Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Olaf Logan, an Andy Frain usher, stops ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - A spark in a barn ignited one of the biggest fire disasters in American history on Oct. 8, 1871. The two-day blaze is known as The Great Chicago Fire. It killed between 200-300 ...

In recent years, we've seen large wildfires burn towns such as Lahaina, Hawaii, and Paradise, California, to the ground. On Oct. 8, 1871, 154 years ago today, the deadliest wildfire outbreak in U.S.

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WBAY) - Although it was overshadowed by the Chicago fire that happened the same day, the Peshtigo fire is the deadliest fire in American history. It took the lives of roughly ...