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On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. [3] On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a provincial state of ...
Largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history. [29] Costliest disaster in Canadian history, cost of $3.58 billion in July, estimate up to $9 billion. 2017 British Columbia wildfires: Central and South Interior, and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jul– Sep 2017: 0: $586 million [30] 305+ [31] 1,216,053 hectares (3,004,930 acres) [32]
2019 Siberia wildfires Russia: 7,800,000 0 [12] 9 2014 Northwest Territories fires Canada: 3,000,000 0 [13] 10 2020 California wildfires United States: 1,779,730 33 [14] 11 2010 Bolivia forest fires Bolivia: 1,500,000 0 [15] 12 2006–2007 Australian bushfire season Australia: 1,300,000 5 [16] 13 2017 British Columbia wildfires Canada ...
The 2017 California wildfires were the most destructive on record with over $9 billion in insurance claims from the October fires and expected over $20 billion more for December's fires. [18] [19] 2017 British Columbia wildfires, Canada; 2017 California wildfires; 2017 Chile wildfires; 2017 Montana wildfires; 2017 Oregon wildfires; 2017 ...
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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 ...
2017 British Columbia wildfires: British Columbia: 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 ...
The intense spring wildfires in Alberta are reminiscent of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, which is considered one of Canada’s costliest natural disasters. “This is a very unusual pattern.