1987 Daxing'anling Wildfire

The 1987 Daxing'anling Wildfire (大兴安岭特大森林火灾), also known as the May 6 Fire (5·6大火) was a major wildfire that began in the northeast Daxing'anling Prefecture Heilongjiang People's Republic of China on May 6, 1987. The burning lasted almost a month, when it was finally stopped on June 2, 1987. The fire covered about 10,000 square kilometres (2,500,000 acres) of which 6500 square kilometres was forestry. About 266 people were wounded and 211 died in the sea of fire with 50,000 left homeless.