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The Smokehouse Creek Fire was a record-breaking wildfire affecting the northeastern Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma that started on February 26, 2024. The fire affected numerous communities in Hemphill and Roberts counties, including the town of Canadian .
Wildfires in Oklahoma map. Fires affecting northwest Oklahoma Wednesday, as of 6 a.m.: Smokehouse Creek Fire: 0% contained, 300,000 acres. Catesby Fire: 0% contained ...
Simpson's fire in Toronto: Toronto Ontario: Jan 1895: $600,000 [2] Fire in Windsor: Windsor Nova Scotia: Oct 1897: $4 million: Most of the town destroyed. [2] Fire in New Westminster: New Westminster British Columbia: Sep 1898: $2 million [2] Warehouse fire in Montreal: Montreal Quebec: Dec 1898: $8 million [2] Warehouse fire in Montreal ...
The Jasper fire could be one of the most damaging in Alberta since a 2016 conflagration that hit the oil town of Fort McMurray, forcing the evacuation of all 90,000 residents.
The Palisades Center also sustained significant damage in the north fire, with 8 of the 14 structures destroyed, including several federally recognized heritage buildings. [ 28 ] The fires cost $880 million in insurance claims, making it the ninth most expensive natural disaster for insurance companies in Canadian history.
Officials on Friday hunted for any missing residents of a British Columbia town destroyed by wildfire as the Canadian province's chief coroner said reports suggest two people have died as a result ...
1908 – A fire destroyed most of the town of Fernie, British Columbia. 1908 – The greater part of the city of Trois-Rivières was destroyed by a fire; most of the city's original buildings, many dating to the French colonial years, were destroyed. 1909 – Phoenix, British Columbia, destroyed by fire, then rebuilt. [citation needed]
According to Colorado fire officials, the Highland Lake Fire, which started around 4 p.m. on Monday and burned 166 acres near the town of Divide, was 80% contained on Wednesday afternoon.