Close to 13,000 sq km of province has burned, breaking record set in 2017 Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Aug 29, 2018 11:23 AM PT | Last Updated: August 29 The B.C. government has extended the provincial state of emergency because of wildfires that have now burned more area than any other season on record. As of Tuesday, …
Associated Press The largest wildfire ever recorded in California needed just 11 days to blacken an area nearly the size of Los Angeles — and it’s only one of many enormous blazes that could make this the worst fire season in state history. About 14,000 firefighters from as far away as Florida and New Zealand are struggling to stop 18 …
By EMILY SCHWING • MAR 22, 2018 The long-range forecast for the upcoming wildfire season in the Northwest is out. And even though Oregon and Washington are in the same region, forecasts for the individual states are pretty different. Washington’s snowpack is near normal for much of the state. Forecasters aren’t expecting severe fires, but they are keeping their eye …