blowup

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This week’s firestorms have drawn comparisons to the Big Blowup of 1910, a wind-driven conflagration in the northern Rockies that also followed a very dry season.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2020

US forest ranger Ed Pulaski was caught right in the middle of what would become known as the "Big Blowup" - also known as The Great Fire of 1910.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2019

Aside from nearly knocking the men off their horses, the gales caused isolated blazes to combine, yielding a single giant conflagration that would come to be known as the Big Blowup.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2017

The devastation of the Big Blowup, much of which reportedly took place in just 36 hours, cemented the idea of fighting fires aggressively and immediately.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2012

Extracts were made and tested before the Blowup came, and there was quite a bit of it on hand.

From Noble Redman by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)