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The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the Inland Northwest region of the United States that in the summer of 1910 burned three million acres (4,700 sq mi; 12,100 km 2, approximately the size of Connecticut) in North Idaho and Western Montana, with ...
Learn about the devastating forest fires that swept over Idaho, Montana, and Washington in 1910, and how they shaped the U.S. Forest Service's fire policy and legacy. Read eyewitness accounts, maps, photos, and analysis of the \"Big Blowup\" and its aftermath.
The Great Fire of 1910 burned three million acres and killed enough timber to fill a freight train 2,400 miles long. Merchantable timber destroyed was estimated to be eight billion board feet, or enough wood to build 800,000 houses. 20 million acres were burned across the entire Northwest
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Mar 18, 2020 · Learn how a massive firestorm ravaged the northern Rockies in 1910, burning 3 million acres of forest and killing dozens of people. Read about the causes, effects and aftermath of the Big Burn, one of the largest wildfires in North American history.
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Big Blowup of 1910, devastating forest fire that torched 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) in western Montana and northern Idaho during Aug. 20–23, 1910. Of the fire’s 85 victims, 78 were firefighters. After record low precipitation in April and May 1910, severe lightning storms in June.
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Apr 25, 2024 · Incident Summary: The 1910 fire season in the Northern Rockies was an unprecedented challenge to the US Forest Service. Record drought conditions had combined with an unusually strong lightning cycle and an abundance of man-caused fires. By July 15, there were over 3000 firefighters on the fireline in Region 1 of the Forest Service alone.
Sep 7, 2022 · Watch a film based on Timothy Egan's book about the largest fire in American history, which killed 78 firefighters in the Northern Rockies in 1910. Learn about the heroes, the challenges, and the lessons of the Big Burn.
