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11. Plateau Fire, Chilcotin Plateau and vicinity, British Columbia, Canada
> Year: 2017
> Fatalities: 0
> Area burned: 1,289,020 acres
This conflagration, the result of 19 smaller fires merging, covered some 1,154,000 acres and stretched more than 80 miles end to end. Remarkably, there were no fatalities from the fire, though a small herd of wild horses was found burned to death.
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12. Athens and vicinity (Attica), Greece
> Year: 2018
> Fatalities: 91
> Area burned: 3,153 acres
Believed to have been started by arson, this is considered Europe’s deadliest wildfire in over a century. While many of the deceased died directly from the blaze, others drowned in the Mediterranean fleeing the flames.
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13. Carr Fire, Shasta County, CA
> Year: 2018
> Fatalities: 7
> Area burned: 229,651 acres
Ranked as the sixth most destructive wildfire in this wildfire-prone state’s history, the Carr fire was set off by sparks from the rim of a flat trailer tire, leaping into dry brush at the side of the road.
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14. Mendocino Complex, Mendocino and neighboring counties, California
> Year: 2018
> Fatalities: 1
> Area burned: 459,102 acres
This fire complex, consisting of two adjacent fires affecting four California counties, is still burning, though it is mostly contained. It is the largest wildfire in California history.
