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On the afternoon of April 11, 2023, a large-scale industrial fire impacted a recycling processing facility and its surrounding area in Richmond, Indiana, United States.. The facility, a former industrial plant, had already been designated as a fire hazard after inflammable materials were located near the property line of the building; an excessive amount of plastic was stored at the facility as w
Taylor Complex Fire: Alaska: Largest wildfire by acreage of 1997–2007 time period. 2006: 40,200 acres (16,300 ha) Esperanza Fire: California: Arson-caused wildfire that killed 5 firefighters and destroyed 34 homes and 20 outbuildings. 2006: 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) Day Fire: California: 1 residence burned, no casualties. 2007: 564,450 acres ...
Peshtigo Fire, 1871; most loss of life in a US wildfire. Great Fire of 1910 in the US; shaped 20th-century wildfire policy; 1988 Yellowstone wildfires; 2011 Texas wildfires; 2012 Oklahoma wildfires; 2013 Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho. 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire; 2016 Nevada wildfire [32] October 2017 Northern California wildfires; 2018 Camp Fire; 2018 ...
In October, the state's Department of Fire Service recorded 200 wildland fires, a 1,200% increase from the month's average total of 15 fires. Modest rain in Northeast forecast
The Tenaja fire in the Lake Elsinore area was stopped at about 100 acres after forcing evacuations near the Tenaja Truck Trail. ... 5,435 wildland fires had burned 830,461 acres, compared with a ...
A massive industrial fire at a recycling facility in eastern Indiana sent a giant plume of toxic smoke billowing into the air on Tuesday, forcing evacuation orders for more than 2,000 people.
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.
Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the ...