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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.
A wildfire began on June 30, 2021 just south of the village of Lytton in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The fire destroyed much of Lytton and caused two civilian fatalities, announced July 3. [2] Several missing residents, still unaccounted for at that time, were later located. [5]
A human-caused fire at Nanaimo Lakes, discovered on July 1, reached 14.5 hectares by July 4. [6] A total of 2,115 wildfires burned 1,351,314 hectares (3,339,170 acres) of land in 2018 as of November 9. [9] As of August 28, initial estimates put 2018 as the largest burn-area in a British Columbia wildfire season, [1] surpassing the historic 2017 ...
The service's fire behavior specialist, Ben Boghean, said that the extreme fire behavior — made worse by years of drought and a below-normal snowpack this past winter — could threaten the crews that have been fighting the nearby Parker Lake wildfire. In 2023, Canada experienced a record number of wildfires that caused choking smoke in parts ...
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.
The British Columbia Wildfire Service said the blaze was burning 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) northwest of Fort Nelson. More than 4,700 people have evacuated after an order was issued on Friday.
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
The fire destroyed land over a two-month period between Chapleau and Thessalon. [6] Chinchaga fire: Northern British Columbia and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jun– Oct 1950: 0: 1,400,000 to 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 to 4,200,000 acres) Largest recorded single fire in North American history. Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire: Notre ...