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  2. List of wildfires - Wikipedia

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    2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). [12] 2007 Greek forest fires were

  3. List of fires - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. A look at the deadliest US wildfires in modern history - AOL

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    The deadliest wildfire event in modern U.S. history occurred in August 2023 on the Hawaiian Islands. The Lahaina Fire devastated parts of Maui and led to the deaths of at least 102 people.

  5. List of town and city fires - Wikipedia

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    Deadliest wildfire in American history. 1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan. 1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9.

  6. As wildfires ravage L.A., here's a look at worst fires in ...

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    The 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire. Ninety-five ...

  7. These are largest, deadliest and most destructive wildfires ...

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    The Smokehouse Creek Fire is largest in Texas since 2005. East Amarillo Complex was the deadliest, Bastrop County Complex the most destructive.

  8. Wildfires in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 1970 and 2015, three times more "large fires" (fires that burn 1,000 acres or more) occurred in the Western U.S., with six times more acreage burnt, more than 1.7 million acres annually. [23] Between 1970 and 2003, the region experienced wildfire seasons that were 78 days longer. [24]

  9. 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 are growing 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 ...