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 Governor Inslee of Washington State is spouting we should call these forest fires Climate Fires!

Apparently, Inslee is one of those people that believes history began on the day he was born!

https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov/posts/1791230291024077

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/burn-fighting-wildfires/

America's Most Devastating Wildfires

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Browse a list of the largest, most costly and deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. The U.S. Forest Service did not keep detailed records until the mid-20th century, so certain information may be lacking from earlier fires

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/burn-worst-fires/

Fire	Date	Location	Acres Burned	Lives Lost	Property Damage	Notes
Miramichi Fire	October 1825	New Brunswick, Canada and parts of Maine	3 million	160	Unknown	Limited records kept
The Great Fire	1845	Oregon	1.5 million	Unknown	Unknown	Limited records kept
The Silverton Fire	1865	Silverton, Oregon	1 million	Unknown	Unknown	Limited records kept
The Peshtigo Fire	October 8, 1871	Peshtigo, Wisconsin/ (moving into Upper Michigan)	1.2 million	As many as 2,500	unknown	Deadliest fire in American history. The fire created its own wind system and turned into a tornado.
The Great Michigan Fire	October 8, 1871	Michigan (Various regions)	2.5 million	200	3,000 buildings destroyed
Hinckley Fire	September 1, 1894	Hinckley, Minnesota	160,000	418
Yacolt Fire	September 1902	Washington Oregon	Over 1 million	38	146 homes
The Big Burn	August 1910	Northern Rockies/ Washington, Montana, Idaho	3 million	87	Estimated $1 billion in timber destroyed
Cloquet Fire	October 12, 1918	Cloquet, Minnesota	1.2 million	Over 450	$73 million
Griffith Park Fire	October 3, 1933	Los Angeles, CA	Unknown	29 firefighters
Tillamook Burn	1933-1951	Oregon Coast Range	Combined 355,000	Unknown	Unknown	Between 1933-1951, a wildfire occurred in the same area every six ears. Each burned for several days.
The Great Fires of 1947	October 17 - November 14, 1947	Maine	Over 200,000	At least 15	854 homes destroyed; between $50 - $100 million in damages	This was dubbed, "The week that Maine burned."
Mann Gulch Fire	August 5, 1949	Helena National Forest, Montana	4,500 (3,000 of which were consumed within 10 minutes)	13 firefighters (including 12 smokejumpers)		New safety measures and training techniques were established by the USFS as a result of the Mann Gulch Fire.
Rattlesnake Fire	July 9, 1953	Mendocino National Forest, California	1,300	14 firefighters, 1 Forest Service employee		Forest Service establishes changes in wildland fire training, firefighter safety standards, firefighter knowledge and awareness of fire weather and fire behavior.
Inaja Fire	November 25, 1956	Cleveland National Forest, California	43,904	11 firefighters
The Coyote Fire	September 1 - October 1, 1964	Santa Barbara, California	67,000	1 dead, 227 injured	157 structures destroyed, including 94 homes; $5.7 million in damages
Laguna Fire	September 26, 1970	San Diego County, California	Over 175,000	8 civilians	382 homes destroyed
Siege of '87	1987	California	640,000
Yellowstone fires of 1988	June - November 1988	Yellowstone National Park	Nearly 794,000			Continuous fires throughout the summer
South Canyon Fire	July 3-6, 1994	Colorado	2,000	14 firefighters		A post-fire investigation results in fire management qualification standards that heighten safety and professionalism in fire management programs.
Cedar Fire	October 25 - November 3, 2003	San Diego County, California	Over 280,000	14 people (including 1 firefighter)	2,280 buildings	Part of 2003 Fire Siege
Taylor Complex Fire	June 12, 2004	Alaska	Up to 1.7 million			2004 was the worst fire season on record for Alaska, with up to 6.6 million acres burned. The Taylor Complex Fire was the state's worst fire of the year.
Esperanza Fire	October 26, 2006	Cbazon, California	40,200	5 firefighters	34 homes, 20 outbuildings; $9 million	In 2009, Raymond Lee Oyler was convicted of first-degree murder for setting the Esperanza Fire that killed 5 firefighters.
Murphy Complex Fire	July 16, 2007	Idaho and Nevada	653,100		$9 million	This was Idaho's largest wildfire since the Big Burn in 1910.
Trigo Fire	April 15 - May 22, 2008	New Mexico	Nearly 14,000		59 homes; $11 million containment cost
2008 California Fire Siege	Summer 2008	California	1.2 million by autumn	13 firefighters		2,000 fires throughout the summer.
Wallow Fire	May 29, 2011	New Mexico and Arizona	538,000
2011 Texas Wildfire Season	November 25, 2010 - October 31, 2011	Texas	4,011,709			In 2011, there were 31,453 wildfires in Texas - the state's worst fire season on record.
Yarnell Hill Fire	June 30, 2013	Yarnell, Arizona	Over 8,000	19 firefighters
Carlton Complex Fire	July 2014	Washington	Over 256,000		At least 340 homes	This was the largest wildfire in Washington's recorded history.