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The wildfire season continues to get worse in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Already listed as the worst season for fires in memory, it’s now estimated to be costing the territorial government Canadian $1 million (U.S. $931,000) a day to fight the fires.…
We’re following several wildfires in the Northwest, starting with the Pittsburg fire. No containment is in sight for the fire burning within the Hells Canyon National Recreation area. It’s burned more than 64-hundred acres on the Idaho side of…
The western Canadian region on the Pacific coast has been gripped by heatwave, with reports of increased wildfires, media reported on Tuesday. Weather officials said that temperatures in northern British Columbia were 8 to 10 degrees above normal, and…
Evacuation orders have been issued for Entiako Provincial Park, Tetachuck Lake and Chelaslie River as a wildfire in Chelaslie Arm grows to 8,000 hectares in B.C.’s northwest region. The Regional District of Bulkey-Nechako issued an evacuation order Monday, covering the northeast half of Tetachuck Lake to the south…
Authorities say a raging wildfire southeast of Greece’s capital has burned down at least one house and threatened several others. The fire broke out early Saturday afternoon in a forested area in the hills west of Keratea, 40 kilometers (25…
A fire in central Washington state has burned more than 30 square miles of grass and brush in between Seattle and Spokane. The fire broke out earlier in the week and is only 22 percent contained. The blaze is now…
About 20 backcountry campers in the Sawtooth Wilderness had to be evacuated because of a central Idaho wildfire that several hundred firefighters are trying to snuff out before it gets too large. More crews and equipment arrived Saturday to…
The blaze was reportedly started by lightning. Barry Shellian, a wildfire ranger with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources, tells Global News that fires like these are a natural and healthy process for forest rejuvenation. “Wildfire is an integral part of…
A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for residents near a wildfire burning around the southeast shore of Lake Berryessa, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Saturday. The fire, which was reported around 9:30 p.m. Friday, was…
A rapidly-expanding wildfire, near the popular tourism area of Napa Valley, California, has burned nearly 6 square miles and has forced the evacuation of 200 homes. By Thursday afternoon, the Butts Fire in remote Pope Valley grew to 4,300 acres…
