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The Thumb Fire, also known as the Great Thumb Fire, the Huron Fire and the Great Forest Fire of 1881 was a large and sudden forest fire that burned over a million acres and took over 100 lives in Lapeer, Sanilac, Tuscola, and Huron counties on Monday, September 5th, 1881.
The blaze, also called the Great Thumb Fire, the Great Forest Fire of 1881 and the Huron Fire, killed 282 people in Sanilac, Lapeer, Tuscola and Huron counties. The damage estimate was $2,347,000 [2] in 1881, equivalent to $74,100,455 when adjusted for inflation.
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8 Ιαν 2007 · The population was denser on Sept. 5, 1881, when a firestorm traveled across Sanilac County in four hours, leaving 150 people dead and hundreds injured. To save themselves, some residents jumped into wells, remaining there for up to five hours before crawling out.
21 Σεπ 2003 · On Aug. 1 the fire that burned near Lapeer was said to have spread northeasterly along the South Branch of the Cass River, into Marlette in the southwestern corner of Sanilac County.
