| Comments | Tumbler Ridge BC, July 3-5, 2006. A state of emergency was declared for the town of Tumbler Ridge, where multiple wildfires burned threating the residents who live in the coal mining town. The largest of the fires grew to be 9,100 hectares in size and burn nearly 8 kilometres away from the town. Four thousands residents were evacuated due to the fires and returned home on July 5. |