Английская Википедия:2018 British Columbia wildfires

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Wildfires over British Columbia and northern Washington on August 8

By the end of June 2018, there had been more than 560 wildfires in British Columbia.

The Comstock Lake fire, discovered on June 21, was caused by lightning. By July 6, it had grown to Шаблон:Convert and was not fully contained. At one point over 200 personnel were fighting the fire complex.

The Tugwell Creek fire near Sooke grew to Шаблон:Convert, and was 10% contained by July 4. The fire threatened millions of honeybees at Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery. It was fully contained on July 9.

The Shovel Fire, started on July 27, burned at least Шаблон:Convert, and was still active as of August 20. Thick smoke harmed efforts to contain the fire.

A human-caused fire at Nanaimo Lakes, discovered on July 1, reached 14.5 hectares by July 4.

A total of 2,115 wildfires burned Шаблон:Convert of land in 2018 as of November 9.

As of August 28, initial estimates put 2018 as the largest burn-area in a British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the historic 2017 wildfire season (1,216,053 total hectares). The total land burned in 2018 represented about ~1.4% of the total area of the province.

Largest fires in 2018

Ranking	Fire	Size	Date discovered	Status	Ref
1	Tweedsmuir Complex fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 8	Out
2	Johnny Creek Fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 4	Out
3	Alkali Lake Complex fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 1	Out
4	Lutz Creek Complex fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 4	Out
5	Shovel Lake fire	Шаблон:Convert	July 27	Out
6	Nadina Lake fire	Шаблон:Convert	July 31	Out
7	Verdun Mountain fire	Шаблон:Convert	July 31	Out
8	Silver Lake fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 5	Out
9	Tommy Lakes	Шаблон:Convert	May 22	Out
10	Island Lake fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 1	Out
11	Chutanli Lake fire	Шаблон:Convert	August 1	Out

Smoke

Wildfires caused severe smoke to cover much of British Columbia. It has impacted tourism and cancelled flights. The smoke spread across Canada and as far as Ireland. In Prince George, British Columbia smoke orange sky at 8:40 AM, and 9:10 AM turns into midnight from wildfires. Then 3 PM in Grande Prairie, Alberta thick layered smoke plume generated by the fire which turned day into night during the afternoon of that day at the location.

See also

• List of disasters in Canada
• List of fires in Canada
• List of fires in British Columbia
• List of wildfires