2018 wildfire season
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Date(s) | January–December 2018 |
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The 2018 wildfire season involves wildfires 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 on July 20.[1]
List of wildfires
Events during the season include the following:
- Americas
![](../I/m/2018_06_17-16.53.05.813-CDT.jpg)
Trail Mountain Fire in Utah
A U.S. national state of emergency was declared on July 28 due to the California fires, which had killed at least six people.[2] In August, the Mendocino Complex Fire became the second largest fire in California history[3] and the Mendocino Complex Fire became the state's largest.
Fires in British Columbia were the second worst in the history of the province, with over 945 square kilometres (234,000 acres) burned.[4]
- 2018 British Columbia wildfires
- 2018 California wildfires
- 2018 Montana wildfires
- 2018 Nevada wildfires
- 2018 Oregon wildfires
- 2018 Utah wildfires
- 2018 Washington wildfires
- Asia
- Europe
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Wildfires in the UK and Ireland, June 2018
- Oceania
References
- ↑ Scarcely Seen Scandinavian Fires, NASA Earth Observatory, July 17, 2018
- ↑ "The Latest: Trump declares emergency in California wildfires". US News. San Francisco Chronicle. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ↑ Madison Park (August 6, 2018), California fire explodes in size over weekend, is now 2nd largest in state history, CNN
- ↑ Spencer Harwood (August 26, 2018), "British Columbia wildfire season ranked second worst in province's history", National Post
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