was so heavily polluted with flammable material that it caught fire
None of them. The Cuyahoga River caught fire. It feeds into Lake Erie, which is perhaps the reason the questioner thought that one of the Great Lakes had caught fire.
The cast of The Year the River Caught Fire - 1990 includes: John Dolin as Keith Tony Johnston as Policeman 2 Greg Stephenson as John
Actually, Lake Erie never actually caught fire. That's a myth, mostly perpetuated by a line in the first Crow movie. The lake was incredibly polluted, due to heavy industrial dumping. The actual fire occured on the Cuyahoga River (which feeds into Lake Erie). The Cuyahoga River actually caught fire several times. But in 1969, a fire on the river caught the attention of Time Magazine. This notoriety led to the EPA passing the Clean Water Act and several others.
The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland has caught fire several times in the past, the most noteworthy being on June 22, 1969, not for the size of the fire - others on the river had been larger - but for the environmental awareness it spurred. The 1969 fire helped lead to the passage of major amendments to the United States Clean Water Act and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
because of the old old lady who's name is Mildren Liscontes. It caught fire due to a large amount of combustble pollution.
Caught by the River was created on 2002-10-14.
Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire was created on 1793-09-12.
If the river is polluted enough, it can. That's what happened to Ohio's cuyahoga-river. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River burst into flames, bringing into focus the river's dire condition. The sheer volume of trash and debris floating in the water, coupled with the chemicals, oil and sludge, made it impossible for fish to live there. Also this was not the first time the river had caught fire.
cincinatti and Pittsburgh
The three rivers that run through Pittsburgh, PA are:Allegheny RiverOhio RiverMonongahela RiverThe Allegheny River and the Monongahela River meet at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.