La Palma and California, among the biggest fires of 2021

Several fires have been reported around the planet during 2021. The fires have been causing havoc in different territories and even, in some sectors, they had to battle for months to control these catastrophes.

On the first of July this year, a great fire in the north of state of California It burned about 8,000 hectares, according to official data from this Thursday, July 1, 2021, which has forced the evacuation of 8,000 people who reside in areas immediately close to the flames.

This was not the only fire in this state, as California battled the fires for months. On August 18, thousands of people had to evacuate after a wildfire started over the weekend in Northern California tripled in size in one day and nearly wiped out a small town, according to authorities. Even a state of emergency was decreed in certain areas of the state.

On the other hand, in the month of September there were strong fires in La Palma, Spain. The urban agricultural fire started in El Paso, on the island of La Palma, was difficult to stop as strong gusts of wind and high temperatures continued to affect the archipelago

The forest fires that throughout 2021 have devastated vast areas around the world have left a total of 1,760 megatons of carbon; Furthermore, the highest levels of emissions were recorded in several regions, according to data from the Copernicus Atmospheric Surveillance Service (CAMS).

July was one of the most emitting months, according to the data set, with 343 megatons of carbon released into the atmosphere mainly by fires in North America and Siberia. This month was followed by data from August, “Much worse”, according to the CAMS, which indicates that in that month 378 megatons of carbon were registered in the atmosphere worldwide. (I)