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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.
As the fire began to spot ahead, evacuations were ordered for Michigan Bluff and surrounding roads. The fire jumped the North Fork of the Middle Fork American River and continued to spread, reaching 100 acres (40 ha) before midnight and producing a smoke plume visible from as far away as Auburn, 20 miles (32 km) to the southwest. [12]
The Great Michigan Fire was a series of simultaneous forest fires in the state of Michigan in the United States in 1871. [1] They were possibly caused (or at least reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers may have started the fires. [2]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a media event at Detroit Fire Department Engine House 52 in Detroit to sign a bipartisan general budget for the 2025 Fiscal Year on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Impacts to travel along Interstate 40 are expected, the U.S. Forest Service said in a release Nov. 16. The Black Bear Fire located near Interstate 40 at mile marker 3 in Haywood County.
The Duck Lake Fire occurred north of the Village of Newberry in Luce County, Michigan in the eastern half of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The fire started with a lightning strike on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 near Duck Lake. The Duck Lake Fire was reported 100% contained by the Michigan DNR on 15 June 2012 with 21,135 acres burned.
September 13, 2023 at 3:40 PM. ... (AP) — A fire at a northern Michigan paper mill closed several roads Wednesday and prompted city officials to tell residents to shelter in place, while state ...
Pages in category "Wildfires in Michigan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Great Michigan Fire; P. Port Huron Fire of 1871; S.