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List of wildfires

List of wildfires

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This is a list of notable wildfires.

See also: Wildfire and Firestorm

Africa

Asia

China

  • 1987 – The Black Dragon Fire burnt a total of 18 million acres (73,000 km2; 28,000 sq mi) of forest along the Amur River, with 3 million acres (12,000 km2; 4,700 sq mi) destroyed on the Chinese side alone and spread to the Soviet side.[1]

India

Indonesia

Israel

Kazakhstan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Pakistan

South East Asia

South Korea

Syria

Vietnam

Arctic

See also: Climate change in the Arctic

According to the WTO in June 2019 arctic wildfires emitted 50 megatonnes (55 million short tons; 49 million long tons) of CO2. This was more than between 2010 and 2018 combined. Most carbon release was from Alaska and Siberia, but also included other arctic areas e.g., in Canada. In Siberia the temperature was about 10 °C (18 °F) higher in June 2019 than the average. In Anchorage, Alaska, on 4 July 2019, the temperature was 32 °C (90 °F), setting a new all-time record high temperature for the town.[10]

Europe

Croatia

France

Germany

Greece

  • 1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean.[11]
  • 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires).[12]
  • 2007 Greek forest fires were by far the worst fires in recent Greek history. Over 270,000 hectares were burnt mostly in the Peloponnese region (especially in Elis region) and southern Evia as well as Mount Parnitha near Athens.
  • 2009 Greek forest fires saw 21,000 hectares burnt around Mount Penteli near Athens.
  • 2018 Greek wildfires were the deadliest in recent history with over 100 deaths in and around the village of Mati near Athens.
  • 2021 Greek wildfires were the worst fires since 2007 with over 125,000 hectares burnt mostly in northern Evia, the Elis region of Peloponnese and around Tatoi near Athens.
  • 2023 Greek wildfires

Italy

Mediterranean

Poland

  • 1992:
    • 10 August – a fire on the Noteć Forest burned 6,000 ha (15,000 acres) of forest.
    • 26 August – Kuźnia Raciborska fire: on a fire in and around Kuźnia Raciborska destroyed 90.62 km2 (34.99 sq mi) of forest and killed two firefighters.[13]
  • 2020: A fire in the Biebrza National Park burned 6,000 ha of forest.

Portugal

Russia

Spain

Turkey

See also: Forest in Turkey and Climate change in Turkey

Sweden

Ukraine

United Kingdom

North America

In the largest wildfire on the list, the area of Canada that burned in 2023 wildfires was more than twice that of any prior year of record.[26]

Canada and the United States

See also: List of Arizona wildfires, List of fires in Canada, 2023 Canadian wildfires, List of California wildfires, and List of Washington wildfires

From 2007 to 2017, wildfires burned an average of 6.2 and 6.6 million acres (2.5 and 2.7 million ha) per year in the U.S. and Canada, respectively.[27]

Check out the US fire map at https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/ for more information.

† Indicates a currently burning fire

More information Year, Size ...

Greenland

Some wildfires occurred in Greenland in August 2017.[87][further explanation needed]

There was a large wildfire between Sisimiut and Kangerlussuaq from July to August 2019.[88] It was put out by members of Beredskabsstyrelsen, who were flown in.

Mexico

Oceania

Australia

Main article: List of major bushfires in Australia

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Chile

Ecuador

Venezuela

See also

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