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2023 Canadian wildfires. Beginning in March 2023, and with increased intensity starting in June, Canada was affected by a record-setting series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
2024 Canadian wildfires. Fires advancing near Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada - May 12th, 2024. Date (s) February 2024-present. Location. British Columbia. Alberta. About 150 fires from the 2023 wildfire season managed to continue smouldering underground over the relatively low-snow winter, and re-ignite as early as February 2024.
1916. 223 [5] to 244 [6] 49 townships [6] 200,000 hectares (490,000 acres) The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls. [6] Great Fire of 1919. Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta.
A wildfire began on June 30, 2021 just south of the village of Lytton in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The fire destroyed much of Lytton and caused two civilian fatalities, announced July 3. [2] Several missing residents, still unaccounted for at that time, were later located. [5]
The McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1] The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna . Overall, at least 35,000 people were under evacuation ...
The fire service incident log for the call was over 500 pages long. 2018 United Kingdom wildfires; 2019 United Kingdom wildfires; Cannich wildfire; North America In the largest wildfire on the list, the area of Canada that burned in 2023 wildfires was more than twice that of any prior year of record. Canada and the United States
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, and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes. [14] [7] Firefighters were assisted by personnel from ...