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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.
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 Chelaslie River fire in 2014. [3]
A 230 hectare fire spawned on Vancouver Island on July 22, 5 km south of Sooke Lake. The fire was held, but required 70 firefighters and three helicopters and forced the precautionary closure of nearby Sooke Potholes Regional Park. [42] [43] On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [44]
In a study of British Columbia's 2017 fire season, researchers found that human-caused climate change had a strong influence on the amount of area burned. [ 61 ] In early June, the province saw multiple wildfires in or near Peachland and on Vancouver Island near both Port Alberni and Sayward . [ 62 ]
Wildfires over British Columbia and northern Washington on August 8 . By the end of June 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia. [3] The Comstock Lake fire, discovered on June 21, was caused by lightning. By July 6, it had grown to 27.5 square kilometres (10.6 sq mi) and was not fully contained. [4]
Wildfire near the University of British Columbia Okanagan on August 17, 2023. The McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1]
The BC Wildfire Service and the RCMP indicated they were continuing to investigate. [ 23 ] By May 2022, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction released a report indicating that the Lytton fire department had no realistic chance of stopping the fire because the village was full of combustible material lying within 30 metres (98 ft) of ...
Brittany Triangle Fire: British Columbia: Also known as the Lava Canyon fire, this was the largest fire in BC in 2009. Started on 31 July by lightning, this fire made news when it threatened a wild horse population. [51] 2010: 98,842 acres (40,000 ha) Binta Lake Fire: British Columbia: BC's largest blaze of 2010, resulted in evacuation orders ...