Wildfires Wildfires The 1967 Tasmanian fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on 7 February 1967, an event which became known as the Black Tuesday bushfires. ...more on Wikipedia about "1967 Tasmanian fires"
The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra, the Australian capital city and almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory’s pasture, forests and nature parks were severely damaged. After burning for a week around the edges of the ACT, the fires entered the suburbs of Canberra on January 18. Over the next ten hours, four people died, and 816 homes ** and tens of square kilometres of forest were destroyed or severely damaged, requiring a significant relief and reconstruction effort. ...more on Wikipedia about "2003 Canberra bushfires"
On August 16, 2003 a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Park in British Columbia, Canada. The wildfire was fuelled by a constant wind and one of the driest summers in the past decade. Within a few days it had grown into a true firestorm. ...more on Wikipedia about "2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire"
The Ash Wednesday fires were an Australian natural disaster which occurred on February 16, 1983. The fires affected much of Victoria, including the Macedon and Dandenong Ranges, as well as the Otway Ranges in the south. They also affected much of South Australia, mainly the Adelaide Hills, but also the Clare Valley and the pine forests of the state's south east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ash Wednesday fires"
The Biscuit Fire was a wildfire that took place in 2002 that burnt nearly 500,000 acres (2000 km²) in Siskiyou National Forest in the states of Oregon and California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biscuit Fire"
The Black Friday fires of January 13, 1939, in Victoria Australia, has been considered one of the worst natural bushfires (Wildfires) in the world, and most certainly the single worst in Australian history as a measure of partly habitated land lost. Almost 20,000 km² (4,942,000 acres) of land were burnt, 71 people died, several towns were entirely destroyed, and the Royal Commission that resulted from it led to major changes in forest management. Over 700 homes and 69 sawmills were burnt and a total of 1,300 buildings were destroyed. It was calculated that three quarters of the State of Victoria was affected by the disaster, directly or indirectly and the Royal Commission into the fires was to note, "it appeared the whole State was alight on Friday, 13 January, 1939". ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Friday (1939)"
The Capitan Gap Fire was a human-caused forest fire that broke out in Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico in the Capitan mountain range in 1950. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitan Gap fire"
The Cedar Fire was the second largest wildfire in the history of the U.S. state of California and one of 15 fires that started in late October 2003 and were fanned by Santa Ana Winds in Southern California burning a total of 721,791 acres (2,921 km²), 3,640 homes and killing 24. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cedar Fire"
The Great Fire (also known as the Big Blowup and the Big Burn) of 1910 was a forest fire which burned about three million acres (12,000 km²) in northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana over two days ( August 20 and 21) and killed 86 people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Fire of 1910"
The Hayman fire was a forest fire that started southwest of Denver, Colorado on June 8, 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hayman fire"
The Hinckley Fire was a major conflagration that burned an area of more than 400 square miles (1000 km²), killing 418 to 459 people in the process. The fire occurred on September 1, 1894 and was centered at Hinckley, Minnesota. Several neighboring villages were also hard-hit by the fire. The main contributor to the fire was apparently the then-common method of lumber harvesting, which involved stripping trees of their branches, littering the ground with such detritus. The summer had been very dry, a factor that contributed to the fire. It appears that this was the second-deadliest fire in the history of Minnesota, surpassed in 1918 by a fire in and around Cloquet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hinckley Fire"
The Laguna Fire, previously known as the Kitchen Creek Fire and the Boulder Oaks Fire, was, at its time, the second-largest fire in the history of California. The largest was the September 1889 Orange/San Diego County fire that is estimated to have burned as much as 800,000 acres (3,200 km²) According to Assistant District Forester (USFS) L.A. Barrett who wrote a 1935 report on California wildfires, "I was living in Orange County at the time and well remember the great fire reported herein from September 24 to 26. Nothing like it occurred in California since the National Forests have been administered. In fact in my 33 years in the Service I have never seen a forest or brush fire to equal it. This one covered an enormous scope of country and burned very rapidly." ...more on Wikipedia about "Laguna Fire"
On 2 December 1998, a wildfire burned through private land and state forest near the township of Linton, Victoria. Firefighters from the Victorian state government's Department of Natural Resources and Country Fire Authority were deployed to fight the fire. At approximately 8.45pm two firefighting appliances and their crews were entrapped and engulfed in fire following an unexpected wind change. The crew of one of those appliances - five men from Geelong, all volunteers - were killed. The coronial inquest examining the fire and the deaths was one of the longest-running inquests in the history of the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linton bushfire"
This is a list of famous forest fires: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of forest fires"
The Mann Gulch fire of 1949 occurred when a wildfire in the Helena National Forest, Montana, United States, spread out of control and ultimately claimed the lives of 13 firefighters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mann Gulch fire"
The Oakland Hills Firestorm occurred on Sunday October 20, 1991, almost exactly two years after the Loma Prieta earthquake. The fire is often referred to as the East Bay Hills fire, since it struck the hills in both Oakland and Berkeley, California. The fire killed 25 people and injured 150, as well as destroyed 2,449 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units. The economic loss has been estimated at $1.5 billion. The fire also threatened to destroy the historic Claremont Resort hotel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Oakland Hills firestorm"
The Old Fire was a wildfire that started on October 25, 2003 in the San Bernardino Mountains of the U.S. state of California. It was one of at least a dozen wildfires burning around Southern California at this time (which included the Cedar Fire, the largest fire in California history). Fanned by the Santa Ana Winds, the fire burned 91,281 acres (369.4 km2), destroyed 993 homes and caused 6 deaths. The final cost of the fire was $42 million dollars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Old Fire"
The Peshtigo Fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin has the distinction of being the deadliest conflagration in US history. It is mostly forgotten, having occurred on October 8, 1871, the same date as the much more renowned Great Chicago Fire. Across Lake Michigan, the town of Holland, Michigan also burned down on the same day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peshtigo Fire"
The Rodeo-Chediski fire burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. It was the worst forest fire in Arizona to date, consuming 467,066 acres (1,890.15 km²) of woodland. Several local communities, including Show Low, Arizona, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ, and Heber-Overgaard, AZ, were threatened and had to be evacuated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rodeo-Chediski fire"
The September 2005 California wildfires began on September 28, 2005 as a brush fire northwest of Los Angeles, California. Growing to more than 16,000 acres (65 km2) in around 2 days, the blaze threatened homes, natural resources, power lines, and communications equipment in the Thousand Oaks region north of the Santa Monica Mountains. ...more on Wikipedia about "September 2005 California wildfires"
The Texas-Oklahoma wildfires of 2005-06 are a series of wildfires in the states of Texas and Oklahoma that began in December 2005 and continue into January 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "Texas-Oklahoma wildfires of 2005-06"
The great Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881 in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thumb Fire"
The Tillamook Burn was a series of forest fires in the Coast Range ...more on Wikipedia about "Tillamook Burn"
A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources. Common causes include lightning, human carelessness and arson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wildfire"
The Yacolt Burn was the worst forest fire in the history of Washington State. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yacolt Burn"
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