An example for you: If it is 12 A.M in Eastern Standard Time, then it will be 5 A.M in Greenwich Mean Time. During the summer months, the time change results in a four hour difference between the two since the Eastern zone moves an hour forward in the spring.
The Great Black Dragon Fire -- 18 million acres. In 1987 the Great Black Dragon Fire burned three million acres in Northern China and 15 million acres in Siberia, making it the world's largest forest fire in recorded history.
The Year Maine Burned !!! In October of 1947 a huge forest fire in up-state Maine required massive amounts of outside help to put down the flames. Sailors from U.S.S. Little Rock CL 92, undoubtedly enjoying liberty in Portland, suddenly found themselves on the way to fight the largest forest fire in Maine's history. Below is a brief recap of the story of the fire.