second costliest in US history to extinguish. 2009Black Saturday bushfires In February, at the end of the early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave, bushfires swept through the Australian state of Victoria killing 180 people, injuring around 500, destroying at least 2029 homes. 20102010 Russian wildfires, 2000 buildings, 8000 km² destroyed, 54 killed. 2010Mount Carmel forest fire in Israel led to 44 fatalities. 2011Fires across parts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, during the Easter holidays, destroying many parks and forests. 2011Summer fire outbreak across Texas claimed almost 4 million acres in over 21,000 fires. Approximately 7,000 homes were lost and approximately 50,000 homes in direct danger were saved by fire departments across the state. 2011Two wildfires burn in Bastrop, Texas; 2 people killed, 34,000 acres burned, over 1000 houses and other structures destroyed 2011Swinley Forest, UK, 12 fire services attended from various counties to extinguish this forest fire in Berkshire. 2015Sampson Flat bushfires, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, destroyed 12,500 hectares (31,000 acres) of native forest, farmland, vineyards and 27 houses, with no human fatalities 2016 A series of wildfires raged across mainland Portugal and the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira. 2017 Between 30 and 40 gorse fires raged across the country [Ireland] between late April and early May. Cloosh Valley saw the worst of these fires with of forest damaged. 2017 A series of wildfires, burn across Pedrógão Grande and Nodeirinho in Portugal, killing at least 66 people and injuring at least 204 others. 2017 Fires consumed hundreds of thousands of acres of Oregon's Deschutes National Forest, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and the Willamette National Forest during August and September, causing evacuations and road closures. Fires included the Chetco Bar Fire and the Eagle Creek Fire, which also spread into Skamania County, Washington, United States. 2018 Camp Fire in California. Began November 8, 2018; caused 85 deaths and destroyed 18,804 structures. 2018 Woolsey Fire in California, which broke out on the same day as the Camp Fire. Resulted in three deaths and the destruction of 1,643 structures, among them, the homes of notable celebrities. 2019 2019 Nelson fires – Two wildfires, 20 kilometres apart in Nelson and Tasman District, New Zealand, started on 5 February 2019. The Pigeon Valley fire was described as the country's largest since 1955 and New Zealand's largest aerial firefight on record with 22 helicopters involved. 2019 Gospers Mountain bushfire – Starting