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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]
In July 2024, a wildfire complex developed in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Fires formed north and south of the resort town of Jasper and grew out of control, and on July 22 they forced a mass evacuation of 25,000 residents, workers, and visitors. The fires merged and swept through the town, destroying 358 of its 1,113 structures.
The wildfire season in Alberta in 2015 was unprecedented and began earlier than before. [7] It started on 1 March and ended on October 31. [9] [10] By May 21, the wildfire hazard in the High Level Wildfire Management Area (HLWMA) was EXTREME. A fire restriction started in effect. [11] As for July 10, the wildfire hazard dropped because of rain ...
WRIGHTWOOD, C.A. (Reuters) -Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles ...
Forest Lake is 0.25 miles (0.4 km) northwest of Whispering Pines. [2] It is at an elevation of 2,631 feet (802 m). [1] Forest Lake is dominated by wet meadow and waterway features. [3] Kelsey Creek, from Forest Lake downstream to around Glenbrook, is a federally designated flood boundary. That is, it is a floodplain that is expected to be ...
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]
A large wildfire burned through Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada and its surrounding area from May 14 to 16, 2011.The conflagration, which originated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) outside of town as a forest fire, was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by 100-kilometre-per-hour (60 mph) winds.
The park has seven automobile accessible campgrounds, totaling 546 campsites, [7] as well as six backcountry campgrounds, with a total of 83 sites. [8] There are over 12 km of paved bike paths connecting the auto access campgrounds, [9] and many more hiking trails. Boulton Creek Trading Post is the main source for supplies in the park, as well ...