A roundup of statistics on B.C.’s 2017 record-breaking wildfire season

12,164 square

kilometres Area burned, equivalent to more than one-third of Vancouver Island. The worst level of destruction since 1958 when 8,560 square kilometres burned.

$562.7 million Estimated cost of fire suppression. The previous record was $382 million in 2009.

45,000 Approximate number of people displaced at the peak of the fires.

65,000 Total number of people displaced over the entire wildfire season. The previous record was in 2003 when about 45,000 people were forced from their homes.

70 days Duration of the state of emergency that was declared on July 7. The last time wildfires prompted the province to announce a state of emergency was in 2003, a period that lasted 43 days. 1,351 Total number of wildfires.

176 Number of fires that started over a single 48-hour period on July 7 and 8.

4,700 Approximate number of personnel deployed at the height of the wildfires, including firefighters and support staff. The tally encompasses the more than 1,200 personnel from outside the province or Canada and the more than 2,000 contractors who helped out.

300 Approximate number of Canadian Armed Forces personnel who assisted.

236 Aircraft deployed, including planes and helicopters.

Zero People who died in the fires.