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Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
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Great Hinckley Fire
1894 forest fire in Minnesota, U.S.
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres, including the town of Hinckley. The official death count was 418; the actual number of fatalities was likely higher.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wildfire
Uncontrolled fires in forests or open spaces
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hinckley, Minnesota
City in Minnesota, United States
Hinckley is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 48. The population was 1,904 at the 2020 census.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)