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1988 – Yellowstone fires of 1988 largest, most expensive wildfire in the history of the National Park Service, at the world's first national park. 1991 – Oakland firestorm of 1991, Oakland, California, U.S., killed 25 people and injured 150 others. 1994 – Isabela Island forest fire, Galápagos Island, Ecuador, 12 km² lost in April.
The 2017 BC fire season is notable for three reasons: first, for the largest total area burnt in a fire season in recorded history; second, for the largest number of total evacuees in a fire season (Estimated 65,000 evacuees); and third, for the largest single fire ever in British Columbia. [76] [77] 2017: 1,295,000 acres (524,000 ha)
Deadliest wildfire in American history. 1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan. 1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9.
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.
Rank Event Date Firefighter Fatalities Coordinates Reference 1 September 11 attacks: September 11, 2001: 343 1]: 2 Great Fire of 1910: August 22, 1910
The deadliest wildfire event in U.S. history occurred in August 2023 on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The blaze devastated the historic town of Lahaina, where at least 102 people were killed and ...
Looking at nearly 2,000 wildfires in California, including those that burned across state boundaries, the 25 largest have all happened this century. This ranking was based on a fire’s total acreage.
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]