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00:38 #10: 2007 California Wildfires – Fall 2007
01:29 #9: Great Chicago Fire – October 1871
02:12 #8: 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire – May 2016
03:05 #7: Great Hinckley Fire – September 1894
03:49 #6: Black Saturday Bushfires – February 2009
04:33 #5: Great Fire of 1910 – August 1910
05:15 #4: Great Fire of London – September 1666
06:03 #3, #2 & #1 ???
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Ash Wednesday didn’t even get an honourable mention????
How about the Japanese city fire? Anyone heard about it?
If this video was made after the 2020 California Wildfires, it would be on our list with the 2007 fires.
Surprised the 1974/5 bushfires aren’t on this list. Burnt a total of 290 millions acres of land.
The worst is long legendary past or long legendary yet to come
Most of these are started by the LEFT PART OF THE TAKEE AMMEERRICCA DOWN PLANNN
Ozone disco Philippines
Fort Mac strong
I saw the trees where the 2020 fire in Australia hit and it was bad, and nsw’s air was so bad it was the most polluted place in the world
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My dad is a firefighter
What about the Charleston furniture superstore fire? 9 firefighter LODDs
Or 9/11? 343 firefighters killed.
The peshtigo was so hot trees expoloded
Crap production for the feeble-minded.
I was there for #8, scariest moment of my life
Also the smoke from the beast actually affected Ireland’s skies for a short while.
If not, there's a price to pay for that. Final word.
Green bay Wisconsin will take the hit for pine city/mora /hinkley Minnesota
It's a boy
Geez in those day.
When TV was black and white.
The technology not so great and no vehicle what can put out the fire.
I can’t imagine what they did and what they had to go though
The times when you want it to rain but it’s a sunny day but then the next day it starts to rain m….😕
only if they knew what would happen to us in Australia during the 2020 summer
Seems to be all about America 😞
The flame is the soul's breath, the black smoke is the soul's release. Ashes thou wert and art. May thy soul, return to the great flame of fire. Latom.
I remember the great Smoky mountain wildfires we saw it on 7 news and it was everywhere
what about tianjin
Asian People be like: A thank god we dont have fires here in asia!