Just a wee bit of snow...❄️ Heat wave on Saturday (25Β°F / -3.89Β°C)!

#MaineWx #Maine #MaineWeather #YorkCountyME

Most of #HollisME burned down as well!

The Year a State Burned: #Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns

It also destroyed half of Acadia National Park and many Bar Harbor mansions

"An eight-mile-long wall of fire burned in #Kennebunkport. In #NorthWaterboro, nearly 60 residents and volunteers were trapped for more than an hour behind a line of fire before escaping.

"In #YorkCountyME, the fires destroyed most of the homes in #Shapleigh and #Waterboro. then swept toward the sea and consumed swathes of #Alfred, #Lyman, #Newfield, Kennebunk, #Kennebunkport, #Arundel, #Dayton, #Wells, #Biddeford and #Saco."

Read more:
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/maine-fires-1947-year-state-burned/

#Drought #Wildfires #MaineHistory #FireDanger

The Year a State Burned: Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns - New England Historical Society

In October 1947, Maine fires destroyed 9 towns, hundreds of homes, 500,000 acres of trees and Bar Harbor.'s Millionaire's Row. (With video).

New England Historical Society
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