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

Rank Name Country Area burned (km2) Deaths Notes
1 2002–2003 Australian bushfire season Australia Australia 540,000 0 [1]
2 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season Australia Australia 398,000 34+ [2][3][4]
3 2021 Russia wildfires[5][6] Russia Russia 200,000 0 [7]
4 2023 Canadian wildfires Canada Canada 165,000 6 [8]
5 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Australia Australia 45,000 173 [9]
6 2019 Siberia wildfires Russia Russia 43,000 0
7 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada Canada 35,000 0 [10]
8 2020 California wildfires United States United States 17,800 33 [11]
9 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia Bolivia 15,000 0 [12]
10 2011–2012 Australian bushfire season Australia Australia 14,000 0 [13]
11 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia Australia 13,600 5 [13]
12 2018 British Columbia wildfires Canada Canada 13,500 0
13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada Canada 12,000 0 [14]
14 2015 Russian wildfires Russia Russia 11,000 33 [15]
15 2012–2013 Australian bushfire season Australia Australia 9,000 4 [13]
16 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru 9,000 2

References

  1. ↑ Ellis, Stuart; Kanowski, Peter; Whelan, R. J. (2004-03-31). "National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management, Council of Australian Governments". Commonwealth of Australia. pp. xii. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  2. ↑ "Australia fires: A visual guide to the bushfire crisis". BBC. 6 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "It's official: every bushfire in NSW has either been extinguished or is under control". Timeout. 14 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "2019–20 Australian bushfires—frequently asked questions (updates)". www.aph.gov.au. Australian Parliament House. Retrieved 5 September 2023. The Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment subsequently developed the National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Datasets in 2020, which estimated 39.8 million hectares were burnt in the 2019–20 fires.
  5. ↑ "Siberian wildfires 2021". The Washington Post.
  6. ↑ "2021 Russia wildfires", Wikipedia, 2021-08-24, retrieved 2021-09-10
  7. ↑ "Largest Brush and Forest Fire in Recorded History". World Atlas. 15 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "2023 Canadian wildfires", Wikipedia, 2023-08-26, retrieved 2023-08-26
  9. ↑ "The Australian "Black Saturday" Bushfires of 2009". Saving Earth | Encyclopedia Britannica. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  10. ↑ "A new 2014 for wildfires". Cabin Radio. 5 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "National Large Incident Year-to-date Report" (PDF). Geographic Area Coordination Centers. 14 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Bolivia declares emergency over forest fires". BBC. 20 August 2010.
  13. 1 2 3 "Bushfire History". CFS South Australia. 6 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "B.C. farmers and ranchers devastated by wildfires to get $20M in financial aid". CBC. 6 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Fire rages on as death toll from two blazes reaches 33". The Siberian Times. 16 April 2015.
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