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The fire covered 14,300 hectares, but on July 26 the evacuation order was lifted. [42] Wildfire smoke fills the Slocan Valley on July 27. The village of Slocan, visible at the bottom of the lake, was evacuated. A 230 hectare fire spawned on Vancouver Island on July 22, 5 km south of Sooke Lake.
Forest management is also a factor in the wildfires. Because Canada's forest management has focused on fire suppression, dry vegetation has accumulated on the forest floor. [39] Canada has generally stopped performing controlled burns, which help reduce the risk of larger and more dangerous fires.
The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls. [6] Great Fire of 1919: Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta Alberta Saskatchewan: May 1919: 11 [7] 2,000,000 hectares (4,900,000 acres) The first major fire at the wildland-urban interface of the Prairie Provinces ...
2015 Canadian wildfires were a series of wildfires across Canada and Alaska in June 2015 which spread smoke across most of North America. Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. [1] Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than 1,900,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres) of forest had burned ...
In the shadow of glitzier neighbors. As of Monday, the wind-fueled fires have swept through 40,000 acres across the Los Angeles area and killed at least 24 people. The Eaton Fire, which raged ...
2025 California wildfires-Burned near Castaic Lake. Evacuations forced; associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event that begun on January 22, 2025. [9] Border 2: California: San Diego: 6,625: January 23: January 30: 2025 California wildfires-Vegetation fire burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. [10] Blue Hills Texas: Hutchinson ...
The larger the circle, the larger the wildfire by acres. Data is from the US Department of the Interior, Office of Wildland Fire, IRWIN, NIFC, NASA, NOAA and ESRI. Open
From Cedar Park to San Marcos, Central Texas is experiencing critical fire conditions. Here's how to track fires across Texas in real-time. Track Texas fires: Map traces current wildfires burning ...