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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.
Lytton wildfire - Wikipedia ... Lytton wildfire
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] The total land burned in 2018 represented ...
Last year was Canada’s most devastating fire season on record, including in British Columbia, where fires burned through hundreds of homes and an area the size of Maryland, according to the BC ...
2023 Canadian wildfires
Area. • Total. 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) Burns Bog is an ombrotrophic peat bog located in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest raised peat bog and the largest undeveloped urban land mass on the West Coast of the Americas. [1] Burns Bog was originally 4,000–4,900 hectares (9,900–12,100 acres) before development.
Powell River, British Columbia
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. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the ...