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On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. [3] On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a provincial state of ...
Largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history. [29] Costliest disaster in Canadian history, cost of $3.58 billion in July, estimate up to $9 billion. 2017 British Columbia wildfires: Central and South Interior, and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jul– Sep 2017: 0: $586 million [30] 305+ [31] 1,216,053 hectares (3,004,930 acres) [32]
2023 Canadian wildfires: Canada (10 provinces and 3 territories) [85] Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha)
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The 2017 wildfire season involved wildfires on multiple continents. On Greenland, which is mostly covered by ice and permafrost, multiple fires occurred in melted peat bogs, described as "unusual, and possibly unprecedented". [1] [2] Popular media asked whether the wildfires were related to global warming.
The smoke has shifted south and west in the US impacting cities like Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Cleveland after enveloping New York for days
The Caribou Fire (also known as the Linklater Fire) was a wildfire in the Kootenai National Forest, 21 miles northwest of Eureka, Montana in the United States.The fire, which was first reported on August 11, 2017, was started by a lightning strike and burned a total of 24,753 acres (100 km 2), including 2,761 acres (11 km 2) acres in Canada.
The Big Apple is suffering record levels of air pollution as wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada shuts down airports and cancels Wednesday’s MLB game between the Yankees and the White Sox