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The Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
4 sie 2017 · In 1871, the Wisconsin town of Peshtigo burned to the ground, killing up to 2,500 people. But due to another event at the time, many have never heard about the disaster.
Pożar Peshtigo – pożar, który 8 października 1871 strawił miasteczko Peshtigo w stanie Wisconsin. Katastrofa spowodowała śmierć największej liczby istnień ludzkich z powodu ognia w dziejach Stanów Zjednoczonych.
On the night of Oct. 8-9, 1871, this fire destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long and obliterated the towns of Peshtigo and Brussels, killing about 1,500 people.
On October 8, 1871, the most devastating forest fire in American history swept through northeast Wisconsin, claiming 1200+ lives. [For more about the Peshtigo fire, click here.]
The deadliest fire in US history raged through Peshtigo, Wisconsin. On October 8, 1871, a firestorm roared through Peshtigo and surrounding areas. It not only killed between 1,500-2,000 people, it but also destroyed the entire community and its livelihood.
8 paź 2023 · Two hundred miles north, a firestorm swept through 2,400 square miles of Wisconsin and Michigan and claimed more than 1,100 lives. The Peshtigo Fire, named after the Wisconsin town incinerated in the blaze, remains the nation’s deadliest wildfire.
