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  2. List of fires - Wikipedia

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    19871987 Daxing'anling ... California, U.S., killed 25 people and injured ... Eleven people were confirmed to have died as a result of the fire, all but two ...

  3. List of fireworks accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco, California: United States: 8–9 deaths, 20 injuries: Factory 4 July 1987 National Mall Fireworks Display Washington DC: United States 4+ injuries [4] Park 25 September 1987: Celebrity Fireworks plant explosion: Rialto, California: United States: 1 death [5] Factory 12 December 1988: Mexico City fireworks disaster: Mexico City ...

  4. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    33 people killed in first fire, four people killed in second fire several days later 37 1976 American Airlines Flight 625: Accident – aircraft Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: 37 1994 USAir Flight 1016: Accident – aircraft Charlotte, North Carolina: 36 1846 USS Somers (1842) Accident – shipwreck Off Veracruz

  5. List of California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...

  6. Harrowing photos emerge following apocalyptic wildfires in ...

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    Massive wildfires continue to spread in the Los Angeles area amid extreme winds, including the Palisades Fire, which has exploded to nearly 20,000 acres, and the Eaton Fire, which has scorched ...

  7. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - Wikipedia

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    On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

  8. The 1989 earthquake that rocked San Francisco, Oakland and ...

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    By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...

  9. Oakland firestorm of 1991 - Wikipedia

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    The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. [3] It is also commonly referred to as the Oakland Hills firestorm or the East Bay Hills fire. The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.