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1941 Lake Palcacocha vs 1894 Great Hinckley fire

1941 Lake Palcacocha
1894 Great Hinckley fire
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1941 Lake Palcacocha

Total costsN/A
Deaths 5000

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Palcacocha (possibly from Quechua pallqa, p'allqa, p'alqa forked, branched, fork, qucha lake) is a glacier lake in the Andes mountain range of South America in northwestern Peru located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province.

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1894 Great Hinckley fire

Total costsN/A
Deaths 418

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The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km2; 310 sq mi) (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley. The official death count was 418; the actual number of fatalities was likely higher. Other sources put the death toll at 476.

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