The deadliest fire in American history was in a place many don't associate with wildfire: Northeast Wisconsin. The warming climate is amplifying the risk of more major fires outside the Western U ...

The American Red Cross ... The Griffith Park fire was once the deadliest fire in California history, killing 29 people in 1933. But it burned a relatively small 47 acres and damaged no property.

It should be noted that all of the deadliest wild fires in American history have occurred in the Upper Midwest. Other notable fires were the Cloquet, Minnesota fire of October 13-15, 1918 that ...

Terrible wildfires burning in Canada this week have blanketed parts of the American Northeast ... most catastrophic fires and explosions in US history.) To determine the worst wildfires in ...

The Miramichi Fire of 1825 was one of the worst forest fires in North American history. Though most of its damage was done in New Brunswick (around the Canadian city of Miramichi), the firestorm ...

A look at the other deadliest fires in U.S. history: THE PESHTIGO FIRE The deadliest ... a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

As many as 2,500 people died in the two states, including 1,000 in Peshtigo alone, making it the worst forest fire in North American history. It is also, according to some historians, the nation ...

With dozens of people still unaccounted for, the conflagration that has caused widespread devastation across the Hawaiian island of Maui is now the fifth-deadliest wildland fire in U.S. history.

A look at the other deadliest fires in U.S. history: THE PESHTIGO FIRE The deadliest ... a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative.

However, the week's fires are the most destructive by far in state history, with an estimated 3500 structures lost as of Friday. The previous record-holder was the infamous Oakland Hills firestorm ...

In the span of about one hour, the fire incinerated anything and ... and they collectively remain among the worst disasters in American history. AccuWeather National Reporter Blake Naftel recently ...