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Wildfires may be noted at any land around the world. With climate change, however, the number and intensity of wildfires have been increasing since 2000. 2019 is one of the years with many alarming wildfires burning over the world. The “most alarming” wildfires in 2019 are the Amazon Wildfires and Australia Bushfires, causing unprecedented damage.
In the era of global warming, massive wildfires are no longer local issues with risk to living environment and safety. They are also global issues that contribute to climate change. Thus, it is important for us to be aware of the scale and intensity of massive wildfires over the world in order to work out strategies to prevent and manage them.
Overall, wildfires have scorched more than 37.2 million hectares (372,000 km2) of woodland and grassland around the world since the beginning of 2019. Here is a quick look at where some major fires was burning around the world and the areas burned in 2019.
1. Australia Wildfires
Total fires: over 5,900
Burned area: Around 16.8 million hectares (42 million acres, 168,000 km2)
Fatalities: 28 deaths
2. Amazon Wildfires
Total fires: More than 224,000
Burned area: 12 million hectares (120,000 km2; 46,000 sq mi)
Fatalities: At least 2
3. Siberia Wildfires
Total fires: Nor reported
Burned area: More than 5.5 million hectares (13.5 million acres; 50,000 km2)
Fatalities: Unknown
4. Greenland Wildfires
Total fires: Over 100
Burned area: Over 93,000 acres (375 square kilometres)
Fatalities: None
5. Alaska Wildfires
Total fires: 663
Burned area: Over 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres)
Fatalities: None
6. Canada Wildfires
Total fires: 3,873
Burned areas: More than 1.8 million hectares
Fatalities: None
7. California Wildfires
Total fires: 7,860
Burned area: 105,140 hectares (259,800 acres; 1050 km2)
Fatalities & Injuries: 5 deaths; 22 injured
8. Indonesia Wildfires
Total fires: 5,086
Burned area: More than 800,000 acres
Fatalities: Unknown
9. Spain Wildfires
Total fires: To be confirmed
Burned areas: 57,000 hectares (140, 000 acres)
Fatalities: None
10. United Kingdom Wildfires
Total fires: 96
Burned areas: Over 16,000 hectares (39,500 acres).
Fatalities: None
11. Greece Wildfires
Total fires: To be confirmed
Burned areas: More than 28,000 hectares (69,100 acres)
Fatalities: None
12. India Wildfires
Total fires: To be confirmed
Burned areas: At least 10,920 acres (4,420 hectares)
Fatalities: Unknown
13. Wildfires in Sub-Saharan Africa
Total fires: More than 9000
Burned area: unknown
Fatalities: unknown
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