There are thousands of fires that occur every year which are not indexed here. This website only tracks large scale wildfires. View the database on github.

Australia Bush Fires 2019

16,000,000 Acres

August 1/2019 - Australia

Northwest Territories 2014

8,600,000 Acres

August 1/2018 - Canada

Siberian wildfires 2019

7,400,000 Acres

July 1/2019 - Russia

BC 2018

3,346,508 Acres

August 1/2018 - Canada

Fort McMurray 2016

1,456,810 Acres

May 1/2016 - Canada

BC Wildfires 2017

1,216,053 Acres

July 6/2017 - Canada

Taylor Complex 2004

1,305,592 Acres

July 13/2004 - USA

Greek Forest Fires 2007

670,000 Acres

August 22/2007 - Greece

Black Saturday Bushfires 2009

450,000 Acres

February 7/2009 - Australia

Mendocino Complex Fire

459,102 Acres

July 27/2018 - USA

Montana wildfires 2017

438,000 Acres

June 1/2017 - USA

Carr Fire 2018

229,651 Acres

July 23/2018 - USA

Camp Fire 2018

153,336 Acres

November 8/2018 - USA

How do i verify this data?

The wildfire db is available on github . These are the best estimations available, and each value should have listed sources. If you see any errors or have an addition, view the contribution guide.

What type of fires are tracked?

The wildfire db tracks large scale fires that have burned above 100,000 acres.

What do I do if I see a data error?

The wildfire db is available on github . Submit a pull request to make a suggestion, or contact us here .

Damage FromBiggest Wildfires

41,725,052 AcresTotal

on trackwildfires.com

Biggest fires over past 20 years