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Fire bans began in Alberta on February 20. [13] Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray, which had been devastated by fire in 2016. [14] [15] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert. [16]
Alberta, covered in wildfire smoke (May 2023) In May, Alberta was the province most impacted by wildfires. [20] [49] Most large wildfires in Alberta in 2023 were triggered by lightning. [31] On May 6, the province of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency. [50] [51] By May 7, 108 active fires were burning in the province. [52]
Raging wildfires spreading across Alberta have left the sky thick with smoke as 25,000 were forced to flee western Canada. The Canadian province of Alberta has more than 100 active wildfires.
As of Friday afternoon, 948 active fires were burning in Canada, including 387 considered out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
Alberta is in the grip of 158 wildfire events of which 55 are out of contr. ... Meanwhile in neighboring British Columbia, where up to 319 active wildfires are burning, evacuation orders have been ...
Alberta wildfires may refer to: 2011 Slave Lake wildfire; 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire; 2019 Alberta wildfires; 2023 Alberta wildfires This page was last edited on ...
In Canada, there are about 430 active wildfires in British Columbia and 177 in neighboring Alberta, including two that led to the evacuation of up to 25,000 visitors and residents of Canadian ...
Manitoba is home to one of the largest active wildfires in the country, which had charred more than 86,000 acres as of Monday. ... Alberta, Canada, on Friday. This fire originated from the ...