October 13th to 27th, 1947, firefighters tried to fight 200 Maine fires, consuming a quarter of a million acres of forest and wiping out nine entire towns. The Maine fires destroyed 851 homes and 397 seasonal cottages, leaving 2,500 people homeless.https://t.co/CQNZu5PM3q pic.twitter.com/1y8SLkPirn

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