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The 2023 fires were compared to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire [21] [22] and the 2021 Lytton wildfire. [23] The 2023 fire season was mainly driven by anthropogenic climate change. [24] Climate change has made weather warmer and drier, raising wildfire risk as vegetation is more flammable under these conditions.
Two fires at Canadian churches during the May 2021–December 2023 period covered by the CBC report were ruled accidental by investigators; 14 churches were destroyed by fires in the period between January 1, 2019 and May 2021. Two other incidents of church fires, both in rural Alberta during 2023, resulted in two pairs of people receiving ...
The 2024 wildfires in Canada began as an extension of the record-setting 2023 wildfires. The country experienced an unusually long fire season in 2023 that had extended into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024. [2][3] By early May, large wildfires had broken out in Alberta ...
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]
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 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Below is an ongoing list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2023.
Series of upwards of 1,500 wildfires across the province of British Columbia, was worsened by the heatwave happening at the same time [45] 2021 June 25 – 2021 July 7: Western Canada Heatwave: Heatwave Western Canada Prairies and West Coast 685 Deadliest weather event in the history of Canada 2021 June 30 Lytton wildfire: Wildfire
2023 Canadian drought. Since the beginning of March 2023, most of Canada experienced a drought, which was severe across the Prairie provinces and unprecedented in British Columbia. Every province and territory was in drought simultaneously. [1] Common factors across Canada were a quick snow melt, sometimes due to a below-average snowpack, and ...