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The 1997 group of forest fires in Indonesia that lasted well into 1998 were probably among the two or three, if not the largest, forest fires group in the last two centuries of recorded history.
The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia (especially its islands of Sumatra and Borneo), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.
Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
The area burned in 2023 was more than twice that of any year since 1983. [47] A study published in the journal Nature concluded that the June–September 2023 Canadian wildfires caused carbon emissions that exceeded annual fossil fuel emissions of all nations except India, China and the US.
The 2020 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2020. The season was a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfires.By September, wildfires had burned over 713,000 acres, 181 homes had been lost, and one death occurred as a result.
The Shakahola Forest incident, also known as the Shakahola massacre, involved a religious cult led by Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, founder of Good News International Ministries, an apocalyptic Christian group.
During that year, Indonesia held multiple international sporting events, including the 2018 Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Para Games.The Indonesian government designated 16 national holidays and 5 religious holidays in 2018.
Aokigahara (青木ヶ原, 'Blue Tree Meadow'), also known as the Sea of Trees (樹海, Jukai), is a forest on the northwestern flank of the Mount Fuji on the island of Honshu in Japan, thriving on 30 square kilometres (12 sq mi) of hardened lava laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 CE. [1]