Rank |
Name |
Country |
Area burned |
Deaths |
Ref. |
1 |
2023–2024 Australian bushfire season |
Australia |
1,445,372 km2; 558,061 sq mi |
10 |
[1] |
2 |
2024 South American wildfires |
- Brazil
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Venezuela
|
858,669 km2; 331,534 sq mi (ongoing) |
154 |
[2][3][4][5] |
3 |
2002–2003 Australian bushfire season |
Australia |
540,000 km2; 210,000 sq mi |
7 |
[6] |
4 |
2024 Brazil wildfires |
Brazil |
474,381 km2; 183,160 sq mi (ongoing) |
2 |
[2][3] |
5 |
2019–2020 Australian bushfire season |
Australia |
243,000–398,000 km2; 94,000–154,000 sq mi |
33 |
[7][8][9] |
6 |
2023 Canadian wildfires |
Canada |
184,960.51 km2; 71,413.65 sq mi |
9 |
[10] |
7 |
2021 Russia wildfires |
Russia |
78,000–161,000 km2; 30,000–62,000 sq mi |
0 |
[11] |
8 |
2019 Siberia wildfires |
Russia |
78,000 km2; 30,000 sq mi |
0 |
[12] |
9 |
2014 Northwest Territories fires |
Canada |
30,000 km2; 12,000 sq mi |
0 |
[13] |
10 |
2020 California wildfires |
United States |
17,797.3 km2; 6,871.6 sq mi |
33 |
[14] |
11 |
2010 Bolivia forest fires |
Bolivia |
15,000 km2; 5,800 sq mi |
0 |
[15] |
12 |
2006–2007 Australian bushfire season |
Australia |
13,000 km2; 5,000 sq mi |
5 |
[16] |
13 |
2017 British Columbia wildfires |
Canada |
11,480 km2; 4,430 sq mi |
0 |
[17] |
14 |
2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires |
- Brazil
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Paraguay
- Peru
|
9,064.95–9,307.76 km2; 3,500.00–3,593.75 sq mi |
2 |
[18] |
15 |
2017 Chile wildfires |
Chile |
5,000 km2; 1,900 sq mi |
11 |
[19] |
16 |
2009 Black Saturday bushfires |
Australia |
4,010.73 km2; 1,548.55 sq mi |
173 |
[20] |
17 |
2015 Russian wildfires |
Russia |
1,070 km2; 410 sq mi |
33 |
[21] |
18 |
2018 Attica wildfires |
Greece |
more than 40 km2; 15 sq mi |
104 |
[22] |