The Fiercest Fires in Minnesota History | Full Documentary

Mary Lahammer explores the state’s worst natural disasters that have taken more than a thousand lives in Minnesota. Historian Hy Berman, Meteorologist Paul Douglas, and Climatologist Mark Seeley tell the story of deadly blazes including Hinckley 1894, Moose Lake 1918, and the BWCA 2000s.

01:19 The Hinkley fire of 1894
10:00 Moose Lake fire of 1918
19:40 How to forecast a wildfire
20:12 BWCA fires of 1999
22:14 BWCA fires of 2007
24:55 How is fire beneficial to forests?
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