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The 2023/2024 winter season was the warmest on record for Canada and continuing drought conditions led to an early start of the wildfire season for the western part of the country.
The first major fire started on May 10th, 2024 near the remote town of Fort Nelson in British Columbia. Dry and windy conditions quickly spread the fire to over 13,050 acres in just three days.
On July 22nd, a fire started near the Jasper National Park, which prompted evacuations of the park and the nearby town of Jasper.
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Smoke from distant wildfires threads its way above eastern North America.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/21 12:00 - 2024/08/21 17:00
From the Hudson Bay to New England, satellite viewing of eastern North America is somewhat obscured as the skies are infiltrated by smoke from wildfires in western Canada.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/13 12:00 - 2024/08/13 21:30
Dozens of wildfires ablaze across Western Canada fill the skies with smoke.
Timespan Start: 2024/08/12 15:00 - 2024/08/13 01:10
Hotspots populate parts of Southwest Canada and the Pacific Northwest, as seen in this imagery taken last week from NOAA-20 and NOAA-21. This animation features the prominent wildfire and billowing smoke located near Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/23 19:09 - 2024/07/24 21:18
A high resolution view shows wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/24 20:30 - 2024/07/25 01:20
Numerous large wildfires rage across Canada filling North American skies with smoke.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/23 19:00 - 2024/07/24 01:40
A large wildfire near Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada has prompted evacuations of the park and the nearby town of Jasper.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/23 14:00 - 2024/07/23 20:00
More wildfires have started across western Canada.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/20 14:00 - 2024/07/22 19:10
Timespan Start: 2024/07/19 12:00 - 2024/07/19 17:40
GOES-18 keeps a watchful eye on the wildfire hotspots and smoke plumes across Canada.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/17 14:00 - 2024/07/18 02:20
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires obscures the skies above North America, drifting further east across Canada and down into the northern United States.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/11 12:00 - 2024/07/11 21:50
Wildfires burn across Central Canada as thunderstorms erupt in the summer heat.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/10 14:00 - 2024/07/11 02:00
Massive wildfires in western Canada continue to burn and fill the sky with smoke.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/09 13:20 - 2024/07/10 02:20
Large wildfires burn in northeastern British Columbia, smothering the region in smoke.
Timespan Start: 2024/07/08 13:20 - 2024/07/09 03:20
A zoomed-out multi-day view of the wildfires and smoke across the state of Alaska.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/22 20:10 - 2024/07/01 00:49
Many wildfires burn across the northern portions of British Columbia and Alberta.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/29 13:00 - 2024/06/30 03:00
The McDonald and Clear fires have merged southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The wildfire is now over 107,391 acres.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/27 20:16 - 2024/06/28 00:29
The McDonald fire and others continue to burn near Fairbanks, Alaska.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/26 20:35 - 2024/06/27 00:48
Multiple fires burn across Alaska, including the McDonald fire southeast of Fairbanks.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/22 20:10 - 2024/06/23 00:23
Polar-orbiting satellites utilizing their onboard VIIRS instrument captured active fires in Alaska and western Yukon.
The McDonald Fire south of Fairbanks, Alaska has seen very rapid growth in the last couple of days, increasing to about 24,000 acres in size.
Timespan Start: 2024/06/09 20:04 - 2024/06/10 00:43
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