List of wildfires

This is a list of notorious wildfires:

North America

Year	Size	Name	Area	Notes
1825		Miramichi Fire	New Brunswick	Killed 160 people.
1846		Yachina Fire	Oregon
1853		Nestucca Fire	Oregon
1865		Silverton Fire	Oregon	Worst recorded fire in state's history
1868		Coos Fire	Oregon
1871		Peshtigo Fire	Wisconsin	Killed over 1,000 people. Overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire occurring the same day
1876		Bighorn Fire	Wyoming
1881		The Great Michigan Fire see also Thumb Fire	Michigan	Killed 200+ people
1889		Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889	California	Once reported as the largest fire in recorded California history, later shown to be much smaller
1894		Hinckley Fire	Minnesota	Killed 418 people and destroyed 12 towns
1903		Adirondack Fire	New York
1910		Great Fire of 1910	Idaho- Montana	Killed 86 people
1911		Cochrane Fire	Ontario	Killed 73 people
1916		Cochrane-Matheson Fire	Ontario	Killed 228 (U.O. 400+) people and destroyed both towns, the former burnt again after just five years.
1918		Cloquet Fire	Minnesota- Wisconsin	Killed between 400 and 500 people
1933		Tillamook Burn	Oregon	Swept through the same region of Oregon four times
1939		Tillamook Burn	Oregon	Swept through the same region of Oregon four times
1945		Tillamook Burn	Oregon	Swept through the same region of Oregon four times
1947		The Great Fires of 1947	Maine	A series of fires that lasted ten days; 16 people killed
1948		Mississagi/Chapleau fire	Ontario
1949		Mann Gulch fire	Montana	Killed 13 firefighters
1950		Capitan Gap fire	New Mexico
1951		Great Forks Fire	Washington
1951		Tillamook Burn	Oregon	Swept through the same region of Oregon four times
1953		Rattlesnake Fire	California	Killed 15 firefighters. Well known textbook case used to train firefighters.
1970		Laguna Fire	California	382 homes destroyed and 8 people killed; the largest fire in the state's history until the Cedar Fire
1988		Yellowstone fires of 1988	Wyoming- Montana
1991		Oakland Hills firestorm	California	Killed 25 and destroyed 3469 homes and apartments within the cities of Oakland and Berkeley
1994		South Canyon fire	Colorado	Killed 14 firefighters
1995		Long Island Wildfires	New York
1998		Unnamed	Florida	2200 fires, during drought season; burned 150 homes, $390 million timber lost, 80,000 evacuees, $133 million in fire suppression costs
2000		Cerro Grande Fire	New Mexico	Burned about 420 dwellings in Los Alamos, New Mexico, damaged >100 buildings at Los Alamos National Laboratory; $1 billion damage, worst fire in state's recorded history
2002		McNally Fire	California	Largest fire in Sequoia NF history.
2002		Rodeo-Chediski fire	Arizona	Threatened, but did not burn the town of Show Low, Arizona
2002		Hayman Fire in Pike National Forest	Colorado	9 firefighter deaths, 600 structures fires
2002		Florence/Sour Biscuit Complex Fire	Oregon
2003		Aspen Fire	Arizona	Destroyed large portions of Summerhaven, Arizona
2003		Okanagan Mountain Park Fire	British Columbia	Displaced 45,000 inhabitants, destroyed 239 homes and threatened urbanized sections of Kelowna.
2003		Old Fire	California	993 homes destroyed, 6 deaths. Simultaneous with the Cedar Fire.
2003		Cedar Fire	California	Largest fire in California history; burned 2,232 homes and killed 15 in San Diego County. Simultaneous with 15 other fires in Southern California (including the Old Fire) covering 721,791 acres (2,920 km2), killing 24, displacing 120,000 and destroying 3,640 homes. Damage from combined fires estimated at 2 billion USD
2003		B&B Complex Fire	Oregon	Large fire in Central Oregon between Black Butte and Mount Jefferson. The fire closed off a large section of state HWY 20. The fire began as two separate fires. Both started on August 19th and lasted until September 5th.
2005		September 2005 California wildfires	California
2006		Esperanza Fire	California	10 buildings destroyed, 5 firefighters killed. The blaze started on October 26th and scorched , or more than , of forest and brush before being fully contained October 30th. It destroyed 34 homes and 20 outbuildings.
2007		Sweat Farm Road/Big Turnaround Complex Fire	Georgia	Largest recorded fire in Georgia history. 26 structures were lost.
2007		Angora Fire	California	3 injuries.
2007		Florida Bugaboo Fire	Florida	Largest fire on record in Florida.
2007		Milford Flat Fire	Utah	Largest fire on record in Utah.
2007		Murphy Complex Fire	Idaho
2007		Zaca Fire	California	The blaze was started July 4 by sparks from water pipe repair equipment. The fire had a containment cost of $117 million. It was contained on September 2. It is California's second largest recorded fire.
2007		California wildfires of October 2007	California	A series of wildfires that killed 9 people and injured 85 (including 61 firefighters). Burned at least 1,500 homes from the Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. Aggravated by Santa Ana winds that reached up to 85 mph (140 km/h). The largest fire, the Witch (Creek), was located in San Diego county.
2008		Trigo Fire	New Mexico	Burned from 15 April to 22 May. 59 homes were destroyed. The fire had a containment cost of $11 million.
2008		Evans Road Wildfire	Eastern North Carolina
2008		Summer 2008 California wildfires	California	In Northern California, the fires were mostly started by lightning. In Santa Barbara (Southern California), the Gap fire endagered homes and lives. The Basin Complex and Gap fire are the highest priority currently. Caused unhealthy air quality in large parts of California for several weeks. Near Yosemite the Telegraph Fire was started by target shooters. During all fires many homes were lost.

In Australia

• Black Friday Bushfires of 1939 (South Australia) (Country Fire Service)
• Black Sunday Bushfires of 1955 (South Australia)
• 1961 Western Australian bushfires
• Ash Wednesday fires of 1980 and 1983 (Victoria and South Australia) (Country Fire Service,Country Fire Authority)
• 1994 Eastern seaboard fires
• The November 1997 fire in the Sydney area (New South Wales Rural Fire Service)
• Sydney forest fires in 2001-2002
• Canberra bushfires of 2003
• Black Tuesday bushfires of 2005 (Eyre Peninsula South Australia)

In Europe

Germany

• In the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany 74.18 km2 of heathland burned, killing five firefighters in August 1975.

Greece

• Penteli Fire in Greece affected in June and July, 1995 in the Penteli mountains and lasted for almost the weekend from Friday.
• 1998 forest fires in Greece, a series of forest fores affected the Athens area, Avlona, Taygetus and Olympus mountains and other places. The fire began in the beginning of the summer season.
• 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 - Forest fires ravaged East Attica on July 28, 2005 from Agia Triada Rafinas to west of Rafina. The fires began at around 11:00 (EET) (8:00 AM GMT) consuming 70 km2 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.
• July 29, 2005 - 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 Aitoloakarnania.
• 2007 Greek forest fires

Italy and France

• 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.

Poland

• Kuznia Raciborska Fire|Kunia Raciborska Fire in Poland, burned 90.62 km2 of forest and killed two firefighters on August 26, 1992. A third casualty is often mentioned, but the woman concerned did not die in the fire itself - she was involved in a collision with a fire engine that went into a skid.

Portugal

• August 2003- Wildfires in August 2003

Russia and Soviet Union

• 1921 Mari wildfires
• August 1935 - Kursha-2 settlement was burned out with 1200 victims.

Spain

• July 17, 2005 - Guadalajara province, Spain, a 130 km2 forest fire and 11 dead firefighters. Regional responsible of Department of the Environment out of post because of this deadly toll. A barbecue sparked deadly blazes.

In South America

• The 2002 forest fire in Bolivia

In Asia

Indonesia

Forest fires in Indonesia occurred annually. When there is a weather pattern disturbance because of strong El Nino, the number and the distribution of forest fires in Indonesia increased significantly. When there is a weather pattern disturbance because of strong La Nina, the number and the distribution of forest fire in Indonesia decreased. An El Nino is usually followed by La Nina on the following year. The strength of disturbance is determined by Southern oscillation index. Large forest fire in Indonesia because of strong El Nino:

• 1982 and 1983 - Massive forest fires in Kalimantan and East Sumatra. 36,000 km2 (8.9 million acres) of forest burned down. There are other forest fires in Java and Sulawesi on the same year.
• In 1987, 1991 and 1994, there were large scale forest fires in Kalimantan and East Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi in Indonesia. More than 3,300 km2 (815,453 acres) of forest were destroyed by forest fire.
• 1997 and 1998 - Colossal, unprecedented forest fires in Kalimantan and East Sumatra. 97,000 km2 (24.1 million acres) of forest were destroyed, more than 2.6 Gigatonnes of Carbon Dioxide was released to the atmosphere. The underground smouldering fire on the peat bogs continue to burn and ignite new forest fire each year during dry season. There are other forest fires in Java and Sulawesi on the same year.
• From 1999 to 2005: there was annual forest fires in Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. Every year, forest are burned by farmers, plantation owners and continuous underground fire (since 1997). 1,345 km2 (332,357 acres) of forest were destroyed by forest fire.

Japan

• April 27 1971 - lost massive forest fire at Kure, western Honshu, Japan. Underconstruction workers are using fire, fire are move to wither weed, while firefighters working digestion fire, they got involved fire with strong wind. 18 firefighters are killed, this accident. This forest fire continued 1-day.

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