The 2021 wildfire season involves

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s on multiple continents. Even at halfway through the calendar year, wildfire seasons were larger than in previous history, with increased

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caused by climate change (such as

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and

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) strengthening the intensity and scale of fires. Below is a partial list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2021.

Africa

; Algeria * 2021 Algeria wildfires ; South Africa Table mountain 2021 fire 1

* 2021 Table Mountain fire

Asia

; Cyprus * 2021 Limassol wildfires ; India *

2020–21 Dzüko Valley wildfires The 2020–21 Dzüko Valley wildfires occurred in the states of Nagaland and Manipur in North-east India, beginning on 29 December 2020. The wildfire resulted in widespread environmental damage in the ecologically sensitive region of the Dzüko Va ...

* 2021 Simlipal forest fires ; Israel *

2021 Israel wildfires The 2021 Israel wildfires were multiple wildfires that happened in the vicinity of Jerusalem, Israel. Timeline On 16 August 2021, a large wildfire outside Jerusalem has begun to spread again as the wind picks up, leading police to evacuate some ...

; Russia * 2021 Russian wildfires Urla Balıklıova Orman Yangını

;Turkey *

2021 Turkish wildfires In July and August 2021, a series of more than two hundred wildfires burnt 1,700 square kilometres of forest in Turkey's Mediterranean Region in the worst-ever wildfire season in the country's history. The wildfires started in Manavgat, Antalya ...

Europe

;France * 2021 France wildfires ;Greece * 2021 Greece wildfires ;Italy * 2021 Italy wildfires

North America

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. Similarly, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) announced that 6,317 wildfires burned 10.34 million acres. 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. 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. However, by September 20, 2021, the national preparedness level was reduced to 4 and 1 for the United States and Canada, respectively. 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. 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. These extreme conditions result in a lack of moisture on the ground that is imperative for combating wildfires. In Arizona, there were 311 early wildfires in the first four months of the year, compared to 127 in the same period in 2020. In July 2021, haze from West Coast fires was affecting East Coast cities, and particulate pollution caused unhealthy air quality in New Hampshire. In Montana, evacuation orders had displaced around 600 people by early August. On October 21, the national preparedness level was lowered to 1 (indicating minimal fire activity). 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 The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho is the physical facility which is the home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC). The center works clo ...

(NIFC). ; Canada * 2021 British Columbia wildfires Tiger Fire, Arizona

Littleton Massachusetts Haze July 26 2021

; Mexico * 2021 Nuevo León wildfires ; United States * 2021 Arizona wildfires *

2021 California wildfires The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California. As of December 16, 2021, a total of 8,619 fires have been recorded, burning across the state. At least 3,629 buildings have been destroye ...

* 2021 Colorado wildfires **

2021–2022 Boulder County fires The Marshall Fire was a destructive wildfire and urban conflagration that started on December 30, 2021, shortly after 11:00 a.m. MST, as a grass fire in Boulder County, Colorado. The fire killed two people and became the most destructive ...

*2021 Idaho wildfires ** Snake River Complex Fire *2021 Kansas wildfires ** December 15 outbreak *2021 Minnesota wildfires ** Greenwood Lake Fire *2021 Montana wildfires ** Richard Spring Fire * 2021 New Mexico wildfires * 2021 Oregon wildfires * 2021 Texas wildfires * 2021 Utah wildfires * 2021 Washington wildfires

South America

* 2021 Argentine Patagonia wildfires * 2021 Chilean Patagonia wildfire

Oceania

2020–21 Australian bushfire season Following the devastating 2019–20 bushfires in Australia, authorities were urged to prepare early for the 2020–21 Australian bushfire season. The bushfire outlook for July to September 2020 was predicting a normal fire potential in Queensla ...

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