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There have been 3,055 fires so far this year in Canada, destroying more than 30,000 square miles - an area twice the size of Switzerland. The fires caused air quality to plummet across large parts ...
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
[74] [75] As fires continued through August, they reduced air quality and caused hazy skies in almost all of Canada, as well bordering states and the Northeastern United States. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Smoke in the west plagued the Canadian Prairies , and major cities including Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Flin Flon reached 10+ (the highest value) on ...
A recent outbreak of wildfires in Canada is sending a plume of unhealthy smoke into the US yet again, but this time, the fires are coming from a different part of the country. Here’s what that ...
The two fires experienced moderate spread for over a month, before spreading rapidly on August 19 and 20. A cold front caused strong 40 km/h winds from the north, causing a massive fire expansion. BC Wildfire officers reported a 20 km growth of the perimeter in 12 hours, a rate of growth "unheard of in B.C. wildfire activity". [ 5 ]
The fires merged and swept through the town, destroying 358 of its 1,113 structures. The evacuation order lasted until August 17, but fires to the south continued to burn out of control. On September 7 Parks Canada announced that the wildfire was under control with the fire estimated to be 32,722 hectares (80,860 acres) in size.
Due to wildfire emissions, Canada broke its record for annual carbon emissions in late June. [158] As of late August, the wildfires had released 327–355 megatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. [82] [159] The emissions from the fires were more than double Canada's planned emissions reductions from 2020–2030. [160]
The fires - caused by a massive wildfire that is sweeping through Alberta's mountainous Jasper National Park - are said to have destroyed about a third of the town.