Top 10 Most Devastating Fires in History

[@Minkfang]

I live in country Victoria Australia and the black saturday bushfires were the most hoffic thing i have ever experienced. We were surrounded by fire and all we could do was watch the paddocks in the gully burn and get closer to the house

[@MrDexamphetamine]

I too remember that day. I can remember watching the reports and seeing the death toll go up and up in horror with tears streaming down my face. South Australia has had some close calls, but none as bad as Black Saturday. I hope your house and land survived.

[@Ethan-cw2qj]

Alyssa Black bloody hell .I’d be pooping me pants

[@aussiebattler96]

Oh i remember black saturday the turn of wind was scary as hell. and then being faced with the fire burning at 3 terrawatts of power. by far the worst fire i've ever seen.

[@m7th1c24]

Alyssa Black I too live there! Very terrifying... my parents lost a few friends :(

[@bigorsetomatoesauce6403]

2 years on and its even worse

[@HynezMovieProduction]

I live in Victoria Australia, and i remember black Saturday like it was yesterday. I was 12 and it was that one time in my life i was scared to go to sleep, despite the fact i live in the suburbs. It wasn't just February to March, it was December all the way through to early April, fire popping up in random places. There was a huge fire that happened very close to where i live, started off with someone lighting a couch on fire and because of the heat and winds, it spread through out almost half of the suburb. Mid January 2009 i would jump into my pool on one of the hottest days that year, the sky was orange, everything smelt like ash, i'd pop my head out of the water for 15 seconds and my hair would be bone dry again. At night i could hear all three different sirens almost the whole time, and so if it wasn't the heat keeping you up, it was the noise. This is coming from someone who lived in the safe areas, someone who didn't have to keep an eye on whether my place of living was safe or not every couple hours. All these fires you hear about, theres way more that happens and a much larger time frame that it all happens in. And years after black Saturday, driving through the areas it hit, ive never seen so much destruction, dead land where trees and wildlife once were.

[@kemurinine4272]

I completely agree with you about that smell of ash. such a horrible smell, especially when you live in the heart of the city and can still smell the death taking place ages away. man fuck that day

[@roxy5588]

I live in Victoria as well. I live in the northeastern part too. The smoke rolled into Mount Beauty and the temp got up to 48 degrees. I went swimming and did not want to get out of the pool. It was horrendous living in those hot conditions.

[@m7th1c24]

Danosaur yea.... I live there too.. it was a tragic day... I hope it never happens again

[@christophernicholascarter6865]

I was 12 during Black Saturday as well. I live in Lilydale and I remember massive amounts of people being evacuated to the football ground behind Lilydale train station. Worst part is they started planning a second evacuation deeper into Melbourne because they were fearing the unthinkable, that the fires would somehow come up through the valley and into Lilydale. Marysville, a town that I frequented as a kid and still do to this day was completely destroyed and it is so weird to think about how different the town is today compared to when I was a kid. Scariest thing is this season it looks like it might all happen again.

[@DeloofTegOrb]

Danosaur well, Australia just copied and pasted this comment.

[@sakuraheartshaven4299]

I was living in Victoria during The Black Saturday Fires. I had a friend who's house nearly burnt down. Terrifying

[@adamf1980]

Sakura Heartshaven I lived in Gippsland at the time.

[@domfabio8850]

The Black Saturday fires happened just 1 or 2 weeks after i just moved to Victoria from Tasmania. The town i lived in didn't get hit by the fires, although you could see them just outside of the town border. Luckily the fires were dealt with quickly. It was really tough getting through the 40+ degrees celsius heat, in Tazzy it rarely got pass 25 degrees celsius during the summer where i lived.

[@kurtaincheese]

i remember the black Saturday bush fires and kids were bringing their belongings to school incase their house burnt down

[@alisaclak]

bamkurtainbear 13 True

[@euphoria667]

@Xavier Merks 20 Sending virtual hugs you're way mate :-(

[@christophernicholascarter6865]

@Xavier Yarra Valley resident here. I lost friends in those fires. Just want to send my condolences. It was a very tough time

[@dominicbonacci9757]

My school nearly burnt down

[@someperson1767]

@Xavier Merks 20 feel so sorry for you :(

[@Luke-lv4ql]

I remember Black Saturday clearly. The wind was so powerful but yet so hot that my eyes were sore, I remember something just felt eerie. I really cried that night. So many dead, so close to my home. It was unlike anything us Aussies have really experienced.

[@Luke-lv4ql]

I was only about an hour from the worst of the fires.

[@MegaDisneyLover]

I'm actually from Fort McMurray myself. I was a grade 12 senior on May 3rd when we began to evacuate from the school. Our school was positioned nearby deeply fire-cause devastated communities like Beacon Hill and Abasand. It was a very scary and tragic day.

[@Beneaththeburn]

What did it look like?

[@kjetilbrendemo2771]

The fire in the Australia would top this list

[@yeahm8162]

Kjetil Brendemo aye it’s so bad

[@oliverbeattie2777]

There's been enough fires in Australia already that it should be it's own list bro.

[@kjetilbrendemo2771]

Oliver Beattie i know............... bro

[@QKvox]

Black Monday in Victoria

[@suidiceseason4286]

Yea i live in Western Australia

[@Citybikeing]

My house burned down in the 2016 Fort McMurray fire! I left town after that year and now in the Armed forces helping others out in times of crisis

[@grantperry5180]

My brother works at Little Caesar's and he's bringing home a pizza in a few hours

[@funnytoyvideos]

Grant Perry Same.

[@stupidthehedgehog3266]

That sounds awesome.

[@mk6rfc1]

Oh good for you

[@isaiahfernandez4236]

That's fire bro👌

[@lukepaule7630]

Grant Perry that's fire

[@oliverbeattie2777]

America has: Wildfires Australia has: Bushfires

[@fet7]

What's the difference

[@oliverbeattie2777]

@@fet7 Nothing much. Just that Australia's main species of trees are really flammable.

[@abbeydykstra5249]

Watching this after our Black Summer Bushfires here in Australia, which was far more bigger then our Black Saturday fires. I truely hope we don’t have to go through something like that again.

[@B44-b5g]

We will, and sadly it will only get worst in the future.

[@abbeydykstra5249]

Ben S I feel like it’s gonna be bad this year, as 2020 just keeps on bringing bad surprises.

[@TheRadical42]

Good list. You should do another list with something like "Top 10 Building Fires." Fires that were devastating, historical, or brought about great change but were confined to a small location. Things like the Coconut Grove Fire, the Triangle Shirt Factory Fire, the Iroquois Theater Fire. I'm sure there are many more!

[@jester7585]

You guys should do a video about just structure fires!

[@terryasheim9038]

What about the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago in 1903? This was the greatest loss of life from a single building fire in U.S. history. Killing over 600 people.

[@BendixX69]

What about the Chilean wild fires, seems like South American news are not relevant, and happened this year

[@ElNico48]

BendixX69 thats actually the first and only comment ive read that is about the video

[@antoniomontes198]

BendixX69 tbh chile the ontly south american country not worthy because of pinochet

[@BendixX69]

you are not even worth answering...

[@pattichurch3693]

BendixX69 they said they compiled a lot of information to get the list. They took deaths, money, and earth into consideration. Maybe there was worse to them.

[@coolkid3726]

Or my mixtape.

[@kattie06]

My family was in the Ash Wednesday and Black Saturday fires. Absolutely terrifying

[@MrHamy8]

thank for showing love for fort mac

[@mathewm6294]

I remember when the Oakland hills caught fire in 1990, that shit was scary. The whole treeline and hillside was ablaze..

[@mikemakowka7042]

the Peshtigo fire got so hot that the river boiled, and those thinking they could use the water to escape the blaze also lost their lives

[@brendaproffitt8520]

How sad that these fires start from storms and others thing's too great video

[@angelmills17]

I live in Western Australia and I have heard about the Waroona fire that happened in January 2016 and it literally demolished the entire town of Yarloop, I was living in Collie with my aunty and her ex partner at the time and I was out in the backyard that day hanging out my washing and all I could see was this huge cloud of smoke that pretty much covered the sky.

[@HunterPlays-Games]

My house almost burned down from a forest fire yesterday, i'm from New Brunswick and it's so dry here the provincial government had to literally put a ban on fires because the slightest spark can start a fire it's so dry.

[@ph11p3540]

I will never forget the Fort McMurray and Kalowna wild fires. This video completely missed the great Tokyo fire as caused by an earthquake. If memory serves me, the fire alone killed over 50,000.

[@aaronsmith9891]

Thanks for uploading this a couple days after my physical Geography exam on Hazards

[@generalcoon47]

There was also the Mt. Blanc road tunnel fire in 1999. It started when a semi truck carrying flour and margarine caught fire. It burned for over 50 hours and reached 1,000 degrees. 38 people were killed by cyanide filled smoke and incinerated. The driver was charged for stopping and not continuing to end of the tunnel were it could've been extinguished.

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

favorite facts about the chicago fire: even the river caught fire (that's part of how it spread so fast; it was able to cross water); it's why pretty much all buildings were made from brick or stone until cement and steel came along; it's still technically illegal for a household to not have a leather bucket just in case; and finally, it was actually kind of a mixed blessing because the city had been so poorly designed back then (with different levels as a result of the fact that the area is actually kinda swampy and the rapid growth) that the fire essentially allowed the slate to be wiped clean and put the grid system in place

[@flukoo6992]

Surprised the 1974/5 bushfires aren’t on this list. Burnt a total of 290 millions acres of land.

[@JoesAnimationHub]

the truth about the Great fire of London is that several hundred or even several THOUSAND people died in the blaze, while totally negating the fact that the Black Death was rampant in those days...

[@michaelfrederick5469]

the fire burned the city but it killed the plauge

[@JoesAnimationHub]

I don't think the fire really killed off the plague, it was still around but research suggests that immunity was just starting in Europe, the disappearance of the black death wasn't mere coincidence in other parts of the continent during the events of the great fire, so a big fire wiping out the most deadly disease of it's time is kind of far fetched in hindsight. Also it is worthy to note the fire was only in London, while other cities like York, Sheffield or Glasgow to name a few were miles off from the fire and still had the disease here and there.

[@isaacwood4071]

Actualy only 4 people died

[@ryanwilliams4223]

Never bake bread ever again

[@DoctorGTAChannel]

Nice good wideo like ++ :)

[@deathstructor]

RIP Notre Dame...

[@animevideo]

Do not believe everything on the internet. - Albert Einstein (1875)

[@animevideo]

:)

[@Trafalgar3390]

Damnit, I thought Lincoln said that.

[@SuperMarioVideoProduction]

Go back to history class guys! obviously Thomas Edison said that! Fuckin idiots smh 😑

[@theduke9923]

Sogeking "use the force, harry" - Gandalf (Sherlock Potter and the Mockingjay)

[@Aleks1337.]

-Pablo Emilio Escobar Garcia-

[@Grimtheorist]

Crazy... I was just drawing a picture of a burning barn, then this video pops up on my KZbins.

[@alisaclak]

Eternal Void WHAT?!?!?!?!?!!!?? HOW COULD YOU WTH BRO

[@renzotata7501]

come on, change the name of the video it shoud be "Top 10 Most Devastating Fires in American History (with few exception)"

[@michelbelanger2845]

Small correction: Top 10 Most Devastating Fires in American History (with few exception) that where not caused by Americans" :) The number 1 and 2 "Tokyo fire 75,000-200,000 civilian deaths; " dresden "75,000-200,000 civilian deaths; "

[@silgen]

The Dresden death toll as counted by the German government was 20,000. This was not enough for Goebbels, who added a zero on the end for propaganda purposes. Why are you spreading Nazi propaganda?

[@michelbelanger2845]

I am not spreading propaganda, just saying that 20 000 people dead with the entire city destroyed is much bigger than 200 with mostly acres of forrest

[@stinkybuttcheeks7954]

I feel so n Bas for those people back thaen

[@adamf1980]

I live in the area of #6. Temperatures hit 50 degrees Celsius and going outside, all I could see was orange sky. Some scary shit. Also Ash Wednesday (1983 I think) should get a mention, as well as the Hazelwood Open Cut fire from a few years back.

[@zacharyloomer7593]

Just watched this video after the wildfire on Maui; It’s crazy to think how it stacks up to this list.

[@itstim2105]

The largest fire I can remember seeing in person was the 2014 LA fires that burned in the LA forest.

[@2dead2smile]

the fort mac fire literally started on my birthday

[@QintheCrab]

I remember the 2007 CA fires. I was lucky enough that I didn't have to evacuate because the wind made a sudden shift and blew it in a different direction. It actually went around my area.

[@oliviadiamond6149]

I live in Australia and right now the nsw bushfire are so bad you can see ash all over Australia and more then 2 million hectares and koalas and almost gone

[@dustinmcclure7218]

Seeing the damage first hand of the “Great Smokie Mountain Fire”, I have to say it was pretty bad for what it was and remaining as possibly being one of the worst in the area. Even though there was so much damage and many homes lost, in a matter of no time, the gorgeous city came back to life and was once again the most beautiful and annoying places to drive through. Once you deal with the traffic, the city thrives on even with a scar. On the brighter side, sprinklers are becoming mandatory for structures in the area.

[@brendonian4097]

I live only like an hour from Peshtigo and it's so weird to think that the arguably most devastating fire in all of history took place only a bit away.

[@okzoomer5728]

Boy did this video age quickly (Mendochino, Carr, Camp Fire, 2019-2020 Australia bushfires)

[@awwrelic]

Kinda surprised the fires resulting from earthquakes weren't included; that would include the fires that devastated San Francisco in 1906, and the fires that destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama in September of 1923. In Japan's case, at least 140,000 people lost their lives, many from being burned to death.

[@Fondrom]

This is a USA only list for some reason lol

[@Aqualastic]

@@Fondrom fires in Canada, Australia and London were also included, literally, worst fires in the West. Asian fires are even more tragic.

[@pottergirl287]

Not sure if I should be proud of my state having two spots on this list or concerned...Minnesota and fires... Don't forget the 1997 Grand Forks flood/fire!

[@auto7065]

I honestly thought the Triangle Fire would have been on here.

[@fifaking1322]

Me too, Not to mention it was important for very good reasons that would save more workers lives.

[@bestnameeverf]

Yah we want more fires that started inside and not just wild fires.

[@nikitagibbs9859]

How come I knew the Fort McMurray fires was going to be on here. That was scary I thought we were going to lose our home but we were lucky but it still haunts me plus so many trees are burned that there are very few trees that is growing leaves but at least everyone serviced

[@VCRK888]

Before 1000 view gang, where ya at

[@VCRK888]

Ziyan Imran How mature.

[@Dayman90]

So that's it huh. We some kind of... before 1000 squad?

[@kieranpatton4504]

GameFanØ78 says the guy who said before 1000 squad

[@VCRK888]

Kieran Patton Says the one with a rage comic face.

[@VCRK888]

AJK90 lmao

[@joshuagonzalez7493]

u should do hurricanes earthquakes and tsunamis

[@tashabrinkworth3995]

I am petrified of fire I trapped in a big 10 story Victorian pub on the top floor the floor under us was just full of timber for the fireplaces and repairs my mother was unconscious and I was 14 it was horrific thank god we got out just in time I hate fire alarms and smoke

[@KevinYannutz]

there were some pretty large fires in Colorado especially during the 00s

[@tessabiggs2917]

Black Saturday and ash Wednesday fires will never be forgotten in Australia.

[@aussiegaming_0077]

The Wangary Bushfire of 2005, which occurred on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia burnt over 77964 hectares (779.64 square Kilometres). This bushfire started on one side of the Peninsula and burnt all the way to the other side. Wiping out 8 or so townships and killing over 46,000 livestock. Many lives were lost in this bushfire.

[@HunterPlays-Games]

I'm from Miramichi and my family still tells that story like it was yesterday.

[@Blackleper321]

My mixtape better be number 1.

[@itachii267]

6:16 that awkward moment where you realize the origin of the software name for Nero Burning Rom.

[@MjauDuuude]

I really wish that you could remember that you have international followers as well

[@aussiebattler96]

they do number 6 was the Australian black Saturday worst fire ever 3 terrawats of power half a million hectaers

[@zoyazoya154]

Well do something to prevent such situations...doomed vacation hope

[@SarthorS]

The Great Kanto Earthquake. Many devastating fires were caused, the worst one in Tokyo where around 38,000 people died in a single area.

[@Mike_Hun]

Why don't you rename this video to "Top 10 Most Devastating Fire in the USA"

[@MegaDisneyLover]

Nigel Thornberry The Fort Mcmurray wildfire took place in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. And their #6 took place in Australia.

[@tomastorres2609]

damn, 8 of the 10 was on USA

[@eifiekatx4478]

Nigel Thornberry One was in London

[@teccosman]

Watch mojo's list only ever mention america

[@adamf1980]

There was also the Black Saturday fire from Australia

[@serjorahmormont6124]

What about the "Night of the Black Snow" in Tokyo, 1945? Sure, it was caused by an air-raid. But the winds and the many wooden houses created a firestorm, which was the main cause for the at least 75,000 people that died then.

[@MilesProwerStudios78]

I remember the great Smoky mountain wildfires we saw it on 7 news and it was everywhere

[@LPaciencia]

What's the background music watchmojo uses in this and all their other top ten videos?

[@Taishijen]

Ok we in here!!

[@TheCallofConnr]

Insert old mixtape meme

[@tapicyl]

*boys, get the marshmallows*

[@matthew8319]

Some people just had to blaze it 🔥

[@hockeyreplays4815]

Your a goof..

[@nxilp.5891]

1923 Tokyo should definitely be on here. Roughly 1.9 million people displaced, and 142,000 killed!

[@rtsons9367]

My cousin drove through Fort mcmurray during the fire and said if there has ever been hell on earth it was then.

[@noseface7336]

What is the background music for: Top 10 hurricanes Top 10 fires Top 10 deveting storms to hit earth Top 10 haunting campgrounds

[@Cinder_3OD]

California Fires on October 25? I was only 16 days old when that happened!

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

The times when you want it to rain but it’s a sunny day but then the next day it starts to rain m....😕

[@yousandro1999]

What about *Portugal´s Fires* in 2017 It devasted the entire North region of the country and Madeira island too It was on the news everytime in last summer....

[@LJ11420]

If this video was made after the 2020 California Wildfires, it would be on our list with the 2007 fires.

[@clxwncrxwn]

Also the smoke from the beast actually affected Ireland’s skies for a short while.

[@yarasayed4343]

My family's house electricity is old and we had to change it but we didn't . If the fan and lights are working together. You feel the ground shaking which means it will become a fire . I was sleeping and mom screamed my name . I noticed the ground shaking . I ran . My brother did not wake up . I pulled him and ran . Nothing happened . I don't want to go there again . It happens twice every month !!!!

[@asapmarcozzt2461]

Where's is Valparaiso?

[@jameshelling3861]

Australia's Black Summer 2019-2020 topped all of these, which is mad (estimated over 40-46 million hectares burned)

[@darinchin9167]

they need to update this already

[@zaco21_]

Guess u can add Australia’s 2019/2020 bushfires

[@danlepore1332]

Ash Wednesday bushfires 1983. 81 dead and burned through two states south Australia and Victoria

[@coensfps2139]

I remember fort McMurray my house burnt to the ground as well as my grandma past due to the smoke

[@brandonthornton233]

Never really learned about the Peshtigo Fire, even though there is a marker for it south of my house.

[@chrrona]

Could you sound less cheerful when making this kind of video? It just gives me the creeps.

[@elrektm]

They should've mentioned the great Valparaíso fire

[@bonjeuxboachie-yiadomoduro7230]

The June 3rd disaster in Ghana claimed over 150 lives as a result of a fire outbreak at a filling station.

[@kristen2614]

Thank god u mentions the peshtigo fire!

[@sonarchy343]

#1 on this list is my mixtape.

[@heshamahmed2815]

What is the name of the background music? i like it a lot!!

[@smokey1255]

I would say that this list is about right but not up to date. I have a BS in Forestry and Forest Fire and have 19 years of fire experience including developing the Incident Intelligence Section at the National Interagency Fire Center and as the first Fire Chief of the wildland fire section for the Territory of Guam. It has been an avocation of mine to research and study wildfires and wildfire history in the US. In the past decade I have watched the number and destructiveness of fires continue to ramp up. Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado have had the largest and most destructive wildfires in their histories. In 2013, the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona killed 19 out of 20 firefighters on a Hot Shot Crew. The survivor lived because he was assigned as a lookout away from his crew. Hot shots are the best wildfire fighters in the US and this has never happened to a crew before. Based on scientific evidence, climate change has been responsible for this drastic increase in wildfire violence. For Trump to state this increase is because of poor forest management is criminal. I predict that wildfire damage and fatalities will continue to get much worse and new fires will be added to this list. We are now past the tipping point.

[@Candy-fd8bg]

I live in fort McMurray and it seems the fire was just yesterday i remember everything that I saw but it has been over a year

[@ahzhd423]

*Insert really funny and really original mixtape joke here*

[@BrokenCurtain]

Why isn't the Rikugun Honjo Hifukusho fire #1? 35,000 people were incinerated within minutes back in 1923, when they were looking for shelter after an earthquake and a fire tornado engulfed the area they were in. 35,000 victims.

[@sibirianwitch5478]

And now we have 2020...

[@Rapture-Asuka]

the fire in Fort Mcmurray is still burning in march 2017. it was only diverted. almost a year of flame.

[@theanti-christ2842]

Where is the great fire of Ponty Pandy? When the Slim Shady LP dropped? What about Sozin's Comet and the legendary battle?

[@adamf1980]

kashem ali where is St Elmos Fire by John Parr?

[@comradekoupetorska4253]

In Greece On 2006 There Were a HUGE Devastating Fire Could be seen from space killed 70 people and destroyed 3 million acres of land

[@haydan1507]

3100th view 130th comment good video :)

[@seyxray]

2003 kelowna wildfire should be on list!

[@saramg3557]

ikr??!

[@mom369222]

California is on fire again! Several reasons this time, an aronist, and an electric company had a short, then a car chase, and crash. There is so much fire, even firefighters are having a tough time with it.

[@sanjogk.maharjan1802]

The amazon is on fire 2019 august It's growing so big ??!!

[@Spop735]

KannaFockYou? As of this time Australia is literally lit on fire if you already seen

[@carlosdee123-8]

Australia fire is 11 times worse

[@TYBZM]

@@carlosdee123-8 no, way more worse

[@bluekendo4057]

Sadly these wildfire would have been avoided if people didn't try to drop their mixtape