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The 2023 fires were compared to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire [21] [22] and the 2021 Lytton wildfire. [23] The 2023 fire season was mainly driven by anthropogenic climate change. [24] Climate change has made weather warmer and drier, raising wildfire risk as vegetation is more flammable under these conditions.
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.
Two fires at Canadian churches during the May 2021–December 2023 period covered by the CBC report were ruled accidental by investigators; 14 churches were destroyed by fires in the period between January 1, 2019 and May 2021. Two other incidents of church fires, both in rural Alberta during 2023, resulted in two pairs of people receiving ...
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 ...
English: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2023], processed by Pierre Markuse Fire in Saskatchewan, Canada (Lat: 56.379, Lng: -107.972) - 12 June 2023 Image is about 35 kilometers wide
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.
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]
In May and the first week of June, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced more than 10 times its usual number of wildfires. [13] Nova Scotia set an all-time historical record for fires, including four out-of-control fires by June 1st. [14] Two fires ignited near Halifax, including a suburban fire which destroyed an estimated 200 structures. [14]