Table 3.

Specific wildfire events studied in the identified literature

Date	Wildfire name	Location	Acres burned	Structures destroyed	Direct fatalities	Cause	Number of studies	Studied in
January 2025	Los Angeles Wildfires	Los Angeles, CA, USA [126]	57,529 [127]	18,000+	32–440	Various, fueled by drought and Santa Ana winds	2	[37, 38]
August 2023	Maui Wildfire	Maui, HI, USA [128]	6,693	2,200+ [129]	102	Downed power lines, fueled by hurricane winds	1	[42]
March – October 2023	Canadian Wildfires	All Canadian Provinces [130]	37,065,800+	200+ [131]	8 [132]	Extreme weather	5	[39–41, 108, 109]
July – October 2020	California Wildfires	California, USA [133]	4,304,379	11,116	33	Various, fueled by extreme weather	2	[43, 45]
June 2019 – March 2020	Black Summer Bushfires	Multiple locations, AUS [134]	46,000,000+ [48]	6,000+	33	Various, fueled by extreme drought	6	[46–49, 110, 111]
April 2019	Goseong Fire	Gangwon Province, KOR [135]	1,300+ [136]	2,000+	2	Transformer spark	1	[112]
January – December 2018	Oregon Wildfires	Oregon, USA [50]	900,000+	0	1 [137]	Various	1	[50]
November 2016	Camp Fire	Paradise, CA, USA [138]	150,000+	18,000+	85	Downed power lines	1	[51]
May 2016	Fort McMurray Wildfire	Fort McMurray, CAN [139]	1,432,600	2,400+	2	Suspected human causes and extreme weather	19	[53, 55–66, 113–116, 140, 141]
June 2013	Royal Gorge and Black Forest Wildfires	Colorado, USA [142, 143]	17,480	557	2	Human causes	1	[67]
September – October 2011	Bastrop County Complex Fire	Bastrop County, TX, USA [144]	32,000+	1,600+	2	Downed power lines, fueled by tropical storm winds [145]	1	[117]
May – June 2011	Wallow Fire	Alpine, AZ, USA [146]	538,000+	62	0 [147]	Campfire	1	[68]
December 2010	Mount Carmel Forest Fire	Mount Carmel, ISR [148]	8,000+	250 [149]	44	Human causes	2	[118, 119]
February 2009	Black Saturday Bushfires	Victoria, AUS [150]	1,100,000+	3,500+ [151]	173	Extreme weather and arson	12	[70–80, 120]
June 2008 – May 2009	Gap, Tea, and Jesusita Fires	Santa Barbara, CA, USA [152–154]	20,000+	200+	0	Human causes	2	[81, 82]
October 2007	Witch Creek and Guejito Fires	San Diego, CA, USA [155]	500,000+ [156]	1,738	10	Downed power lines	1	[85]
August 2007	Greek Forest Fires	Peloponnese, GRC [157]	1,655,000+	2,100 [158]	85 [159]	Extreme weather	5	[87–90, 121]
August 2006	Spain Forest Fires	Galicia, ESP [160]	200,000+	0	4 [161]	Drought and arson	1	[86]
January 2005	Eyre Peninsula Bushfire	Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, AUS [162]	202,600+	400+	9	Extreme weather	1	[91]
October – November 2003	Southern California Wildfires	Southern California, CA, USA [163]	740,000+	3,600+	22	Human causes and extreme weather	2	[92, 93]
August – September 2003	British Columbia Forest Fires	British Columbia, CAN [164]	107,600+	343	0	Various, fueled by extreme weather [165]	1	[94]
January 2003	Canberra Bushfires	Canberra, AUS [166]	395,000+	510	4	Extreme weather	4	[95–97, 122]
January 1994	Sutherland Bushfires	Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, AUS [167]	1,482,630+	200	4	Extreme weather	1	[98]
June 1990	Painted Cave Fire	Santa Barbara, CA, USA [168]	5,000+ [169]	500	1	Arson	1	[99]
February 1983	Ash Wednesday Fires	Victoria and South Australia, AUS [170]	439,000+	2,080	75	Extreme weather	1	[100]