Thumb Fire

The blaze, also called the Great Thumb Fire, the '''Great Forest Fire of 1881''' and the '''Huron Fire''', killed 282 people in Sanilac , Lapeer , Tuscola and Huron counties. The damage estimate was $2,347,000.

The Thumb Fire, which reportedly began in Tuscola County, was allegedly the first Natural Disaster served by the American Red Cross .

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