The Michigan death toll from the 1871 fires ... factor in the fire’s beginnings: People at the time were intentionally setting fires that were aimed at transforming forest-like environments ...

While California fires present the problem of urban encroachment into wilderness areas, most Metro Detroiters wouldn't ...

The Great Michigan Fire, also with an unconfirmed death toll, is believed to have claimed more than 500 lives, according to records from the National Weather Service. A decade later, the Thumb Fire of ...

While It’s been over a century, the “Great Michigan Fire” burned 2.5 million acres in 1871. Making it the third ... white pine and mixed hardwood forest. While California fires present ...

Perhaps the most well-known fire in the U.S. was the Great Chicago Fire, which started on Oct. 8, 1871 ... tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, in the Marinette and Escanaba State Forest areas.