Event Category	Disaster
Event Group	Natural
Event Subgroup	Meteorological - Hydrological
Event Type	Wildfire
Place	Cochrane and Matheson ON
Event Start Date	July 29, 1916
Event End Date	July 29, 1916
Comments	Cochrane and Matheson ON, July 29, 1916. Both were destroyed; 233 deaths (unofficially as high as 400), 8000 made homeless; the fire resulted from a small blaze started by lightening and augmented by fires started by sparks from a passing locomotive.
Fatalities	233
Injured / Infected	0
Evacuated	8000
Estimated Total Cost	Unknown
Federal DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial Department Payments	Unknown
Municipal Costs	Unknown
OGD Costs	Unknown
Insurance Payments	Unknown
NGO Payments	Unknown
Utility - People Affected	0
Magnitude	0.0