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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]
Alberta wildfires may refer to: 2011 Slave Lake wildfire; 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire; 2019 Alberta wildfires; 2023 Alberta wildfires This page was last edited on ...
By the morning of July 24, the south fire grew to 10,800 hectares in size and was 8 km (5.0 mi) from Jasper, while the north fire remained the same size and was 5 km (3.1 mi) away. At 6:40 pm on July 24, powerful winds pushed the south fire, causing it to reach the townsite. [ 9 ]
The provincial government put a fire ban in place on May 16; it was lifted on May 24 due to improving conditions. [92] On May 19, the SPSA announced they would provide financial aid to residents impacted by fire-related power outages. [110] The government of Quebec sent two amphibious tankers to the province to assist with firefighting efforts ...
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 ]
Fire restrictions apply to shelters and more primitive camping areas on the parkway, and do not include “front country, year-round picnic areas,” the release specifies. While campfires are ...
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) [21] Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte Quebec: Dec 2014: 32 [22]
The Government of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency for Fort McMurray on May 4, 2016, and issued a formal request for assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The government and the Department of National Defence signed a memorandum of understanding on May 4, detailing required assistance and use of helicopters ...