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The McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1] The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna.
The estimated carbon emissions for July 2024 were the most of any July dating back to 2003, when the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service began collecting data. [6] When the fire season officially ended on October 31, the province had seen 775,000 hectares burned, compared to 2.2 million in 2023. [13]
The BC Wildfire Service said the West Kelowna fire department was returning to ``normal day-to-day operations″ 10 days after a fast-moving wildfire forced thousands to flee that town and went on ...
The capital of Canada's Northwest Territories was virtually deserted after nearly all the residents of the city of just over 20,000 fled as a huge wildfire burned nearby. To the south, in British ...
The August 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire burns in West Kelowna, British Columbia. The wildfires spread over more than 45 million acres, reaching from British Columbia to Quebec. ((Darryl Dyck/The ...
Nadina Lake fire 86,766 July 31 [20] Verdun Mountain fire 34,586 July 31 [21] Alkali Lake fire 118,318 August 1 [22] Shag Creek fire 12,322 August 1 [23] Island Lake fire 20,468 August 1 [24] North Baezaeko fire 11,508 August 1 [25] Lutz Creek fire 76,100 August 4 [26] W Babine River fire 10,800 August 5 [27] Hugh Allen Creek fire 10,000 August ...
The Tugwell Creek fire near Sooke grew to 85 hectares (210 acres), and was 10% contained by July 4. [6] The fire threatened millions of honeybees at Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery. It was fully contained on July 9. [7] The Shovel Fire, started on July 27, burned at least 86,397 hectares (213,490 acres), and was still active as of August 20.
Thousands of residents are rushing to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as more than 200 fires burn, leaving many to face dangerous road conditions or stand in line for ...