Name

Year

Size

Area

Casualties

Miramichi Fire

1825

3 million acres

New Brunswick, Canada

160 to 300

Peshtigo Fire

1871

1,200,000 acres

Wisconsin, United States

1,200 to 2,500

Black Friday Bushfires

1939

5 million acres

Victoria, Australia

killed 71

Greek Forest Fires

2007

670,000 acres

Greece

84

Black Dragon Fire

1987

18 million acres

China

191

Cloquet Fire

1918

250,000 acres

Minnesota, United States

453

Great Hinckley Fire

1894

350,000 acres

Minnesota, United States

418+

Indonesian forest fires

1997

8 million hecta acres

Indonesia

240