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2018 United Kingdom wildfires. Starting on 24 June 2018 and continuing throughout the summer, a record-breaking series of wildfires burned across the United Kingdom. The two largest fires, which were declared major incidents, burned over 7 square miles (4,480 acres; 18 km 2) each and broke out on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester and ...
All wildfires in the UK between 1 Jan and 30 Apr 2019. By 23 April ninety-six wildfires greater than 25 hectares (62 acres; 0.097 sq mi) had been recorded in the United Kingdom, eclipsing the total observed in the whole of 2018 and equalling that year's burned land area of approximately 18,000 hectares (44,000 acres; 69 sq mi). [7] England.
The Wennington wildfire was a wildfire that took place in Wennington, east London, on 19 July 2022 during the 2022 United Kingdom heatwave. No-one was killed, but the wildfire destroyed about 18–19 houses, including all the possessions of many residents. [3] One resident said her house burned down "within two minutes".
300,000 to 480,000 [2] Great Irish Famine of 1740–41 (The Great Frost) 1740–1741. Some estimates indicate a death toll as high as 500,000 from starvation and disease. [3] [4] 250,000. 1918 influenza pandemic. 1918 (Sep–Nov) An estimated 200,000 people died in England and Wales. [5]
Winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) kill 47 people and cause £3.37 billion worth of damage, the most costly weather event for insurers in British history. 1990–91. Winter of 1990–91. Periods of heavy snow and rainstorms lasting from December 1990 to February 1991 throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and Western Europe.
1948–1975. The first public fire service in the UK was founded in Edinburgh in 1824. Central government responsibility for fire brigades was handed to the Scottish Office and the Secretary of State for Scotland upon their creation in 1885. The 1947 Act also reorganised fire services in Scotland.
The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. [ a] Second worst, and the worst in England, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340. [ 1] The death toll from the 1957 Lewisham rail crash was 90; for the 1889 Armagh rail disaster (the worst ...
The deadliest wildfire in California history, the 2018 Camp Fire burned for weeks before it was declared contained on Nov. 25. A total of 85 people were killed, 19,000 homes were burned to the ...