2010 Russian wildfires
The 2010 Russian wildfires were several hundred wildfires that broke out across Russia, primarily in the west in summer 2010. They started burning in late July and lasted until early September 2010. Wikipedia
Burned area: 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres)
Date(s): late July 2010 – early September 2010
Deaths: 54 in wildfires; 55,736 in heat wave
Land use: villages, farmland, woodlands
Location: Russia
Structures destroyed: 2,000