the small town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, didn’t have the hoses and pumps required to fight a fire of such great magnitude. Surrounded by burning forest, the townspeople became trapped in a city of ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Tuesday marks the 153rd anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest fire in U.S. history, which claimed between 1,200 and 2,500 lives.