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On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [45] In early August, more out of control fires forced the evacuation of about 100 properties in the Southern Interior , including areas north of the village Lytton , which was destroyed in a 2021 wildfire .
The White Rock Lake fire was a wildfire in Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia. 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]
Fire name Hectares burned Fire Centre Date discovered Comments Link Bloedel fire 75,000 Sayward July 5 1938 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.
A recent outbreak of wildfires in Canada is sending a plume of unhealthy smoke into the US yet again, but this time, the fires are coming from a different part of the country. Here’s what that ...
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (Reuters) -Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province ...
2018 British Columbia wildfires: British Columbia British Columbia: summer 2018: 50+ [35] 1,298,454 hectares (3,208,550 acres) Initial estimates put 2018 as the largest total burn-area in any British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the 2017 wildfire season. [36] 2019 Alberta wildfires: Northwestern and Central Alberta Alberta: Mar–Dec ...
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 ...
Two fires that were out of control in the High Level Forest Area were active on 15 May. [55] HWF-036, named the Long Lake Fire, is a rapidly growing fire classified as out of control. It is the largest fire in the province during the 2023 wildfire season, currently having an active burning area of 108,402 hectares (267,867 acres). [55]