page_title: 2011 Mexican fire season
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 Mexican fire season
caption_attribution_description: English: Fires, marked in red, burning throughout Mexico, casting a smoky haze from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The widespread fires shown here are evidence of the extreme fire season 2011 turned out to be in Mexico. The widespread nature of the fires in this image suggests that people deliberately started many of them.
context_page_description: The 2011 Mexico fire season is the fire season which occurred between January and May 2011. Usually during May, the first wet-season rains begin to fall, followed by a soggy five months. As of May 20, 2011, the fire season had not slowed and the flames continued to burn forests. Fires burned throughout the country, casting a smoky haze from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 2011 turned out to be an extreme fire season in Mexico. By May 19, more than 530,000 hectares of land had burned in the country since the beginning of the year, according to the Mexican government. In terms of area burned, 2011 surpassed every year since 1998, making it one of the most challenging fire seasons for 30 years.
context_section_description: The 2011 Mexico fire season is the fire season which occurred between January and May 2011. Usually during May, the first wet-season rains begin to fall, followed by a soggy five months. As of May 20, 2011, the fire season had not slowed and the flames continued to burn forests. Fires burned throughout the country, casting a smoky haze from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 2011 turned out to be an extreme fire season in Mexico. By May 19, more than 530,000 hectares (1,300,000 acres or 2,000 square miles) of land had burned in the country since the beginning of the year, according to the Mexican government. In terms of area burned, 2011 surpassed every year since (and including) 1998, making it one of the most challenging fire seasons for 30 years.
caption: Fires, marked in red, burning throughout Mexico
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