A bar chart depicting the five worst wildfire seasons in British Columbia. 2018 was the worst season, with 13,540.01 square kilometres of land burned. 2017 was the next worst, with 12,161.39 square kilometres burned. 2021 was the third worst, with 8,691.95 square kilometres of land burned. 2014 was the fourth worst with 3,689.26 sq km burned, and finally, 1971's season clocked in at 3,518.9 sq km burned.