Here is some information on fires in history.
The Worst Fires In US History
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-worst-fires-in-us-history.html
10 of History’s Deadliest Fires
https://www.therichest.com/rich-list/10-of-historys-deadliest-fires/
Deadliest fires or explosions in the world
https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/US-Fire-Problem/Catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/Deadliest-fires-or-explosions-in-the-world
Maui’s wildfires are among the deadliest on record in the U.S. Here are some others
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/15/1193710165/maui-wildfires-deadliest-us-history
10 Deadliest Wildfires in World History
https://www.alltopeverything.com/deadliest-wildfires/
A lot of bad fires that killed many were due to an explosion or something else as opposed to a wildfire set off by, presumably, something natural, like lightning or wind driven embers on dry vegetation or were part of something else, such as an earthquake.
This Maui fire is already arguably ranking (based on current statistics on missing people) as the 2nd worst wildfire of all time and a top 20 overall fire.
Is it me, or does it seem the mainstream media is not really covering it the way you would expect of a disaster of this level?
When people claim global warming/climate change was responsible for Maui:
“So, again, it’s unclear what exactly happened in the Peshtigo Fire of 1871— whether it was a fire tornado, or a more broad fire storm.
But either way, it was a perfect combination of conditions that we have thankfully never recreated since.”
“This occurred ahead of strong southwest winds & temperatures surging into the 80s to 90 ahead of a cold front on the 8th. Temperatures in the mid- to late-afternoon were warmer in Minnesota, Iowa & Wisconsin than the southeast U.S.”
I don’t know about you, but 90 degrees in the upper Midwest in October sounds pretty hot to me.