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Of the 291 fires recorded through the season, 105 were human-caused and 206 needed a full firefighting response. [50] The first significant fires occurred in May. On May 11, fires in the northwest forced the evacuations of Cranberry Portage (a community of about 650 people), several nearby cottage subdivisions, and Bakers Narrows Provincial Park.
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
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. Africa
As for the U.S., a July 10 count from the National Interagency Fire Center measures 25,630 wildfires so far this year which have burned 731,382 acres across the country. These counts are below the ...
Unlock AccuWeather Alerts™ with Premium+ • The fires in Canada had scorched over 1.6 million hectares by May 21. By the same time last year, wildfires had bu Smoke from unprecedented Canadian ...
Woodley fire: Small fire reported in local parkland. Burnt area: 30 acres. Burnt area: 30 acres. Olivas fire: Small fire first reported in Ventura county about 50 miles (80km) east of Los Angeles.
The fire destroyed roughly one-third of Slave Lake and cost $1.8 billion. 2011: 4,011,709 acres (1,623,481 ha) 2011 Texas wildfires: Texas: Wildfires began in November 2010 and continued to rage due to a severe drought that lasted 271 months. 47.3% of all acreage burned in the United States in 2011 was burned in Texas.
A total of 2,115 wildfires burned 1,351,314 hectares (3,339,170 acres) of land in 2018 as of November 9. [ 9 ] As of August 28, initial estimates put 2018 as the largest burn-area in a British Columbia wildfire season, [ 1 ] surpassing the historic 2017 wildfire season (1,216,053 total hectares). [ 10 ]