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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.
On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [45] In early August, more out of control fires forced the evacuation of about 100 properties in the Southern Interior , including areas north of the village Lytton , which was destroyed in a 2021 wildfire .
The BC Wildfire Service and the RCMP indicated they were continuing to investigate. [ 23 ] By May 2022, the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction released a report indicating that the Lytton fire department had no realistic chance of stopping the fire because the village was full of combustible material lying within 30 metres (98 ft) of ...
The BC Wildfire Service said the West Kelowna fire department was returning to ``normal day-to-day operations″ 10 days after a fast-moving wildfire forced thousands to flee that town and went on ...
BC Wildfire Service maps showed the fire burning just a few kilometers (miles) west of Fort Nelson’s city limits. Fort Nelson is located in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia, about ...
Northwest Lonesome Lake fire 22,745 Cariboo Historic "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake" homestead lost. [5] McBride River fire 14,000 Northwest Kotcho Lake fire 13,325 Prince George Kenney fire 10,300 Prince George
All 13 provinces and territories were affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The 2023 wildfire season had the most area burned in Canada's recorded history, surpassing the 1989, 1995, and 2014 fire seasons, [ 5 ] [ 2 ] as well as in recorded North American history ...
There are currently over 450 fires burning across British Columbia, with hundreds of residents under evacuation orders or warned that they should be ready to leave their homes at a moment's notice.