# Download error with global daily fire fuel characteristics

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/download-error-with-global-daily-fire-fuel-characteristics/14132>\
**Category:** Datasets and Usage\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [1 September 2025 13:57 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/download-error-with-global-daily-fire-fuel-characteristics/14132 "2025-09-01T13:57:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Almi](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Almi](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Almi)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2025 13:57 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/download-error-with-global-daily-fire-fuel-characteristics/14132/1 "2025-09-01T13:57:44Z")

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Hi there,

when I try to download the data on global daily fire fuel characteristics via the API, I always get the following error message: “_The job has failed. Worker has been killed due to memory usage._”

I use a loop to request only one month at a time for each variable:

```auto
for var in variables:
   for year in years:
      for month in months:

        c.retrieve(
            'derived-fire-fuel-biomass',
            {
                "variable": var,
                "version": "1",
                "year": str(year),
                "month": str(month),
                "area": [90, -180, -90, 180],
            },
        )

```

A manual request I submitted has been approved, but since I want to download the data directly to a server rather than locally, it would be good to resolve this via the API.

Any advice on how to solve this would be great! Thanks 🙂