This is a list of the largest fires by area burned of the 21st century.
Name Country Area burnedDeathsYears 2023–2024 Australian bushfire season Australia 102023-20242024 South American wildfires Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Venezuela1542024 2002–2003 Australian bushfire season Australia 72002-2004 2024 Brazil wildfires Brazil 22024 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season Australia 332019-20202003 Siberian taiga wildfires Russia China Mongolia200,000 km202003 2023 Canadian wildfires Canada 92023 2021 Russia wildfires Russia 02021 2019 Siberia wildfires Russia 020192024 Canadian wildfiresCanada53,780 km; 33,417 mi12024 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada 02014 2020 California wildfires United States 3320202022 European and Mediterranean Fires Albania Algeria Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lebanon Montenegro Morocco Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom4120222011 Texas wildfiresUnited States102011 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia 02010 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia 52006-2007 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada 020172021 California wildfiresUnited States32021 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires Brazil Bolivia Colombia Paraguay Peru 220192018 California wildfiresUnited States10020182016 Fort McMurray wildfireCanada02016 2017 Chile wildfires Chile 1120172024 California wildfiresUnited States12024 2022–2023 Chilean wildfire season Chile 02022-2023Smokehouse Creek FireUnited States12024 2009 Black Saturday bushfires Australia 1732009Morrill FireUnited States 12026 2026 Argentina wildfires Argentina 020262025 California wildfiresUnited States312025 2015 Russian wildfires Russia 3320152025 South Korea wildfiresSouth Korea3220252018 Attica wildfiresGreece more than 1042018
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