Talk:List of wildfires

Name change?
Change name to list of wildfires? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macwiki (talk • contribs) 06:50, July 9, 2007
 * That seems like a good idea since "forest fire" now redirects to "wildfire". Is that a U.S.-centric designation? Katr67 21:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support per nom--victor falk 13:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Moved. Wasn't strictly necessary to request this since the redirect was not occupied and it appears an uncontroversial move but caution is, of course, a good thing.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:58, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Notorious?
Define "notorious". What are the criteria for inclusion in this article? Katr67 21:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't believe it's ever been addressed specifically, but arguably any significant wilfefire event i.e. one that is heavily covered in the media, should ostensibly be on the list, as it would by definition meet WP's notability requirements for events. 4.238.9.67 (talk) 18:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it should be addressed specifically. Otherwise it should be titled "a sample of some wildfires" because it excludes an awful lot, including some very large fires.  What is the purpose of this article? Mrplastic (talk) 15:14, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with Mrplastic, I don't see an appropriate definition for this article. A "List" of wildfires would assume that ALL fires would be listed, and that is surely not the case here.  I would recommend say something akin to, "A list of significant wildfires from around the world".  I would also include that this list is incomplete and specify the specific criteria (not sure what the criteria is) for inclusion, also noting the difference in a "Wildfire" and a "Prescribed Burn" noting that this list should not contain those. Mreed72 (talk) 17:34, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Needs to be updated for the malibu, calif. wildfire
There is a wildfire going on in Malibu, California right now. This is a good time to update the list. Ryan&#39;s World 100,000 23:26, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Needs to be updated for 2008 fires in California and Florida
Particularly the latter, which managed to have nasty, multi-acre, multi-day blazes (some a possible result of arson, with at least one suspect in the Brevard County fires having been arrested IIRC) going on in at least three locations (Malabar/Lockmar/Palm Bay area; Cocoa, Florida; and the Everglades) simultaneously, which, needless to say, is both highly unusual and a subject of considerable media coverage (though I'm still irked that MSNBC kept reporting the Cocoa fire as being in "Cocoa Beach". They're not the same place, people). Some of these are still being put out as we speak, but they've been going as a whole for over a week - again, highly unusual (also annoying, for those of us with Asthma and the poor luck to live close to where the fires were going...). The Central Florida fires have destroyed well over 100 homes last I checked, covering hundreds and I think even thousands of acres; the Everglades blaze has hit a reported 33,000+ acres, last I checked. A spate of unusually dry weather did not help much, nor did shifting winds, I'm told. Either way, it should definitely be included, I think. 4.238.9.67 (talk) 18:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

2007 Caribou Hills fire
I'm not much for coding these fancy tables, but this fire is conspicuously absent, as are a lot of other Alaskan fires. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:05, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, when the North America table is switched to the size ranking, it doesn't rank them properly; a thousand-acre fire tops the list above some million-acre fires, and there are other smaller fires scattered in between other million-acre fires at the top of the list. This makes ordering the table by the size column essentially useless. Please fix if you know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.198.2.229 (talk) 04:44, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

2019 Swan Lake Fire
It seems like several large Alaskan fires are missing from this list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Lake_Fire

Alberta
I have a popular science book (I wouldn't call it a reliable source) that states that late september 1950 there was a raging forest fire in Alberta, which with a huge updraft that carried smoke all the way in to the troposphere where immensly fast winds carried all the way over to Europe, where it caused widespread panic because the sun and moon turned blue on 26. and 27 of September. Like I said, my source is a dubious pop sci book. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 17:37, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Plenty of google results though http://www.google.com/search?q=wildfire+alberta+blue+sun+1950&rls=com.microsoft:fi&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

New Acres for Waldo Canyon
2012-06-27 Wednesday, new size is 15,324 acres. Day 5: Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs 9 News — al-Shimoni  (talk) 14:09, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Sort by size is broken
It appears to be doing a character sort based on the first number in the size and not doing an actual numerical sort 50.0.151.57 (talk) 16:18, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

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Trafford09 (talk) 13:29, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Europe, summer 2018
An overview article about the widespread forest fires in multiple European countries this summer would be very welcome: Summer 2018 European wildfires sounds like a good putative name. 195.67.149.163 (talk) 15:30, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Texas Fires
Removed this entry as there were no citations to articles pertaining to this, also atrocious grammar. If anyone has info on this happening re-enter then cite. Hemingray (talk) 02:16, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Severe pruning needed
The article has been severely bloated up with fires that don't have articles. That's not what a "list of notable..." is supposed to do. Anyone mind if I prune ruthlessly? Dicklyon (talk) 00:39, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

2023 Canadian Wildfires
Just wondering if the 2023 Canadian wildfires should be added to the list in the Canada and United States section. Given that it is already the worst season on record with an estimated 5,958,026 hectares burned. Or would it be better to wait for the wildfire season to wrap up? Metro man 27 (talk) 15:33, 28 June 2023 (UTC)