We'll have units on scene until the fire is completely out," said Richard Lietz with the DNR's Peshtigo Area forestry team. Lietz said officials suspect lightning caused the fire, but an ...

The Great Chicago Fire? Right date, wrong event. I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Tuesday marks the 153rd anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest fire in U.S. history, which claimed between 1,200 and 2,500 lives.

Researchers from the Silvis Lab and Space Science and Engineering Center provide insight on the causes of recent fires in Los ...