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The 2024 Virginia wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Virginia.During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres.
Crews were battling scores of wildfires around Virginia on Thursday, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park, amid an elevated fire risk, officials said. More than ...
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2024 Virginia wildfires – Estimated damage totals are $1,200,000. [3] Waites Run Virginia, West Virginia: Hardy (WV), Shenandoah (VA) 6,223 March 20 April 29 2024 Virginia wildfires [3] Waterfall Mountain Virginia: Page, Shenandoah: 6,399 March 20 April 29 2024 Virginia wildfires [3] Hinson Florida: Lake: 2,352 April 5 August 12
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 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). [12] 2007 Greek forest fires were
An annual wildfire training academy in Prescott, Arizona, marked a record-setting year, with more than 1,000 people turning out in March for a week of classroom time and work in the field.
It has been found that throughout the United States, 84% of wildfires are started by humans. [26] A study conducted in 2019 found that from 1972 to 2018, California saw a fivefold increase in the area burned in any given year, and an eightfold increase in the area burned by summer fires. [22]
Virginia's fall fire season runs through Nov. 30, but officials said drought conditions have made these fires challenging to contain. A state of emergency was also declared in a western North ...