The Fiercest Fires in Minnesota History | Full Documentary

Mary Lahammer explores the state’s worst natural disasters that have taken more than a thousand lives in Minnesota. Historian Hy Berman, Meteorologist Paul Douglas, and Climatologist Mark Seeley tell the story of deadly blazes including Hinckley 1894, Moose Lake 1918, and the BWCA 2000s.
01:19 The Hinkley fire of 1894
10:00 Moose Lake fire of 1918
19:40 How to forecast a wildfire
20:12 BWCA fires of 1999
22:14 BWCA fires of 2007
24:55 How is fire beneficial to forests?
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[@5Mariner]

Some day, I'm going to the Hinckley Fire Museum and the memorial.

[@paularchibald7734]

Very well done Thank you.

[@austinwald2731]

Nature will always win. We can only hope to learn from our mistakes by looking at the past.

[@danlhendl]

So true!

[@danr1920]

Being from Wisconsin, we learned about the Peshtigo fire. Happened the same day as the Chicago fire. Bigger loss of live and property than the Chicago or Hinckley.

[@Moonchild-bb5dr]

There was a terrible fire my aunt told me about. The one that stopped just before burning tower Minnesota down. Apparently nature started pouring rain and got it extinguished

[@Moonchild-bb5dr]

I was shocked Hinkley was listed as the 2nd most deadly wildfire. Hinckley is always a donut and gas pitstop but I think about that fire every time I'm there like it's energy imprint is still around

[@dianemauer6185]

While the Minnesota fires were tragic, the death tolls would have been much higher if the fires would have occurred at night when people were sleeping like in Peshtigo Wisconsin and/or during a weekend when the lumberjacks were in town for their weekend sprees. So sad that these disasters are not remembered by more people outside of Minnesota.

[@curtisrobinson7962]

@14:36 Parents put the kids in root cellar; they stayed outside. Splashed water on doors so the doors would not catch fire. Fire passes, parents open cellar doors, kids dead because the fire took all the oxygen. Q: How did the parents breath and work and survive?

[@nativestacker4185]

A little bit of the Hinkley Fire History that is not talked about . Native Americans had a good sized population in this area and my Great Grandfather Jack Dunkley was there the day of the fire along with others from the local Tribes . Some of the Ojibwe people died and some helping the settlers to escape to safety . In those days Native Americans were not considered people so there were no records kept of the ones who passed away . I have been to the Hinkley Museum and spoke with someone who worked there and was told they are working to try to gather the information on the Natives that were there but since there were no records kept it is hard to put the history together .

[@noahdavidson8733]

One source I had found stated that thirty or more Ojibwe lost their lives on the east shore of Mille Lacs that day.

[@superfreakmorris4251]

So heartbreaking. 😢

[@dianemauer4453]

So much like Peshtigo, WI. People could not believe that the rains would never come until it was too late. Greed on the part of the lumber companies, farmers looking for an easy way to get rid of the stumps in their fields and the slash, the railroads didn't take precautions to keep the sparks and coals contained. Will we ever learn, Nature is the ultimate ruler and we are her subjects.

[@JF94-k4o]

My hometown.. passing through town if you blink you'll miss it!

[@TriggK4T]

alot of history around here, i was in beroun for a while and am im North branch now. i love my state for its history.

[@JF94-k4o]

Never seen these people in my life!

[@Moonchild-bb5dr]

Right now the Lahaina fire is listed number 7 but I think once they get the final missing people count it'll top the hinckley fire death toll. So sad for them

[@paulman9989]

Much of the BWCA fires could have been eleviated if the logging industry had been allowed to harvest wood downed by the 1999 straight line winds. They said nature should take its course ....it did it burned it up!!! Much of the fuel for those fires could have been removed and created jobs and revenue.

[@danieljohnstone6805]

Well Said I Agree

[@marksolarz3756]

1894 Hinckley Fire. Many called it the year without rain. Sept 1st.was. The fire.....it hadn't rained since May.

[@marksolarz3756]

You know PBS. A map tells the Story and gives context. How you couldn't show a map is beyond me.

[@Kordeezy1]

Sounds real mudflood/tartarianish

[@danlhendl]

Tell me about the rabbits George

[@Stuffandstuff974]

What happened in Hawaii recently is nothing new.