This is a list of notable wildfires.
Asia
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China
- 1987 â€" The Black Dragon Fire burnt a total of 72,884 square kilometres (28,141 sq mi) of forest along the Amur river, with three million acres (4687.5 square miles) destroyed on the Chinese side.
Indonesia
During the 1997 Indonesian forest fires 97,000 km2 (37,000 sq mi) of forest were destroyed, more than 2.6 gigatonnes of CO2 was released to the atmosphere. There are other forest fires in Java and Sulawesi on the same year.
- Huge forest fires that officials deemed as "too furious for human intervention" burned 52,000 hectares of land in Sumatra and 138,000 hectares in Kalimantan. The haze covered countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Burma, Philippines and also Vietnam. In Singapore, some of the 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup's events on 3 October 2015 were cancelled as the PSI was in the 'Unhealthy' range. In Thailand, the haze from Sumatra had turned most parts of southern Thailand such as Narathiwat, Pattani, Phuket, Satun, Songkhla, Surat Thani, Trang and Yala provinces unsightly, even reaching hazardous levels on 7 October. In Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces in Southern Vietnam had been enveloped in fog since 4 December
Israel
- 1989 Mount carmel forest fire
- 1995 Jerusalem forest fire
- The 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire in Israel, Started on 2 December 2010 and burned 41Â km2 of forest, killing as many as 44 people, most of them Israel Prison Service officer cadets, when a bus evacuating them was trapped in flames.
- 22 November 2016 Haifa, Zikhron ya'akov, Gilon wildfires
Japan
- 27 April 1971 â€" 340 hectares (840 acres) was lost in a forest fire at Kure, western Honshu, Japan. Construction workers were using fire in order to wither weeds when a strong wind moved through the area, fueling the fire; 18 firefighters were killed. The fire lasted for one day.
South Korea
- April 2000, Gangwon-do Gangneung the whole area is 2000 Gangwon Wildfire.
- March 2013, Gyeongsangbukdo Pohang is Wildfire.
Europe
- 2000 fires in Southern Europe in July 2000 consumed forests and buildings in southern France, parts of Iberia, Corsica, and most of Italy including the southern part during the heatwave dominating southern Europe with 40 to 45 °C temperatures caused the phenomena.
- 2009 Mediterranean wildfires in France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Turkey in July 2009
Croatia
- 2007 Croatian coast fires, burning 1,590 km2 (610 sq mi)
Summer 2017 Croatian Wildfires, is a series of wildfires burning in the Istria to the all Way down to Dalmatia. One Wildfire also entered eastern suburbs of Split. The fire also affected islands of Vir, Pag and few other islands
Germany
- In the fire on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony in August 1975, 74.18 km2 (28.64 sq mi) of heathland burned, killing five firefighters.
Greece
- 2000 forest fires in Greece, a series of forest fires affected Greece including Agioi Theodoroi and eastern Corinthia at the beginning of July 2000
- 2005 East Attica Fire in Greece â€" Forest fires ravaged East Attica on 28 July 2005 from Agia Triada Rafinas to west of Rafina. The fires began at around 11:00 (EET/UTC+3) consuming 70 square kilometers of forests, properties and farmlands. The fire spread quickly after a few hours with winds of up to 55 to 70 km/h and spread near the suburban housings of Athens near Rafina causing dense smoke. The fire reached Kallitechnio and the settlements by around 3:30 (EET) and devastated homes leaving some people homeless and evacuated people in areas around Agia Triada Rafinas, Agia Kyriaki Rafinas, Kallitechnio, Loutsa, Neos Vourtzas and the Rafina area mostly on the hillside areas. Pine trees were devastated. Firefighters didn't put out the blaze until the winds calmed down around 5:00 (EET). It took hundreds of fire trucks, firefighters, planes, 65 firefighting helicopters from all over the surrounding areas and most of Greece to put out the blaze. A stretch of Marathonos Avenue became closed.
- 29 July 2005 â€" a day after the enormous Attica fire, another series of fires occurred throughout Greece, entirely in Preveza including Monolithi consuming properties and a campground, Ioannina and Xiromeni of Aetolia-Acarnania.
- 2007 Greek forest fires
- 2009 Greek forest fires
- 2012 Chios forest fire
France
The 1949 Landes Forest Fire burned 50.000 ha of forest land and killed 82 people.
Poland
- Kuźnia Raciborska fire in Poland burned 90.62 km² of forest and killed two firefighters on 26 August 1992. A third casualty is often mentioned, but she did not die in the fire; she was involved in a collision with a fire engine that skidded.
Portugal
- August 2003 Wildfires, destroying 10% of Portuguese forests and killing 18 people
- 2016 Portugal wildfires
- 2017 Portugal wildfires, catastrophic series of fires that trapped and killed 64 people
Russia
- 1921 Mari wildfires
- August 1935 â€" Kursha-2 settlement was burned out with 1200 victims.
- June â€" August 2010 â€" Drought and the hottest summer since records began in 1890 caused many devastating forest fires in European Russia.
- April 2015 â€" A series of wildfires in Southern Siberia killed 26 people and left thousands homeless.
Spain
- 17 July 2005 â€" Guadalajara province, Spain, a 130 km2 forest fire and 11 dead firefighters. The fire brigade unit is not out of post because of this deadly toll. A barbecue sparked deadly blazes.
Sweden
- August 2014 â€" Västmanland province, Sweden, a 191 km2 forest fire with 1 verified death.
United Kingdom
- May 2011 â€" Swinley Forest fire, Berkshire, England. Fire appliances from 12 counties attended over several days due to the large area of the fire. The fire service incident log for the call is over 500 pages long.
North America
Canada and the United States
From 2007-17, wildfires burned an average of 6.6 and 6.2 million acres/year in the U.S. and Canada, respectively.
Greenland
Some wildfires occurred in Greenland in August 2017.
Oceania
Australia
- Black Thursday bushfires of 1851 (Victoria)
- Black Friday bushfires of 1939 (Victoria)
- Black Sunday bushfires of 1955 (South Australia)
- 1961 Western Australian bushfires
- Black Tuesday bushfires of 1967 (Tasmania)
- Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1980 and 1983 (Victoria and South Australia)
- 1994 Eastern seaboard fires
- Black Christmas bushfires 2001â€"2002
- Canberra bushfires of 2003
- Black Tuesday bushfire of 2005 (Eyre Peninsula South Australia)
- Mount Lubra bushfire of 2006
- Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 (Victoria)
- 2015 Sampson Flat bushfires of 2015 (South Australia)
- 2015 Pinery bushfire of 2015 (South Australia)
New Zealand
- Raetihi Forest Fire (Manawatu)
- 2017 Port Hills fires (Canterbury)
South America
Bolivia
- 2002 forest fire in Bolivia
- 2010 Bolivia forest fires
Chile
- 2005 Torres del Paine fire
- 2011â€"2012 Torres del Paine fire
- 2014 ValparaÃso wildfire
- 2017 Chile wildfires â€" The worst in Chile's history
See also
- List of historic fires
References
