I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Fire of Pestigo
In 18 71, a firestorm in rural Wisconsin claimed the lives of 12 hundred people. The blaze was burning at two thousand degrees cintegrade and melted steel train cars like they were made of wax. A 21 year old man stabbed himself several times in the chest with a penknife to avoid being killed by the flames but it skipped him. When all was said and done, one point five million acres of land had been turned into ash - double the size of rhode island.
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