1) High Level, AB.  12 May - 18 Aug 2019

• Name: "Chuckegg Creek fire"
• Total burned area: 350,135 ha
• 98 days out of control
• Displaced over 3,000 residents from their homes.
• Weather: strong low-level wind jet
• Worldview satellite imagery: https://go.nasa.gov/3L5Blr5

2) Kimiwan Complex, AB.  5 May 2023 - xxx 2023

• Wildfires PWF-038 and SWF-068 are part of the Kimiwan Complex that are reported together.
• Wildfire SWF-068 is the largest fire, at 143,039 hectares burned. It is located by the Peavine Metis Settlement. It was classified as "out of control" for over 2 months. As of 6 Aug it was classified as "being held". As of 31 Aug it was classified as "under control" with 97% contained.
• PWF-038 is located approximately 17 km northeast of Three Creeks and 20 km southwest of Simon Lake. It is classified as "under control" at approximately 6,130 hectares.
• There were 130 firefighters, 9 aircraft, and 32 pieces of heavy equipment working on this complex as of 6 Aug 2023.
• yyy people evacuated.
• Weather: 3 mid-latitude cyclones.
• Worldview satellite images: https://go.nasa.gov/3R3dP1H
  Worldview Spring Dip: https://go.nasa.gov/3PjQk37

3) Sparks Lake, BC.  June - July 2021

• 15 km North of Kamloops Lake, BC.
• 89,627.0 hectares burned.
• Preceded by historic heat dome.
• Weather: Spawned multiple pyro-thunderstorms with lightning that ignited many more fires.
• Worldview satellite images: https://go.nasa.gov/3YYlLTU
• Earth Observatory summary with photos: Blazes Rage in British Columbia
• GOES satellite loop of pyro-thunderstorms.
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4) Fort McMurray, AB.  1 May 2016 - 17 Aug 2017

• 589,552 ha burned.
• 88,000 people evacuated.
• Weather: El Niño, hot, dry, windy.
• Worldview satellite images: https://go.nasa.gov/3L19OHm
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5) Camp Fire, CA.  8 - 25 Nov 2018

• Paradise, California, USA.
• 153,336 acres burned.
• ignited by faulty electric transmission line
• deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history up to that year.
• 85 civilians died. Destroyed 18,804 structures, most within the first 4 hours. Fought by 5,596 firefighters. US$16.5B insured losses.
• Weather: drought & diablo (extremely fast, hot, downslope mountain) winds.
• Worldview satellite images: https://go.nasa.gov/44yAKVN
• Computer simulations by Coen: spread , and cross-section .
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6) Quebec Fire Complex 334.  1 Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

• East of Val d'Or, QB, Canada
• ≈ 481,992 ha burned (so far)
• ignited by lightning and humans, with intense burning thru 7 June 2023.
• second period of intense burning 20 - 25 June 2023.
• dense smoke reaches Montreal and New York City, causing worst air quality in the world.
• Weather: omega block anticyclone and northward moving cyclone.
• Worldview satellite images: https://go.nasa.gov/3L3wUgu
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7) Marshall, CO.  30 Dec 2021 - 1 Jan 2022

• Boulder, CO, USA.
• 6,026 acres (≈ 2,440 hectares) burned.
• 1,084 buildings destroyed.
• Weather: Strong downslope mountain winds ahead of a winter cold front that dropped a foot of snow.
• Worldview satellite image: https://go.nasa.gov/47SArbp
• NCAR Simulation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVgvjs20vrc
• Aftermath Drone Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK63zjsBl7Q
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Extra) Donnie Creek, BC.  12 May - XXX 2023

• Fire Number: G80280
• approximately 136 km southeast of Fort Nelson and 158 km north of Fort St. John
• 487,509 ha burned as of 14 Jun 2023. Still out of control.
• firefighters: 188 personnel, 11 helicopters, 1 incident management team, 28 pieces of heavy equipment
• yyy people evacuated.
• Weather: caused bylightning. Mid-latitude cyclone later.
• Worldview satellite image: https://go.nasa.gov/45stIDk

Place, Province.  date - date

• Name or location
• xxx ha burned.
• yyy people evacuated.
• Weather: zzz.