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The fire covered 14,300 hectares, but on July 26 the evacuation order was lifted. [42] Wildfire smoke fills the Slocan Valley on July 27. The village of Slocan, visible at the bottom of the lake, was evacuated. A 230 hectare fire spawned on Vancouver Island on July 22, 5 km south of Sooke Lake.
Forest management is also a factor in the wildfires. Because Canada's forest management has focused on fire suppression, dry vegetation has accumulated on the forest floor. [39] Canada has generally stopped performing controlled burns, which help reduce the risk of larger and more dangerous fires.
2015 Canadian wildfires were a series of wildfires across Canada and Alaska in June 2015 which spread smoke across most of North America. Over two hundred fires were ablaze across British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. [1] Tens of thousand of people had been evacuated and more than 1,900,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres) of forest had burned ...
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It considers properties at "major" risk if they're forecast to have at least a 6%-14% chance of being directly damaged by wildfire at least once over the next 30 years, or at "severe" risk if the ...
In May and the first week of June, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced more than 10 times its usual number of wildfires. [12] Nova Scotia set an all-time historical record for fires, including four out-of-control fires by June 1st. [13] Two fires ignited near Halifax, including a suburban fire which destroyed an estimated 200 structures. [13]
2017 Alberta fires Alberta, Saskatchewan Alberta Saskatchewan: summer 2017: 1 [33] 14+ [33] Fires possibly caused by power lines downed in a storm. [34] North Bay 69: Temagami Ontario: Jul– Aug 2018: 0: 221 hectares (550 acres) 2018 Parry Sound forest fire: Parry Sound District Ontario: Jul– Oct 2018: 0: 11,362.5 hectares (28,077 acres ...
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake in northern Quebec evacuated for nine days in June because of heavy smoke from wildfires that came within 9 miles (15 kilometers) of the reserve where about 350 to ...