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In the book Fire Rose, the first of the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey, the fires are said to be the result of combat between two Firemaster mages, one in Peshtigo and one in the South Side of Chicago.
A song called "Fire on Peshtigo" is featured on the 2008 album Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin by American folk rock group O'Death.
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