Wildfires

Connected Sites: 10

Definition

WHS severely damaged by wildfires after being enlisted as a WHS.

Map

Connected Sites

Yellowstone

United States of America

Inscribed: 1978

4.49

215

12

1988
Serra de Tramuntana

Spain

Inscribed: 2011

2.80

136

5

2013
Risco Caido

Spain

Inscribed: 2019

2.49

58

4

"A mountain fire, sparked by a welder using a soldering iron, spiralled out of control in Gran Canaria, Spain, on Sunday August 11th [2019] causing mass evacuations. ... It has spread from the Artenara municipality into both Galdar and Tejeda, including the Sacred Mountains World Heritage Site and is burning through the pine forests of the Caldera de Tejeda."
See 7dnews.com
Kilimanjaro National Park

Tanzania

Inscribed: 1987

3.91

85

7

October 2020
See whc.unesco.org
Gondwana Rainforests

Australia

Inscribed: 1986

3.30

91

5

See whc.unesco.org
Garajonay

Spain

Inscribed: 1986

3.19

100

6

2012
K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)

Australia

Inscribed: 1992

3.92

90

8

2020
See www.brisbanetimes.com.au
Cerrado Protected Areas

Brazil

Inscribed: 2001

3.22

28

5

2017
Mount Kenya

Kenya

Inscribed: 1997

2.93

44

3

2019: "fires have already destroyed more than 80,000 hectares of forest and grassland, which represents almost half the area of the World Heritage site"
See whc.unesco.org
Los Alerces National Park

Argentina

Inscribed: 2017

3.68

23

4

January 2024, probably caused by arson and an unusual heatwave
See www.bbc.com