9 Most Horrific Wildfires in the US history

1988 Yellowstone Fires | 1988 Yellowstone Fires: These fires collectively formed the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the US a total of 793, 880 acres, or 36% of the park, were affected by the fires.

1991 Oakland Hills Fire, California | 1991 Oakland Hills Fire, California: Started on the Oakland hills on October 19 as a wind-driven brush fire, but turned into a firestorm affecting 1520 acres of land, 3000 homes killing 25 people and 150 injured.

2004 Alaska Fire Season | 2004 Alaska Fire Season: This fire was the worst on record in terms of the area burned by wildfires in the history of Alaska. 701 fires collectively by human and lighting strike burned a whopping 6.6 million acres of land.

2013 Yarnell Fire Arizona | 2013 Yarnell Fire, Arizona: The fire started on June 28 and is believed to have started by a lightning strike burning 18,000 acres of land and killing more than 19 firefighters making it one of deadliest in Arizona’s history.

California 2017 Tubbs Fire | 2017 Tubbs Fire, California: The Fire started in October in Northern California and was one of 200 fires, it burned more than 36 800 acres across Sonoma and Napa counties and killed 22 people.

California 2018 Camp Fire | 2018 Camp Fire, California: The Camp Fire was reported on November 8 in Butte County. Deadliest in California’s history the fire burned 153 336 acres and destroyed nearly 19000 homes killing at least 85 people.

California 2020 Bay Area Fire | 2020 Bay Area Fire, California: One of the largest wildfires in US history tore through parts of California and Washington state. At one point, every 24 hours, an area the size of Washington DC was being burned.

1918 Cloquet Fire | 1918 Cloquet Fire: On October 12, sparks from a railroad led to a wildfire in Carlton County, Minnesota because of extremely dry conditions. More than 250 000 acres of land were burned and at least 550 died.

9 Most Horrific Wildfires in the US history | 9 Most Horrific Wildfires in the US history