List of largest fires of the 21st century

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This is a list of the largest fires of the 21st century.

Rank Name Country Area burned (Km2) Deaths Notes
1 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season Australia 240,000 34+ [1][2]
2 2021 Russia wildfires[3][4] Russia 200,000 0 [5]
3 2019 Siberia wildfires Russia 43,000 0 [citation needed]
4 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada 34,000 0 [6]
5 2009 black Saturday bushfires Australia 21,000 173 [7]
6 2020 California wildfires United States 18,000 31 [8]
7 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia 15,000 0 [9]
8 2011–2012 Australian bushfire season Australia 14,000 0 [10]
9 2006-2007 Australian bushfire season Australia 13,000 5 [10]
10 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada 12,000 0 [11]
11 2015 Russian wildfires Russia 11,000 33 [12]
12 2012–2013 Australian bushfire season Australia 9,000 4 [10]
13 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru 9,000 2 [citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis". BBC. 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ "It's official: every bushfire in NSW has either been extinguished or is under control". Timeout. 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Siberian wildfires 2021". The Washington Post.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-08-24, retrieved 2021-09-10
  5. ^ "Largest Brush and Forest Fire in Recorded History". World Atlas. 15 March 2018.
  6. ^ "A new 2014 for wildfires". Cabin Radio. 5 March 2019.
  7. ^ "The Australian "Black Saturday" Bushfires of 2009". Saving Earth | Encyclopedia Britannica. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  8. ^ "National Large Incident Year-to-date Report" (PDF). Geographic Area Coordination Centers. 14 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Bolivia declares emergency over forest fires". BBC. 20 August 2010.
  10. ^ a b c "Bushfire History". CFS South Australia. 6 January 2020.
  11. ^ "B.C. farmers and ranchers devastated by wildfires to get $20M in financial aid". CBC. 6 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Fire rages on as death toll from two blazes reaches 33". The Siberian Times. 16 April 2015.
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