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By 3:06 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, the Four County Fire had reached a burned area of approximately 96,000 acres (39,000 ha) and satellites had detected heat from the wildfire seven miles away near Russell, Kansas. [11] Due to the wildfires and strong winds, 24 out of the 105 counties in Kansas issued local disaster declarations.
A man and a juvenile died after a house fire in Louisburg, Kansas, Thursday morning, according to fire officials. The fire was reported at 11:01 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of North 5th Street.
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The 2021 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Even at halfway through the calendar year, wildfire seasons were larger than in previous history, with increased extreme weather caused by climate change (such as droughts and heat waves) strengthening the intensity and scale of fires.
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February 18 – Manhattan State Hospital fire in New York City, killed 25. [12] 17 May – Cleveland School fire, Camden, South Carolina, killed 77. 31 May – Petrograd Opera House fire in St. Petersburg, Russia, killed and injured "many" people (it is unkown exactly how many victims there were). [13]
A Kansas fire marshal said Tuesday he's hopeful that fire crews supported by water-dropping helicopters can control a wood pallet fire at a Kansas recycling center that has been raging for days.