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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
There have been many notable wildfires in the history of the US state Oregon. List. 1902 Yacolt Burn; 1933–1951 Tillamook Burn 1933, 1939, 1945 [1]
Kursha-2 fire Soviet Union: August 3, 1936: 3. 453 Cloquet fire [73] Minnesota, United States October 12, 1918: 4. 418–476 Great Hinckley Fire: September 1, 1894: 5. 282 Thumb Fire: Michigan, United States September 5, 1881: 6. 240 1997 Indonesian forest fires [74] [75] Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia September 1997: 7. 160–300 1825 ...
The deadliest wildfire in California history, the 2018 Camp Fire burned for weeks before it was declared contained on Nov. 25. A total of 85 people were killed, 19,000 homes were burned to the ...
Largest wildfire in Colorado history at the time. 1988: 15,438 acres (6,248 ha) I Do fire: South of Sunbeam, Colorado, Moffat County. Surpassed the Emerald Lake fire as largest in the state's history. Named for a Bureau of Land Management firefighter who was married the day the fire broke out. 1989: 2,100 acres (850 ha) Black Tiger Fire
The NFPA's data shows that 25 wildfires in U.S. history have killed at least 10 people, including Hawaii's Lahaina fire of 2023 and major California fires in 2017, 2018, and 2020.
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. [4]
[11] [12] It found that in the 2020 and 2021 fire seasons 58% of the area affected by wildfires occurred in those two seasons since 2012. [11] [13] These two fires destroyed 30% of the habitat of 50 species as well as 100 species that had 10% of their habitats burn. 5-14% of the species' habitats burned at a "high severity." [14] [15]