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Question: What are some major fires in history!?10pts!?
what are some good FIRE topics to write a research paper on!? some significant events!?

some major fires!?catastrophes
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I suppose you don't include the fires during wars or revenges during was!.
Important fires:
in San Francisco
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-the fire of London,there is also a book, see this
http://www!.amazon!.co!.uk/Great-Fire-Londo!.!.!.

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- The Thames Valley Catastrophe
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- the Peshtigo fire
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The Great Chicago Fire or The Great Fire of London would be two excellent topics!. In the Chicago fire (1800s) it burned about 1/3 of the city and completely destroyed the financial district!. The city was in the middle of a drought and the fire started on a farm!. In the Great Fire of London (1660s), the city was in a severe drought and the fire destroyed all the slum areas and all of the parts of the old Roman sector!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


1!. Firework factory disasters (e!.g!., the Oklahoma fireworks explosion of 1983 killing 20 workers)

2!. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

3!. Spontaneous combustion---what triggers it

4!. Fires caused by thermal pressure in nuclear explosions

5!. Dry lightning and its major contribution to forest fires

6!. Fires caused by the suicide plane crashes into the World Trade Center Towers of Sept!. 11, 2001 and resultant collapses!.!.!.!.!.

7!. How backfires are used to control forest fires

8!. The massive fires caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquakeWww@QuestionHome@Com

WWII is chock full of fires:
- Dresden firestorms
- Tokyo firebombings
- Hiroshima/NagasakiWww@QuestionHome@Com

heres one
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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_his!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_his!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wikipedia has a huge list at this link:

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_his!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The great fire of London

it was so bad it burnt 50% of the city !Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Great Chicago FireWww@QuestionHome@Com

the great fire of romeWww@QuestionHome@Com

san fran fire of 1906Www@QuestionHome@Com

rome under nero & london in 1666Www@QuestionHome@Com