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The 2024 Virginia wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Virginia.During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres.
The 2017 BC fire season is notable for three reasons: first, for the largest total area burnt in a fire season in recorded history; second, for the largest number of total evacuees in a fire season (Estimated 65,000 evacuees); and third, for the largest single fire ever in British Columbia. [76] [77] 2017: 1,295,000 acres (524,000 ha)
St. Mary's Mission Fire [95] Virginia Lake Complex Okanogan 32,980 0 0 Thirtymile Fire [85] Okanogan 9,324 0 4 14 Virginia Lake Fire [95] Virginia Lake Complex Okanogan 36,680 9 0 1(+) 2000 24 Command Fire [50] Benton: 192,000 36 0 0 Alderdale Fire [1] [84] Klickitat 6,180 0 0 Buffalo Lake Fire [84] Okanogan 9,300 0 0 Cayuse Fire [84] Okanogan ...
Fire season in Alberta, Canada, typically begins March 1. This year, the province officially declared the start of the season more than a week in advance, on Feb. 20.. More than 150 fires are ...
The Cedar Creek Fire burns in Washington's Methow Valley in late July 2021. Jessica KelleyAfter so many smoke-filled summers and record-setting burns, residents of Western North America are no ...
Aug. 28—The number of acres burned so far in Washington's wildfire season this year is on trend with what ecologists predicted. But the damage has been catastrophic, and it could be weeks before ...
The city of Sanford was evacuated due to the human-caused wildfire. [13] [14] [3] Aubrey Arizona: Coconino, Yavapai: 3,426 Mach 5 March 8 2024 Arizona wildfires [3] Otter Road Montana: Rosebud, Big Horn: 2,281 March 10 June 6 [3] Flying G Oklahoma: Tulsa: 1,110 March 17 April 1 Estimated damage totals over $100,000. [3] Capon Virginia ...
1540 - 1540 European drought was a climatic event that caused many city fires. 1544 – Burning of Edinburgh - An English amphibious raid destroyed portions of the city and many surrounding villages. 1547 – The 1547 Moscow fire sparked a rebellion. 1571 – The 1571 Moscow fire occurred when the forces of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray ...