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The Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
On April 26, 2018, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred at the Husky Energy Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin.An initial explosion was reported at 10:00 AM and was extinguished close to noon, however a piece of debris had hit a storage tank containing asphalt, which ignited after spilling across the refinery, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air.
Lannon stone, a type of limestone or dolomite, is named for the town, as it was quarried here. John Halquist built one of the state's largest stone companies from Lannon stone first in Sussex, Wisconsin, and then in several locations. [8] Lannon stone was the major source of stone for many cities in Wisconsin and for Chicago.
The Palisades Fire, between Malibu and Santa Monica, threatened more than 10,000 homes, according to L.A. Fire Chief Kristen Crowley. About 30 miles inland, the Eaton Fire prompted authorities to ...
The six family members who died in a Wisconsin house fire were a former pastor, two of his daughters and three of his granddaughters, authorities and church officials said. The Juneau County ...
Around 5:30 p.m., a fire truck escorted Fields and Borwankar, along with others in a parade of cars behind them, down Palisades Drive to Sunset Boulevard, on their way to safety. Fires burned ...
The fire began shortly before 7:00 a.m. on June 14, 2021, when contractors were performing insulation replacement on an elevated heat transfer piping network at the Chemtool plant in Rockton. [11] According to an investigation, the most likely explanation for the cause of the fire was that a scissor lift being used struck a valve, allowing ...
The Eaton Fire ignited Tuesday night near a canyon in the sprawling national forest lands north of downtown Los Angeles and had exploded to 14,117 acres by Friday night and was 3%, according to ...