Wildfires in 2021

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2021 wildfire season
Statistics
Date(s) January–December 2021

The 2021 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Even at halfway through the calendar year, wildfire seasons were larger than in previous history, with increased extreme weather caused by climate change (such as droughts and heat waves) strengthening the intensity and scale of fires.[1]

Below is a partial list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2021.

Africa

Algeria
South Africa

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See also: 2018–2021 Southern African drought
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Smoke over City Bowl in Cape Town as fire trucks respond

Asia

Cyprus
India
Israel
Russia

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See also: 2021 Russia heatwave
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Wildfires in Urla, İzmir in August
Turkey

Europe

France
Greece
Italy

North America

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See also: 2020–22 North American drought and 2021 Western North America heat wave

As of September 14, 2021, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reported that 44,647 wildfires in the United States had burned 5.6 million acres of land.[4] Similarly, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) announced that 6,317 wildfires burned 10.34 million acres.[5] Initially, the NIFC declared that the United States and Canada had a preparedness level of 5, meaning it had the potential to exhaust national firefighting resources.[6] Due to the earliness and severity of the wildfire season, the United States and Canada were unable to provide each other with aid as in previous years.[7] However, by September 20, 2021, the national preparedness level was reduced to 4 and 1 for the United States and Canada, respectively.[8]

In April 2021, the North American wildfire season was predicted to be severe due to record drought conditions and high spring temperatures in the West.[9] In May, more than 75% of the western United States experienced drought conditions, with 21% of these conditions being deemed as "exceptional drought", which is the most extreme level of drought.[10] These extreme conditions result in a lack of moisture on the ground that is imperative for combating wildfires.[11] In Arizona, there were 311 early wildfires in the first four months of the year, compared to 127 in the same period in 2020.[12]

In July 2021, haze from West Coast fires was affecting East Coast cities,[13][14] and particulate pollution caused unhealthy air quality in New Hampshire.[15]

In Montana, evacuation orders had displaced around 600 people by early August.[16]

On October 21, the national preparedness level was lowered to 1 (indicating minimal fire activity).[8] By November 5, a total of 48,725 wildfires had burned more than 6.5 million acres across the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).[8]

Canada
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Flames and plumes of smoke from the Tiger Fire can be seen from Spring Valley, Arizona overnight on July 6, 2021
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Haze from the West Coast fires in Littleton, Massachusetts on July 26, 2021
Mexico
United States

South America

Oceania

See also

References

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