June 25

The Tiger Fire, igniting on June 30, 2021, in the rugged and wildfire-prone Bradshaw Mountains near Crown King, Arizona, rapidly grew to over 16,000 acres. Despite its vast spread, the fire resulted in no human casualties, thanks to significant firefighting efforts and timely evacuations. This account provides a detailed timeline of the event, the aftermath, and ongoing recovery efforts, highlighting the community’s resilience and the lessons learned for future wildfire management.

On the night of June 12, 2023, an overcrowded wooden boat carrying more than 250 villagers across the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria, struck a submerged tree trunk and capsized. At least 106 people were confirmed dead—most of them women and children—in one of the country’s deadliest recent waterway disasters. The tragedy exposed deep-rooted problems in rural river transport and left its communities in mourning, with calls for reforms still unmet a year later.

On June 21, 1990, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northern Iran, devastating the towns of Manjil, Rudbar, and surrounding areas. The disaster killed more than 35,000 people, injured tens of thousands, and left hundreds of thousands homeless, exposing critical weaknesses in building standards and emergency response systems.