States State of Minnesota. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The timeline for the Palisades Fire investigation is difficult to predict, Jones said, but noted the agency’s final report on the 2023 Maui wildfire did not come out until more than a year after ...
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.
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km 2; 310 sq mi) [1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km 2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley.
3:45 a.m.: Maui officials announce in a news release that a brush fire was reported in the Olinda Road area of Kula, an area in central Maui. The blaze would come to be known as the Upcountry Fire ...