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Fire bans began in Alberta on February 20. [13] Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray, which had been devastated by fire in 2016. [14] [15] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert. [16]
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [ 9 ]
Alberta is in the grip of 158 wildfire events of which 55 are out of contr. Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada's Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a ...
Alberta, covered in wildfire smoke (May 2023) In May, Alberta was the province most impacted by wildfires. [20] [49] Most large wildfires in Alberta in 2023 were triggered by lightning. [31] On May 6, the province of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency. [50] [51] By May 7, 108 active fires were burning in the province. [52]
In a notice late on Friday, the Alberta government said the wildfire danger is "extreme" in the Fort McMurray Forest Area and out of control at 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) in size. In 2016, a ...
A smoke column rises from wildfire near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada on May 4. More than 13,000 people who live in the Canadian province of Alberta have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the ...
The Alberta Emergency Management Agency spent $400 million in 2023–24, almost four times the year's budget projection, chiefly due to wildfires. [7] [10] Capital investments to support wildfire fighters like aircraft and other facilities and equipment were budgeted at $55 million. [7] The 2024 Jasper wildfire caused 25,000 residents to flee ...