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All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The 2023 wildfire season had the most area burned in Canada's recorded history, surpassing the 1989, 1995, and 2014 fire seasons, [ 5 ] [ 2 ] as well as in recorded North American history ...
The 2024 wildfires in Canada began as an extension of the record-setting 2023 wildfires.The country experienced an unusually long fire season in 2023 that lasted into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024.
On Sunday, British Columbia’s wildfire service maps showed the fire burning just a few miles west of Fort Nelson’s city limits. The town, and the Fort Nelson Indian Reserve, have a combined ...
Northwest Territories also hit by latest outbreak of drought-inspired summer blazes
2018 British Columbia wildfires: British Columbia British Columbia: summer 2018: 50+ [35] 1,298,454 hectares (3,208,550 acres) Initial estimates put 2018 as the largest total burn-area in any British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the 2017 wildfire season. [36] 2019 Alberta wildfires: Northwestern and Central Alberta Alberta: Mar–Dec ...
BC Wildfire Service maps showed the fire burning just a few kilometers (miles) west of Fort Nelson’s city limits. Fort Nelson is located in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia, about ...
A heat dome gripped the province of British Columbia, and much of Western North America, from June 25–30, 2021, increasing the risk of wildfires. [10]On June 30, the town of Lytton was evacuated due to a fire that destroyed most buildings and grew to over 300 square miles (780 km 2) [11] [12] and sent people fleeing for their lives.
Wildfires spread in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday, while hundreds of fires continued to burn on the other side of the country in Quebec, sending wildfire smoke ...