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2020 – The Almeda Drive Fire in Jackson County, Oregon burned down the towns of Talent and Phoenix. 2020 – The Beachie Creek Fire in Marion County, Oregon destroyed the towns of Detroit and Gates. The fire erupted due to historic winds causing downed powerlines throughout the Santiam Canyon on 8 September, causing the death of 5 people.
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.
The fires forced large-scale evacuations across Marion County. Many buildings were destroyed during the fires' westward spread, mostly in September, with the Santiam Fire destroying most of the cities of Detroit, and Gates, with Idanha, Mill City, and Lyons suffering anywhere from moderate to extensive amounts of damage.
One person was killed after an enormous fire Monday night at a suburban Detroit warehouse, ... 15 miles to the west, in neighboring Oakland County. Clinton Township is in Macomb County.
The fire, Detroit Fire Department James Harris said, broke out on the city’s west side at about 6:30 p.m. at a Detroit Mulch Co., at 14300 Prairie.
A mulch fire burning on Detroit's west side could take days to fully extinguish, according to firefighters.
The cities of Phoenix, Talent, Detroit, Idanha, and Gates in Oregon were substantially destroyed by the Almeda Drive and Santiam Fires respectively. State-wide, at least 7 people have been killed. [4] [5] [6] In the Almeda Fire area — between Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix — more than 2,800 structures were destroyed. Around the South ...
Detroit Fire's hazmat team was able to mitigate the hazard as best as possible," the report said. The fire is estimated to have caused $1 million in combined losses to GM property and damages to ...