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The Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The Peshtigo Fire occurred on October 8, 1871, in Wisconsin. It is considered among the deadliest fires in recorded history, [4] The fire was said to have also been started due to slash and burn methods and grown by the winds. [5]
1883 – Newhall House Hotel Fire, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 10, killed at least 70. ... It was New York City's worst accidental fire in 25 years. 2018
1931 – Downtown fire in Marshfield, Wisconsin, killed 6 on 28 March. 1931 – Half of downtown Lillooet, British Columbia , Canada, was destroyed by fire. 1934 – Hakodate, Hokkaido , a household fire began on 21 March and spread to the surrounding areas including a local court, department store, school and hospital.
The DNR and local fire departments have "responded to over 90 wildfires in the last week, burning an estimated 30 acres" as much of Wisconsin has not received rain in the last 10 days.
According to the state DNR’s fire monitoring dashboard, there have been 538 fires so far this year and almost 1,100 acres burned in Wisconsin. On Monday, the state DNR’s fire situation map ...
The Cloquet Fire (/ k l oʊ ˈ k eɪ / kloh-KAY) [2] was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake , Cloquet , and Kettle River .
DEKORRA, Wis. (WFRV) – On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was called in to help with a semi that was on fire in the southcentral part of the state when it began to ...