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Fires included the Chetco Bar Fire and the Eagle Creek Fire, which also spread into Skamania County, Washington, United States. [11] [12] [13] 2018 – Camp Fire in California. Began November 8, 2018; caused 85 deaths and destroyed 18,804 structures. [14] [15] 2018 – Woolsey Fire in California, which broke out on the same day as the Camp Fire.
The fire destroyed land over a two-month period between Chapleau and Thessalon. [6] Chinchaga fire: Northern British Columbia and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jun– Oct 1950: 0: 1,400,000 to 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 to 4,200,000 acres) Largest recorded single fire in North American history. Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire: Notre ...
The worst fire in Texas state history, destroyed over 1,500 homes. 2011: 1,748,636 acres (707,648 ha) Richardson Backcountry Fire: Alberta: The largest Canadian fire since 1950. 2011: 156,293 acres (63,250 ha) Las Conchas Fire: New Mexico: Third largest fire in New Mexico state history. 63 homes lost. Threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory. 2011
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]
1982 – Keane fire, Alberta, Canada, consumed more than 500,000 hectares of forest [54] [clarification needed] 1982 – Village of Lopez, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States, entire business district, including two hotels and the fire department leveled by a wind-whipped fire. It also sparked a 100 acre forest fire nearby.
Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018 [34] 2018 August 15 – 2018 British Columbia wildfires: Wildfires British Columbia: West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [35] 2018 September 21: 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Tornadoes
May 28 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire killed 165 and injured more than 200 in Southgate, Kentucky; third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. June 21 – Saint John City Hall fire in Saint John, Canada, killed 21. [103] December 10 – A fire at the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City, Michigan, killed 10. [104]
This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that occurred in the United States after 1816. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated.