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Damage. $ 9.9 billion (direct and indirect costs) [ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ] Map. Map. Location in Alberta. The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with ...
A large plume of smoke emanates from Jasper on July 23. Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray, which had been devastated by fire in 2016. [6] [7] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert. [8]
May 18, 2024 at 5:14 PM. FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Residents who were ordered out of Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home ...
May 14, 2024 at 7:27 PM. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Hundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada’s oil sand hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, were ordered to ...
The fire, which started last week, caused about 6,600 residents to flee parts of the southern end of Fort McMurray. Canadians are hopeful shifting winds may push wildfire away from the oil sands ...
Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. 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. Said to have been the largest wildfires in 30 years in the Northwest Territories [ 24] Note: Damage is the cost of fire fighting.
The wildfires raging through the Canadian province of Alberta have grown into a behemoth blaze that has consumed an area bigger than New York City. It has now scorched 85,000 hectares — 328 ...