2021 wildfire season
Statistics
Date(s)January–December 2021
Season
 2020
2022 

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

Smoke over City Bowl in Cape Town as fire trucks respond

Asia

Wildfires in Urla, İzmir in August

Europe

North America

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

Oceania

South America

See also

References

  1. "Fire, floods, dead fish: Climate change fuels extreme weather, with no 'return to normal.'". The New York Times. 2021-07-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. "Cyprus: Nations send help to tackle worst wildfire in decades". BBC. 4 July 2021.
  3. "EuropeGreece evacuates more villages as forest fire spreads to Attica region". Reuters. 20 May 2021.
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