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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 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia.The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, [2] and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
Northwest Territories also hit by latest outbreak of drought-inspired summer blazes
Satellite images show smoke from Canadian wildfires over Western Europe on August 17, 2024. Emissions from the fires are expected to exceed those of every year since tracking began in 2003, except for the historically bad 2023 season. [6] Soot and ash from Jasper landed on the Athabasca Glacier, allowing the glacier to absorb more sunlight ...
Some 230 fires are burning out-of-control and impacting provinces and territories from coast to coast. The blazes are impacting 10 provinces, two territories and national parks .
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 ...
On May 17, the wildfire breached containment due to gusty winds from the southeast. The wildfire reached a size of 1,817 hectares by that evening. [30] By May 18, the wildfire had grown to a size of 25,300 hectares. [31] On May 19, the Chuckegg Creek wildfire was about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of High Level, [32] a town with about 4,000 residents.
The hazy skies over Rochester to start the week are the result of Canadian wildfires hundreds of miles away. While the source of the smoke might be far away, the air quality impacts hit close to home.