The 2018 wildfire season involves

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identi ...

s on multiple continents. An extremely rare event occurred when wildfires broke out north of the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia, with one burning on the Russia–Finland border near the

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian ter ...

on July 20. By the end of the calendar year, the fires in British Columbia had burned more area than in any prior recorded year; and California experienced the single largest (by area) fire on record, and a fire destroyed more structures than in any other in modern history. Similarly, the UK saw the most wildfires ever recorded in a single year, at 76, while Greece saw the deadliest wildfires in its history, with 102 casualties.

List of wildfires

Events during the season include the following: ; Americas A U.S. national state of emergency was declared on July 28 due to the California fires, which had killed at least six people. In August, the

Mendocino Complex Fire The Mendocino Complex Fire was a large complex of wildfires that burned in northern California for more than three months in 2018. It consisted of two wildfires, the River Fire and Ranch Fire, which burned in Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, and G ...

became the second largest fire in California history and the

became the state's largest. Fires in British Columbia were the second worst in the history of the province, with over burned. *

2018 British Columbia wildfires By the end of June, 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia. The Comstock Lake fire, discovered on June 21, was caused by lightning. By July 6, it had grown to and was not fully contained. At one point over 200 personn ...

2018 California wildfires The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history. It was also the largest on record at the time, now third after the 2020 and 2021 California wildfire seasons. In 2018, there were a total of ...

* 2018 Montana wildfires *

2018 Nevada wildfires The 2018 wildfire season in Nevada began in June 2018 and ended November 2018. Wildfires included: * Martin Fire (July 4–August 2), the largest in state history with burned2018 Oregon wildfires * 2018 Utah wildfires * 2018 Washington wildfires ; Asia *

2018 Russian wildfires Dry, warm conditions in the spring set the stage for fires in Siberia in May 2018. History In mid-July 2018, smoke from the fires could be seen by satellites reaching North America. ''The Siberian Times'' reported were burning. On July 24, the ...

; Europe

2018 Attica wildfires A series of wildfires in Greece, during the 2018 European heat wave, began in the coastal areas of Attica in July 2018. 104 people were confirmed dead from the Mati fires (the last died in October 2022, from health problems which was caused bec ...

(Greece) *

2018 Sweden wildfires In the summer of 2018, a large number of wildfires (primarily forest fires) occurred throughout much of Sweden. According to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, they are the most serious in the country in modern history. The summer was unus ...

2018 United Kingdom wildfires Starting on 24 June 2018 and continuing throughout the summer, a record-breaking series of wildfires burned across the United Kingdom. The two largest fires, which were declared major incidents, burned over each and broke out on Saddleworth Moo ...

; Oceania * 2017–18 Australian bushfire season

References

External links

* {{2018 American wildfires

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