The 1894 Great Hinckley Fire burned more than 350,000 acres, destroyed 12 homes and left 418 people dead, according to DNR records. Stacked up timber and brush growing on the landscape set up ...

Hutchinson’s One Book, One Community will wrap up its third and final presentation about the Great Hinckley Fire at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the Hutchinson Event Center, 1005 State Highway 15 S.

2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 2: Carl Jerdin from the Hinckley Fire Museum will talk about the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894 at the Hutchinson Event Center, 1005 State Highway 15 S. Admission is free ...

because they had done a great job on cars he brought there in the past. Later that month, a fire consumed the company’s garage. The Hinckley Fire Department says nearly a dozen departments were ...