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Wildfires burning uncontrolled across the region include 433 in British Columbia and 176 in Alberta, more than a dozen of them in the area of Fort McMurray, an oil sands hub. The pipeline, which ...
There are currently 176 wildfires burning in Alberta, more than 50 of which are out of control. Around 10 of those blazes are close to the border with British Columbia, where dozens of fires are ...
The fires forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in communities throughout the country, including over 7,000 from Labrador City (the largest-ever evacuation in Newfoundland and Labrador's history) and 25,000 in Jasper, Alberta. The Jasper wildfire destroyed one-third of the town's structures and was one of the most expensive ...
Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada's Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues to fight five ...
Alberta, covered in wildfire smoke (May 2023) In May, Alberta was the province most impacted by wildfires. [20] [49] Most large wildfires in Alberta in 2023 were triggered by lightning. [31] On May 6, the province of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency. [50] [51] By May 7, 108 active fires were burning in the province. [52]
A Parks Canada official explained the wildfire was the largest the park had recorded in the last 100 years and could continue to burn for months. [15] An update from Parks Canada on August 1 indicated the wildfire had grown substantially and was now 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres), with more growth expected. [16]
A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames higher than treetops, devastating up to ...
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [1] [6] [7] [8] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [9]