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🔥 #WildfireUpdate 🔥 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. A wildfire, now over 2,400 acres and out of control, poses an extreme risk to the region. Residents, in an area producing over a million barrels of oil per day, are on high alert and ready to evacuate at any moment. 🚒🌲🔥 The unpredictable winds and weather fronts make it difficult to forecast the fire’s path, leading to evacuation alerts across Alberta and British Columbia. The most threatening wildfire grew rapidly but remained about ten miles southwest of Fort McMurray as of Monday. 🌪️🔥 Fire officials are hopeful that calming winds and light rain could keep the fire away from the city. However, a new weather system could push the fire back towards Fort McMurray. The respite in extreme conditions on Monday has given firefighting teams valuable time to prepare. 🙏🌧️ https://lnkd.in/ecU3JF6v #FortMcMurray #Alberta #Canada #Wildfires #StaySafe #wildfires #firefighting

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Did you know there are 148 active fires in Canada? The threat of wildfires is more pressing than ever. Zombie or overwintering fires continue to smoulder and re-ignite from dormant embers or underground roots from previous fire seasons. Visit FireSmart Canada to learn how you can contribute to wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts. Visit firesmartcanada.ca to get involved. 🌲🔥 #FireSmart #WildfirePrevention #ForestProtection

Alberta's Unprecedented Wildfire Alert 🚨 Alberta jumps ahead to 2024 wildfire season—earlier than expected. Facing an escalated threat from prolonged drought, the region is on edge. Why It Matters? Western Canada braces for a severe season. With 205 wildfires already devouring land, surpassing the five-year average, the urgency is palpable. Check all the details of this urgent report here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gNbDjA2T Looking Back: 2023 was Canada's worst wildfire year. Losses were staggering. Forward Steps: Alberta isn’t just watching. Fire bans are in place; firefighter recruitment has surged by 39%. A formidable response to a growing threat. 📌 How prepared are we for the challenges ahead? Find the full report below ⬇

Canada announced an early start to the wildfire season due to an unusually dry and mild winter Due to an unusually dry and mild winter, Alberta, a province in western Canada, announced an early start to the wildfire season on Tuesday, according to Reuters. https://bit.ly/48rbEdB This allows the government to allocate more resources and funds to combat the fires. Last year, Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, with nearly seven times the 10-year average area burned, totaling 18.5 million hectares (45.7 million acres). Alberta, currently facing a drought, has 52 wildfires from last year still active, along with 17 new ones in 2024. The wildfire season in Alberta typically peaks in the spring and officially begins on March 1. However, this year, the province declared an early start to better manage the ongoing fires. The provincial government stated that many areas of Alberta are experiencing higher than usual temperatures and below-average rainfall, leading to an increased risk of wildfires. The early start to the season enables Alberta Wildfire to implement additional measures such as fire bans and other restrictions to manage the risk. Alberta, being Canada’s primary oil and gas-producing province, has seen severe disruptions in output during bad wildfire years, such as in 2016 when a large portion of the oil sands hub of Fort McMurray was destroyed by fire. To bolster its firefighting efforts, the province plans to hire an additional 100 firefighters this year, forming five new 20-person crews, according to Globale News. https://bit.ly/3OSbncu Last year, Canada’s approximately 5,500 firefighters were supplemented by hundreds of international firefighters who were flown in to assist with the fires. Another measure to prevent and mitigate future wildfires is FireSmart Canada. This non-profit association of governments, businesses, and industry aims to prevent and protect urbanized areas from wildfires. It provides a framework for municipalities to create their own plans for wildfire prevention and mitigation. https://bit.ly/3wwt5ff Picture credit: newsinfo #alberta #canada #wildfires #drought #climatecrisis

#Wildfires #Canada "City-sized blazes are bearing down on isolated communities across Western Canada as responders and residents alike brace for the worst. The 2024 wildfire season has begun, and it's shaping up to follow last year's unprecedented destruction with thousands of square kilometres already consumed. The latest reports from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) count 122 active wildfires (opens in a new tab) across the country, down from 125 earlier in the day. At present, 77 of those fires are listed as under control, meaning further spread is prevented, with another 13 controlled enough to hold within predetermined boundaries and 32 spreading out of firefighter control. Alberta and British Columbia's provincial agencies are currently fighting the most fires at 45 and 42, respectively, followed by nine in the Northwest Territories, eight in Saskatchewan, six in Manitoba, two in New Brunswick and one in Ontario. A further nine active fires are under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada. Since the beginning of this year, 1,023 wildfires have collectively burned nearly 400,000 hectares (nearly 4,000 square kilometres) of Canadian land. Among the wildfires with recent status updates via the CIFFC, some of the largest are clustered in the northeast corner of British Columbia, in and around the community of Fort Nelson. Seven large wildfires ranging from 3,300 to more than 80,000 hectares are now burning out of control near the community. One, now 25 kilometres away, has grown in size from 464 square kilometres to 718 square kilometres in just 24 hours. One such fire near Parker Lake, just a few kilometres west of the community, had spread rapidly (opens in a new tab) by Thursday, growing to nearly 13,000 hectares, up from 8,400, earlier in the week. Fort Nelson's mayor confirmed on Wednesday that there was structural damage outside the town amid evacuation orders affecting more than 4,000 residents (opens in a new tab). Video obtained by CTV News shows more than one home has been damaged or lost. "The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality has issued an Evacuation Order for the town of Fort Nelson and area, and the Fort Nelson First Nation, due to wildfire," reads a provincial alert updated Sunday. "This wildfire is a threat to life & safety. Impacted residents must evacuate now." In a spot of hope, weather forecasts for the coming days show a low-pressure system and light rain headed for the northern B.C. region, which is expected to dampen but not extinguish wildfire activity (opens in a new tab). Although the blazes threatening Fort Nelson span nearly 130 square kilometres, fire is currently spreading away from the town. The ground in the area is said to be tinder dry. Meanwhile in Alberta, a nearly 20,000-hectare fire near Fort McMurray (opens in a new tab) shrunk slightly on Thursday and is about six kilometres from city limits. It is the only wildfire burning out of control in the province. ..."

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