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2023 Newfoundland and Labrador Wildfire History

Newfoundland and Labrador ended the 2023 forest-fire season with 101 recorded fires burning 21,883 hectares. The Province reported that 99 per cent of the area burned was in remote parts of Labrador and that the season ended without significant incidents, injuries, or property damage. FireRadar presents those final provincial figures as historical reporting rather than recreating them from current records.

Fires recorded
101

Provincial end-of-season release

Area burned
21,883 ha

Provincial end-of-season release

Area burned in Labrador
99%

Share reported by the Province

Season context

What stands out about 2023

The vast majority of 2023 burned area occurred in remote Labrador rather than on the Island of Newfoundland.

The Province characterized the season as ending with no significant incidents, injuries, or property damage.

Newfoundland and Labrador also deployed firefighters, incident-management personnel, equipment and water bombers to assist other Canadian jurisdictions during the severe national season.

Official source

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — 2023 forest-fire season end. Official year-end release with fire count, area burned, Labrador share, and season-impact context.

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What this page does not claim

This is not a reconstructed live map of every moment in 2023, not proof of a fire’s status on a particular day, and not a substitute for agency incident archives. FireRadar’s interactive retained-history product begins with its own observation window and remains clearly separate.

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