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12 firefighters who parachuted near the fire and 1 forest ranger died after being overtaken by a 200-foot wall of fire at the top of a gulch near Helena, Montana. 1950: 3,500,000 acres (1,400,000 ha) Chinchaga Fire: British Columbia and Alberta: Largest single North American fire on record. The B.C. portion was just 90,000 ha. [38] 1953: 1,300 ...
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The Meridian Boundary Fire burned 8,586 acres near Grayling, Michigan in 2010.. The U.S. state of Michigan has been the site of several major wildfires.The worst of these were in the lumbering era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires.
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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.
A 19-year-old man about a quarter-mile down the road from the site suffered a fatal injury from a flying canister, Clinton Township Fire Chief Tim Duncan said at a Tuesday morning news conference.
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.
Through these and similar public education campaigns the general public was, in a sense, trained to perceive all wildfire as a threat to civilized society and natural resources. The negative sentiment towards wildland fire prevailed and helped to shape wildland fire management objectives throughout most of the 20th century.