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A river fire is a conflagration of material floating on the surface of a river or stream. In most cases they are caused by pollution, and therefore most notable instances of river fires have occurred around industrial centers.

Rivers that have caught fire:

Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Jan 4, 1968.http://www.glc.org/rap/presentations/Hartig_Burning%20Rivers_AOC%202011.pdf

Chicago, Chicago, IL. 1871, 88, and 99. http://www.glc.org/rap/presentations/Hartig_Burning%20Rivers_AOC%202011.pdf

Conemaugh, Johstown, PA. During Johnstown flood (specifically at Stone Bridge)

Cuyahoga, Cleveland, OH. Abundant sources.

Danube. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19401214&id=jeIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PyEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3750,723969

James. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2014/04/30/train-derails-in-downtown-lynchburg-shutting-down-streets-bridges/

Moscow. http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/aug/13/river-fire-burst-pipeline-moscow-russia-video

Passaic, New York City (?), NY http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A16F93D5A11738DDDAF0894DE405B888DF1D3

Patapsco (?), Baltimore, MD. River Afire Rolls under Baltimore, CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, June 9, 1926, at 1

Rouge, Dearborn, MI. United States v. Ashland Oil & Transport Co., 504 F.2d 1317, 1326

Schuylkill, Philadelphia (?), PA. Kernan v. American Dredging Co., 355 U.S. 426, 427 (1958)

No known fires (yet): Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio: Temperatures often reached in excess of 130 degrees due to pollution http://www.pittsburghgreenstory.org/html/3_rivers.html