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Not in history has a modern imperial city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone.

Jack London after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire[1]

This article is a list of notable fires.

Town and city fires

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Painting of the Cathedral and the Academy building after the Great Fire of Turku, by Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg, 1827

Building or structure fires

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Transportation fires

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Mining (including oil and natural gas drilling) fires

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This is a partial list of fire due to mining: human-made structures to extract minerals, ores, rock, petroleum, natural gas, etc.

Forest and countryside fires

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ London, Jack (May 5, 1906). "The Story of an Eyewitness by Jack London". Collier's, the National Weekly. The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. Retrieved August 29, 2006.
  2. ^ "New Straitsville Mine Fire". Ohio History Central. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Newett, George A. (1896). State of Michigan: Mines and Mineral Statistics (PDF) (Report). State of Michigan. p. 90. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "History". Welcome to the Borough of Throop: "A Great Place to Live". Throop, Pennsylvania: Borough of Throop. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. ^ Evander, Robert Ricci (September 18, 1986). "Mine disaster toll rises to 177". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Forest fire, the largest in U.S. history, left stories of awe, tragedy". Spokesman.com. 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  7. ^ "Lenta.ru: Natural fires of the Summer 2010". Lenta.RU. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Incidents". Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
  9. ^ "BBC News – Swinley Forest fire 'largest in Berkshire's history'". BBC News. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  10. ^ "'Frightening' Galway blaze among 30 wildfires raging across Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  11. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) USDA Forest Service website.
  12. ^ DOF Archived 2017-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Dept. of Forestry Blog: "ODF Daily Fire Update - Monday, September 4, 2017."
  13. ^ KGW News Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "With Oregon on fire, where should you go, or avoid, this Labor Day Weekend?" 31 August 2017.
  14. ^ California, State of (December 6, 2018). "Camp Fire Incident Information". www.fire.ca.gov. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  15. ^ Moleski, Vincent (February 17, 2019). "Camp Fire death count drops to 85 while missing list drops to 2 following arrest". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  16. ^ "Woolsey Fire Incident Update". Los Angeles County Fire Department. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  17. ^ "Nelson bush fire: Helicopter crashes fighting fires in Tasman district". Stuff.co.nz. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Live: NSW Now: Gospers Mountain fire contained after burning through 512,000 hectares". www.abc.net.au. 2020-01-12. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  19. ^ "La Fiscalía venezolana eleva a los 11 muertos en un incendio, 9 de ellos menores". EFE (in Spanish). 24 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Al menos 10 muertos, 7 de ellos menores de edad, en un incendio en Venezuela". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Al menos 10 muertos, 7 de ellos niños, en un incendio en Venezuela". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 24 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Incendio en Venezuela deja 11 personas muertas, incluidos 9 niños" (in Spanish). France 24. 24 January 2020.

Further reading

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