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Disasters with highest death tolls - Peshtigo Fire

Time: Sunday Oct 8, 1871

Place: Wisconsin, United States

Details: The Peshtigo fire was a very large forest fire that took place on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, including much of the Door Peninsula, and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The largest community in the affected area was Peshtigo, Wisconsin. With the estimated deaths of around 1,500 people, and possibly as many as 2,500.

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