<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash-and-burn" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slash-and-burn">Slash-and-burn</a> land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_front" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold front">cold front</a> cause the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_Fire" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peshtigo Fire">Peshtigo Fire</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Chicago Fire">Great Chicago Fire</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Michigan_Fire" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Michigan Fire">Great Michigan Fires</a> to break out.<sup about="#mwt17" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_8#cite_note-2" id="mwVg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVw">[2]</span></a></sup>
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