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In general, since the 1970s and 1980s, the total annual number of wildfires has decreased but the area burned in Canada has increased. [18] Since 1959, the number of large fires greater than 200 ha (490 acres) has increased and the average fire season has become longer by about two weeks. [19] In Canada, wildfire season usually starts in May. [20]
2023 Florida wildfires. A fire truck during the Major Fire, 2023. Map. Map of 2023 Florida wildfires (map data) Season. 2024 →. The 2023 Florida wildfire season was series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Florida. As of December 3, there were a total of 2,656 wildfires, burning 101,188 acres (158.106 sq mi) across the state.
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. [ 2 ][ 3 ] By early May, large wildfires had broken out in Alberta ...
2023 Colorado wildfires. 2023 Florida wildfires. 2023 Hawaii wildfires. 2023 Idaho wildfires. 2023 Louisiana wildfires. 2023 Montana wildfires. 2023 Nevada wildfires. 2023 New Mexico wildfires. 2023 North Carolina wildfires.
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.
The fire, one of the 2021 British Columbia wildfires throughout the province, was facilitated by the 2021 Western North America heat wave. At the time of the fire, Lytton had a population of about 250 with another 1,500 to 2,000 First Nations residents living nearby on reserves affected as well. [6]
Big Scrub Fire: Florida The fire spread at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h), the fastest spreading fire in US Forest Service history. [37] 1937 1,700 acres (690 ha) Blackwater Creek Fire: Wyoming Killed 15 firefighters. [28] 1947: 175,000 acres (71,000 ha) Great Fires of 1947: Maine: A series of fires that lasted ten days; 16 people killed.
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.