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It was taken on August 6, 2000, [2] on the East Fork of the Bitterroot River on the Sula Complex, Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, United States, [3] and is also sometimes known by the title, Bitterroot Forest Fire or, more vaguely, Montana Fire. When NASA featured it in its online Astronomy Picture of the Day series, it was called Fire on ...
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia ), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or ...
The Tillamook burn photographed in 1941. The first fire started in a ravine at the headwaters of Gales Creek on August 14, 1933. The exact cause of the first fire is unknown; however, the common narrative states that as logging crews were wrapping up operations early due to fire hazard restrictions, a steel cable dragging a fallen Douglas fir rubbed against the dry bark of a wind-fallen snag.
Cal Fire said the Eaton fire had engulfed more than 10,600 acres by Thursday morning. The Eaton Fire destroys a structure in Altadena, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. / Credit: AP Photo/Ethan Swope
The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
The fire also threatened historic structures in the Eagle Creek Day Use Area, specifically those built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. [17] The fire also threatened the Multnomah Falls Lodge, which was saved by water tenders. [18] As of September 27, the Eagle Creek Fire had burned 48,665 acres (197 km 2) and was 46% contained ...
A large wildfire burned through Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada and its surrounding area from May 14 to 16, 2011.The conflagration, which originated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) outside of town as a forest fire, was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by 100-kilometre-per-hour (60 mph) winds.
The Pagami Creek Fire was a wildfire in northern Minnesota, United States, that began with a lightning strike on August 18, 2011. [1] After weeks of slow growth, the wildfire quickly spread to over 92,000 acres (370 km 2 ) during several days of hot, dry, windy weather in mid-September. [ 2 ]