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Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada's Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues to fight five ...
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]
The fires merged and swept through the town, destroying 358 of its 1,113 structures. The evacuation order lasted until August 17, but fires to the south continued to burn out of control. On September 7 Parks Canada announced that the wildfire was under control with the fire estimated to be 32,722 hectares (80,860 acres) in size.
In response to the Online News Act, Meta (owner of Facebook) began blocking access to news sites for Canadian users at the beginning of August 2023. [246] [247] This also extended to local Canadian news stories about the wildfires, [248] a decision that was heavily criticized by Trudeau, local government officials, academics, researchers, and ...
A Restricted Fire Zone is in place for the entire Northwest Region (Zones 1-13) due to an extreme forest fire hazard. Outdoor fires are not permitted. Contact your municipality for burn bylaws or ...
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The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [ 9 ]
The fire continued to spread across northern Alberta and into Saskatchewan, [15] consuming forested areas and impacting Athabasca oil sands operations. With an estimated damage cost of C$ 9.9 billion (US$7.61 billion), it was the costliest disaster in Canadian history .