B.C.'s record wildfire season, by the numbers
www.winnipegfreepress.com
British Columbia’s wildfire season is now the most destructive on record, with about 14,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set...
  • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    Damn, nearly 14,000km^2 burned already

    Causes of all fires: Lightning, 65 per cent; humans (deliberate and accidental) 29 per cent; unknown, 6 per cent.

    • snoons@lemmy.ca
      31·
      1 year ago

      I feel the need to mention lightning is so significant because of human activity, though that’s likely obvious to most people.