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On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. [3] On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a provincial state of ...
Largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history. [29] Costliest disaster in Canadian history, cost of $3.58 billion in July, estimate up to $9 billion. 2017 British Columbia wildfires: Central and South Interior, and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jul– Sep 2017: 0: $586 million [30] 305+ [31] 1,216,053 hectares (3,004,930 acres) [32]
The 2017 wildfire season involved wildfires on multiple continents. On Greenland, which is mostly covered by ice and permafrost, multiple fires occurred in melted peat bogs, described as "unusual, and possibly unprecedented". [1] [2] Popular media asked whether the wildfires were related to global warming.
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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 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada ...
The intense spring wildfires in Alberta are reminiscent of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, which is considered one of Canada’s costliest natural disasters. “This is a very unusual pattern.
The Diamond Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan County, Washington, that began with an improperly extinguished campfire on July 23, 2017. [1] [2] [3] In July, the fire threatened historic cabins with destruction. [4] On August 31, it spread to Canada in an area between Cathedral Provincial Park and Manning Provincial ...
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 ...