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On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [45] In early August, more out of control fires forced the evacuation of about 100 properties in the Southern Interior, including areas north of the village Lytton, which was destroyed in a 2021 wildfire. [46]
In 2022, the Victoria Fire Department performed 3,365 life safety inspections, provided community safety education to 5,439 attendees and responded to 9,481 emergency incidents [2] Since 1969, the VFD has sported a unique safety yellow on their trucks as opposed to the traditional fire engine red which is used by many of its neighbouring ...
0 deaths, the fire burned for 30 days on the north of Vancouver Island directly outside the village of Sayward. The effort to extinguish the fire was the largest in British Columbia's history up to that point. It was British Columbia's largest recorded wildfire until it was surpassed in size by the Chelaslie River fire in 2014. [3]
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 ...
Two fires that were out of control in the High Level Forest Area were active on 15 May. [55] HWF-036, named the Long Lake Fire, is a rapidly growing fire classified as out of control. It is the largest fire in the province during the 2023 wildfire season, currently having an active burning area of 108,402 hectares (267,867 acres). [55]
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (Reuters) -Canada is sending the military to tackle fast-spreading wildfires in British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday, as the western province ...
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The fire destroyed land over a two-month period between Chapleau and Thessalon. [6] Chinchaga fire: Northern British Columbia and Alberta Alberta British Columbia: Jun– Oct 1950: 0: 1,400,000 to 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 to 4,200,000 acres) Largest recorded single fire in North American history. Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire: Notre ...