Putting aside large conflagrations of cities like the Great Fire of Meireki or the Great Fire of London , perhaps the world 's worst bushfire was at Peshtigo in Wisconsin in 1871 , which burnt nearly 1.2 million acres , destroyed twelve communities and killed between 1500-2500 people . Now largely forgotten , Peshtigo was overshadowed by the Great Fire of Chicago that occurred on the same day
Great Fire of Chicago
Great Chicago Fire
Black Friday bushfires