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A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires. [10]On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 square miles (780 km 2) [11] [12] and sent people fleeing for their lives.
The fire, one of the 2021 British Columbia wildfires throughout the province, was facilitated by the 2021 Western North America heat wave. At the time of the fire, Lytton had a population of about 250 with another 1,500 to 2,000 First Nations residents living nearby on reserves affected as well. [6]
0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. [3]
Canada has 146 active wildfires burning, including dozens in British Columbia and Alberta that are characterized as “out of control,” according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre ...
It began July 13, 2021 as one of the 2021 B.C. wildfires and resulted in the destruction of Monte Lake. It totalled 83,047 hectares and was classified as out of control. [ 2 ] Insured losses total an estimated $77 million Canadian Dollars, according to one agency, which in late September expected the number of claims to top 800, most of them ...
A fire in 2021 devastated much of the nearby village of Lytton, as well as administrative buildings and 41 homes belonging to First Nation members, Hanna said. The community had hoped to start on ...
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
2023 Canadian wildfires Canada: 18,496,051 9 [10] 7 2021 Russia wildfires Russia: 7,800,000–16,100,000 0 [11] 8 2019 Siberia wildfires Russia: 7,800,000 0 [12] 9 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12