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  2. 2019 Alberta wildfires - Wikipedia

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    One fire, described as a fast growing "monster", [12] the Chuckegg Creek Fire HWF042—unofficially known as the High Level fire—had forced the evacuation of 5,000 people in the High Level Forest Area, northern Alberta, and had burned 2,300 km 2 (570,000 acres) by May 30 [13] and 237,000 hectares by the evening of May 31. [14]

  3. Wildfires rip across Canada as temperature records smashed by ...

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    The Bald Mountain Wildfire burns in the Grande Prairie Forest Area on Friday, May 12, 2023 this handout image provided by the Government of Alberta. (Government of Alberta Fire Service/Canadian ...

  4. Chisholm Fire - Wikipedia

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    Northern Alberta is largely boreal forest, with a mix of deciduous and highly flammable conifer species, such as white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. This is a forest type adapted to fire that burns in 50- to 200-year cycles. [9] In 2001, fire season started on March 1st, a month earlier than all previous years except 2000.

  5. 2024 Canadian wildfires - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Richardson Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Richardson Fire (also known as the Richardson Backcountry Fire) was a 2011 forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was located north of the city of Fort McMurray in an area known as the Richardson Backcountry. The fire started in mid-May 2011, and burned over 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of boreal forest.

  7. 2024 Jasper wildfire - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. 2011 Slave Lake wildfire - Wikipedia

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    A large wildfire burned through Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada and its surrounding area from May 14 to 16, 2011.The conflagration, which originated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) outside of town as a forest fire, was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by 100-kilometre-per-hour (60 mph) winds.