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HWF-036, named the Long Lake Fire, is a rapidly growing fire classified as out of control. It is the largest fire in the province during the 2023 wildfire season, currently having an active burning area of 108,402 hectares (267,867 acres). [55] It was started just south of the Rainbow Lake Airport and initially grew to the northwest. However ...
[19] [20] By June 8, 54 fires were active in Ontario. [21] The extreme fire risk briefly moved to northwestern Ontario before moving further west. [22] While most of the fires in central and eastern Ontario were stunted after rain returned in mid-June, [23] the number and size of the Quebec fires quickly grew from 137 fires to 446 fires in just ...
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) [21] Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte Quebec: Dec 2014: 32 [22]
Manitoba saw 266,000 hectares of forest burned in 2024, about 60,000 hectares more than 2023. [49] The first wildfire was detected on April 8, compared to April 30 in 2023. [49] Of the 291 fires recorded through the season, 105 were human-caused and 206 needed a full firefighting response. [49] The first significant fires occurred in May.
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The 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Below is an ongoing list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2023.
1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
The area has witnessed an increased frequency of wildfires, as Canada's wildfire season now starts a month earlier than it used to and the annual area burned is twice what it was in 1970. [41] In 2023, fires in Canada were estimated to have released 480 megatonnes of carbon, 23% of the world's wildfire-related carbon emissions for the year. [42]