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2010 Russian wildfires – Drought and the hottest summer since records began in 1890 caused many devastating forest fires in European Russia. 2015 Russian wildfires – A series of wildfires in southern Siberia killed 26 people and left thousands homeless. [17] 2018 Russian wildfires
In 2024, far-reaching wildfires ignited and spread across large areas of Russian territory, primarily in Siberia and also in southern regions. The wildfires resulted in a burnt area of 8.8 million hectares (21.7 million acres) by July 18, and carbon emissions of 6.8 megatons by July 1, equaling the combined June–July emissions of 2023 in just one month.
On August 4, smoke originating from the Siberian wildfires was reported in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, over 2,000 kilometers (around 1,200 miles) south-west from the place where the fires originated. The hourly average concentration, measured at 3pm that same day, reached 103 μg/m³ for the PM2.5 particles, while the one for PM10 particles hit 168 ...
2020 Russian wildfires; 2021 Russia wildfires; 2022 Siberian wildfires; 2024 Russian wildfires; D. 1987 Black Dragon fire; K. Kursha-2
The 2022 Siberian wildfires were a series of wildfires in Russia that began in Siberia in early May 2022. Fires were concentrated in the Krasnoyarsk , Altai , Irkutsk , Kemerovo , Omsk , Kurgan regions, Khakassia and Sakha republics.
The majority of fires are burning in the Sakha Republic in Russia's Far North. This region experienced extensive wildfires in 2021, with nearly 19 million hectares of forests destroyed.
2019 Siberia wildfires Russia: 7,800,000 0 [12] 9 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada ...
In Russia's two easternmost districts, 18,591 distinct fires have consumed 14 million hectares (35 million acres). [2] Fires are releasing record levels of carbon dioxide, partly because they are burning ancient peatlands that have been a carbon sink. A study published last month shows that northern peatlands could eventually shift from being a ...