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The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
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Chinchaga fire
1950 forest fire in British Columbia and Alberta
The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19, was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. With a final size of between 1,400,000 and 1,700,000 hectares, it is the single largest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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