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10 of the World’s Largest Fires
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Orange skies over New York
Fires in Canada's Northwest Territories, 2014 The Great Fire of 1919
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Orange skies over New York
Learn about how smoke from Canadian wildfires obscured New York City's skyline by...
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Bushfires in New South Wales, 1974–75
Soldiers fighting fires in southeastern Australia in December 1974.
© Berry—Fairfax Media Archives/Getty Images
Wildfires in Russia, 2021
Fire protection services battling flames in Yakutia, Sakha, Russia, in 2021.
© Nikiforov—Anadolu/Getty Images
Fires in Canada's Northwest Territories, 2014
NASA satellite image showing smoke plumes across Canada's Northwest Territories in...
Jeff Schmaltz—LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team/NASA GSFC
The Great Fire of 1919
Flames rising above the Nordegg area of Alberta, Canada, in 1919.
Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary (CU1116392)