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The National Weather Service issued an alert for fire conditions in southern Wisconsin on Monday morning. The elevated fire weather condition alert said that “breezy southwest winds and low ...
He notes that in the following decades, the rate of industrial logging increased and the amount of forest fires increased throughout the country, with Wisconsin itself experiencing major fires in 1880, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1908, 1910, 1923, 1931, and 1936. The loss of half a million acres a year was not uncommon. [34]
The summer of 1871 saw a prolonged drought.A report from the National Weather Service in Chicago stated that "leaves had started dropping as early as July." Only 134 mm of rain had fallen in Chicago compared to the average of more than 230 mm. Lansing, Michigan reported 70% of the average and Thunder Bay, Michigan reported just 64%.
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
At 9:18 p.m. Saturday, the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at an apartment in the 700 block of 23rd Street North, said Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department Battalion ...
Three events between 1978 and 1988 precipitated a major fire use policy review in 1989: the Ouzel Fire in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Yellowstone fires of 1988 in and around Yellowstone National Park, and the Canyon Creek fire in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on the Lewis and Clark National Forest. In all three cases, monitored fires burned ...
1871 – Fires deliberately set during the Paris Commune in May destroyed the Royal Palace of the Tuileries, the Louvre Library, the Palais de Justice, the Hôtel de Ville, the Gare de Lyon, and the Palais d'Orsay. 1871 – Strong winds fed several simultaneous fires in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois on October 8–9:
Flags are flying at half-staff across Wisconsin on Saturday. The gesture, ordered by Gov. Tony Evers, is in honor of Wisconsin firefighters who have died in the line the duty.Here's what you ...