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This wildfire started when Mike Barre threw his cigarette butt into the grass on his property in McLure BC. The fire resulted in the loss of 72 houses, 9 businesses, and 180 jobs in the North Thompson Valley. [1] The fire cost $31.1 million CAD to extinguish and caused an additional $8.2 million CAD in property damage.
For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [3] As a result, the U.S. Forest Service was able to acquire a deficit of over $1 million in 1910 due to emergency fire suppression efforts. [3]
The fire started on July 22, when a man cutting timber dropped his cigarette in Caribou-Targhee National Forest just outside the park's western border. [ 34 ] [ 7 ] The North Fork Fire was the only major fire that was fought from the beginning since it started after the prescribed fire policy was halted on July 15. [ 29 ]
Human-caused wildfires account for 88% of all wildfires in the United States on average over the last 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Human-caused fires are also ...
Black Forest Fire: Colorado: North of Colorado Springs, the Black Forest fire was a large, fast-spreading fire due to dry conditions, high heat, and restless winds. Destroyed 509 homes and left 17 homes partially damaged. As of 13 June, it became the most destructive fire in Colorado state history. [54] 2013: 1,300 acres (530 ha) Yarnell Hill ...
Asbestos kitchen tiles turned to dust, cars burned to their frames. The lack of rain this winter played a significant role in allowing the Palisades Fire to grow so big, so fast.
A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night – as dangerous wildfires continued to cause bad air quality across the tri-state region amid a ...
The Rough Ridge fire in the Cohutta Wilderness, believed to have started from a lightning strike October 16, [13] burned almost 11,300 hectares (28,000 acres), making it one of the largest fires ever in Georgia. The Rock Mountain fire was about 4,250 hectares (10,500 acres) and caused the evacuation of Dream Catcher Cove north of Tate City. [14]