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#BritishColumbia's 2019 #Wildfire Season was 'quieter than anticipated' with 805 #wildfires burning fewer than 21,000 #hectares of #land from April 1, 2019, according to the #BCWildfireService's 2019 Wildfire Season Summary. The summary states that 'although the 2019 #fire #season officially ends on March 31, 2020, overall fire activity in 2019 was well below the 10-year average and was the second-least-active wildfire season since 2011. A total of 189 #airtanker missions wer...e carried out in 2019. The total cost of wildfire suppression in 2019 was about $172.5 million.' 'A low #snowpack and a dry start to the #spring influenced #predictions of above-normal fire conditions in northern and central B.C., with several early wildfires occurring in April and May. By #mid-summer, however, most of the province was experiencing normal fuel conditions due to #rainfall received throughout June and July.' Source: BC Wildfire Service #bushfire #wildlandfire #firefighter #BCWildfire Click on the link to get more summary details: http://ow.ly/1AnA50y7bX0

#TBT to the year #2000 when #wildfire broke out in the #BitterrootNationalForest in #Montana. #Wildlife find #refuge in the Bitterroot #River as #fire envelops them. #bushfire #nationalforest #firefighter #elk #wildlandfire #forestfire Photo: John McColgan/Wikimedia Commons

We are saddened to hear this news this morning.

For anyone affected by #bushfires in #Australia, the #RedCross has set up Register.Find.Reunite. This service helps connect you to #friends and #family. You can either let loved ones know you are safe by registering yourself or you can look for someone. https://register.redcross.org.au

#2019 was the second #warmest year since recording began in 1880. In addition, the past 5 years have been the warmest ever. It's no surprise to see this with the record #temperatures and #bushfires in #Australia. Image: #NASA #climatechange #NOAA #globalwarming #EarthObservatory