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Brush fire in Myrtle Beach, the most destructive fire in terms of loss in state history. Destroyed 76 homes and damaged 97. [50] 2009: 164,500 acres (66,600 ha) Brittany Triangle Fire: British Columbia: Also known as the Lava Canyon fire, this was the largest fire in BC in 2009.
The event included the Tubbs Fire, which at the time was the most destructive in the state’s history. At the time, damage was estimated to be around $14 billion as nearly 250,000 acres were ...
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500–2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
The ferocious Pacific Palisades Fire ripping through Los Angeles is barely a day old, but already stands as the most destructive wildfire in the county’s history.. The inferno has engulfted ...
1940 – Second Great Fire of London, one of the most-destructive air raids of The Blitz. 1,500 were killed. 1942 – German air bombardment of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, resulting in firestorm and 955 fatalities (original Soviet estimate). 1943 – Hamburg, 45,000 killed (largest in an air-raid on Germany) 1943 – Kassel, 10,000 killed
Before that, a 1951 inferno in Bel Air burned nearly 500 homes, including those belonging to stars Burt Lancaster and Zsa Zsa Gabor, making it the most destructive fire in the city’s history.
The Marshall Fire was a destructive wildfire and urban conflagration that started on December 30, 2021, shortly after 11:00 a.m. MST, [3] as a grass fire in Boulder County, Colorado. [4] The fire caused the evacuation of 37,500 people, killed two people, and destroyed more than 991 structures to become the most destructive fire in Colorado ...
The Palisades Fire has destroyed at least 1,000 structures making it the most destructive ever in Los Angeles County, according to Cal Fire. It's also the most destructive fire in state history to ...