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The 2023 fires were compared to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire [21] [22] and the 2021 Lytton wildfire. [23] The 2023 fire season was mainly driven by anthropogenic climate change. [24] Climate change has made weather warmer and drier, raising wildfire risk as vegetation is more flammable under these conditions.
Jun 2021: 2: $78 million: Fire started after a record breaking heatwave. 2023 Nova Scotia wildfires: Nova Scotia Nova Scotia: summer 2023: 0: 250+ 24,128 hectares (59,620 acres) 18,000 evacuated. 2023 Alberta wildfires: Alberta Alberta: 2023: 1,220,000 hectares (3,000,000 acres) Wisconsin had the worst air quality of the year.
Two fires at Canadian churches during the May 2021–December 2023 period covered by the CBC report were ruled accidental by investigators; 14 churches were destroyed by fires in the period between January 1, 2019 and May 2021. Two other incidents of church fires, both in rural Alberta during 2023, resulted in two pairs of people receiving ...
2021 June 15–2021 August 16 2021 British Columbia wildfires: Wildfires Interior British Columbia: West Coast 2 Unknown Series of upwards of 1,500 wildfires across the province of British Columbia, was worsened by the heatwave happening at the same time [45] 2021 June 25 – 2021 July 7: Western Canada Heatwave: Heatwave Western Canada
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 had extended into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024.
The 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia.The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, [2] and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
In May and the first week of June, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced more than 10 times its usual number of wildfires. [13] Nova Scotia set an all-time historical record for fires, including four out-of-control fires by June 1st. [14] Two fires ignited near Halifax, including a suburban fire which destroyed an estimated 200 structures. [14]
86. The 2021 Wooroloo bushfire was a fast moving bushfire that started on 1 February in Wooroloo, 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-east of the Perth central business district, in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. By 2 February, the bushfire emergency had spread to Shires of Chittering and Northam, and the City of Swan. [2]