DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfire</span></a> in nearby <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterboroMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterboroMaine</span></a> right now. Back in 1947, an unusually dry summer led to devastating fires, with nine towns wiped out!</p><p>The Year a State Burned: Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns</p><p>Warning signs of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> fires appeared as early as March. An abnormally warm spring caused snow to melt early in the woods. Mid-July to October were unusually <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dry</span></a>, with 108 consecutive days without rain.</p><p>New England Historical Society, updated in 2024</p><p>"An eight-mile-long wall of fire burned in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kennebunkport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennebunkport</span></a>. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthWaterboro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWaterboro</span></a>, nearly 60 residents and volunteers were trapped for more than an hour behind a line of fire before escaping.</p><p>"In York County, the fires destroyed most of the homes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shapleigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shapleigh</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Waterboro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterboro</span></a>. then swept toward the sea and consumed swathes of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alfred</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lyman</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newfield</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kennebunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennebunk</span></a>, Kennebunkport, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arundel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arundel</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dayton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dayton</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wells</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biddeford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biddeford</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Saco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saco</span></a> [and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hollis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hollis</span></a>]." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/maine-fires-1947-year-state-burned/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newenglandhistoricalsociety.co</span><span class="invisible">m/maine-fires-1947-year-state-burned/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drought2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought2024</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drought1947" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought1947</span></a></p>