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As of October 6, 6,551 fires had burned 184,961 square kilometres (71,414 sq mi), [2] about 5% of the entire forest area of Canada, [8] and more than six times the long-term average of 27,300 square kilometres (10,541 sq mi) for that time of the year. [1] As of mid-October, the total area burnt was more than 2.5 times the previous record. [9]
Nearly half of the blazes in Canada are burning out of control. ... an area twice the size of Switzerland. The fires caused air quality to plummet across large parts of the US and Canada. ...
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 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 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia.The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, [2] and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
Province of Canada (Upper Canada) Apr 1849: $500,000 [2] Fire in Montreal: Montreal: Province of Canada : Jun 1850: 0: $500,000: 100 [2] Great Fire of 1852: Montreal: Province of Canada : Jul 1852: 0: $5 million: 1,200 [2] Nearly half of city's housing destroyed. Great Fire of Quebec City: Quebec City: Province of Canada : Oct 1866: $3 million ...
While most likely not the largest fire ever in North America, maybe not even in the North American boreal forest, the burnt area it produced is the largest ever known. [5] No known deaths occurred as a result of the fire. In terms of damage, the dollar value of the Chinchaga fire is difficult to estimate.
On Sunday evening and into the overnight hours, some showers brought the first rain in months to parts of the Mid-Atlantic, including New York City, where 0.17 inches of rain fell – the only ...