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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 .
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 ...
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]
So far no deaths have been reported from the Yellowknife fire but several structures have been destroyed. Yellowknife has a population of around 20,000 people and lies 250 miles (400 km) south of ...
A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that had prompted 25,000 people to flee roared into the near-deserted town of Jasper overnight with flames higher than treetops, devastating up to ...
(Reuters) -An evacuation order for the Canadian town of Osoyoos and its surrounding district has been issued due to an out-of-control wildfire that has crossed the border from the U.S. state of ...
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 fire, one of the 2021 British Columbia wildfires throughout the province, was facilitated by the 2021 Western North America heat wave .
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.