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25 January 2017 19:00 UTC
During the southern hemisphere summer 2017, central and southern parts of Chile were stricken by the most devastating wildfires in the country's history.
1 June 2019 02:00–5 June 12:00 UTC
Smoke from widespread wildfires in Alberta, Canada travelled as far as parts of Europe and Russia in May and June 2019.
08 August 2016 15:30 UTC and 10 August 08:30 UTC
Smoke from widespread wildfires which ravaged parts of Portugal in early August 2016, was seen by Meteosat-10 on 8 August.
15 July 2019 14:50 UTC and 12 August 14:50 UTC
Wildfires in Greenland were observed by Sentinel-3 on 15 July 2019.
17 July 2015 05:00–15:00 UTC
In the night of 16/17 July wildfires broke out in the extreme south-eastern corner of the Peloponnese peninsula.
15 October 2017 12:53 UTC–18 October 09:00 UTC
Smoke and flames from extensive wildfires in Portugal and Spain in mid-October 2017 could be clearly seen on satellite imagery.
17 August 2019 14:45 UTC–20 August 09:30 UTC
In August 2019 parts of Gran Canaria, one of Spain's Canary Islands, were devastated by two large wildfires.
10 August 2019 06:00–20:45 UTC and 11 August 06:00–13:00 UTC
The Greek island of Elafonisos in the Pelaponessus region suffered from major wildfires in August 2019.
13 June 2015 21:00 UTC
On 13 June smoke from wildfires in Canada travelled over parts of Northern Europe.
12 August 2017 17:45 UTC—20 August 04:45 UTC
High level smoke from Canadian wildfires, which started raging in early July 2017, could be seen as far as the Alps in August.
11 July 2017 04:30 UTC–12 July 17:30 UTC
On 11 July 2017 both Meteosat-10 and Suomi-NPP saw impressive smoke displays from the wildfires on the flanks of Vesuvius in Italy.
May–September 2018
Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas.