September 1, 1894 to September 6, 1894 3:00 p.m. (CDT)
Location
Pine County, near Hinckley, Minnesota, US
Statistics
Burned area
200,000 acres (810 km2)
Land use
Logging
Impacts
Deaths
418+
Ignition
Cause
Drought
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 (810 km2; 310 sq mi)[1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley. The official death count was 418; the actual number of fatalities was likely higher.[2] Other sources put the death toll at 476.[3]
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