Events during the season include the following : 2017 was the most expensive firefighting year on record for the US Forest Service with over $ 2 billion spent . Record setting fires included the Lodgepole Complex Fire , the nation 's largest that year ; the La Tuna Fire , which was the largest in Los Angeles history ; and the 2017 British Columbia wildfires , worst in the history of the province . The western U.S. , as of October , witnessed about 50,000 wildfires , with more than 3.4 million hectares burned . In Canada , as of August , 7.4 million acres had burned , and British Columbia recorded its worst year for land burned since 1958 . The 2017 California wildfires were the most destructive on record with over $ 9 billion in insurance claims from the October fires and expected over $ 20 billion more for December 's fires
2017 British Columbia wildfires
2017 British Columbia wildfires
2017 wildfire season