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The worst fire in Texas state history, destroyed over 1,500 homes. 2011: 1,748,636 acres (707,648 ha) Richardson Backcountry Fire: Alberta: The largest Canadian fire since 1950. 2011: 156,293 acres (63,250 ha) Las Conchas Fire: New Mexico: Third largest fire in New Mexico state history. 63 homes lost. Threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory. 2011
Fires included the Chetco Bar Fire and the Eagle Creek Fire, which also spread into Skamania County, Washington, United States. [11] [12] [13] 2018 – Camp Fire in California. Began November 8, 2018; caused 85 deaths and destroyed 18,804 structures. [14] [15] 2018 – Woolsey Fire in California, which broke out on the same day as the Camp Fire.
1982 – Keane fire, Alberta, Canada, consumed more than 500,000 hectares of forest [54] [clarification needed] 1982 – Village of Lopez, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States, entire business district, including two hotels and the fire department leveled by a wind-whipped fire. It also sparked a 100 acre forest fire nearby.
At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote public funds to fire suppression and fire prevention efforts. For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [3]
Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018 [34] 2018 August 15 – 2018 British Columbia wildfires: Wildfires British Columbia: West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [35] 2018 September 21: 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Tornadoes
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