From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination

Hundreds of thousands of Sanborn maps mapped the fire risk of every US city with over 1,000 people in the 20th century.
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Le Mars house suffers $100K damage in fire caused by 'reckless use of fire with a flammable liquid'

A home in Le Mars suffered damage estimated at $100,000 in a fire Friday night. Le Mars Fire Chief David Schipper said the ...