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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]
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 lasted into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024.
The National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024 would direct hundreds of millions of dollars to the Forest Service and the US Department of the Interior for prescribed burns, including investment in ...
On March 16, 2023, a fire destroyed a heritage property on Place d'Youville in the neighbourhood of Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [3]The building built in the 1890s was known as Édifice William-Watson-Ogilvie and housed offices Ogilvie Milling Company until the 1940s when it was used by government agencies [4] [5] In the 1960s the upper floors were converted to housing units and further ...
Kiah Allen, a cultural and prescribed fire research and capacity lead for the BC Wildfire Service stands inside a forest that recently went thorough a prescribed burn in Kimberley, British ...
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Contrarily in 2023, Alberta opted out of the national schedule, moving its first test up from May to March 1, 2023, to coincide with the designated start of wildfire season, [44] and opted out of the nationwide test in November, considering it unnecessary due to the large volume of alerts that had been issued in the province since March due to ...
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 ...