megaman79 on 10 February 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll
Stats make it less real for some reason, its just numbers
Top 10 deadliest wildfires and bushfires
Death Toll  | Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,200–2,500 | Peshtigo Fire, Wisconsin | United States | 1871 |
| 453 | Cloquet Fire, Minnesota | United States | 1918 |
| 418 | Hinckley Fire, Minnesota | United States | 1894 |
| ≥ 250 | Thumb Fire, Michigan | United States | 1881 |
| 200–250 | Matheson Fire, Ontario | Canada | 1916 |
| 240 | Sumatra, Kalimantan | Indonesia | 1997 |
| 230 | Landes region | France | 1949 |
| 213 | Greater Hinggan, Heilongjiang | China | 1987 |
| 173 | 2009 Victorian bushfires | Australia | 2009 |
| 160 | Miramichi Fire, New Brunswick | Canada | 1825 |
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