2019 Mt. Blox Forest Fires

The 2019 Mt. Blox Forest Fires were were a series of wildfires that struck the Mt. Blox Forest and adjacent areas during May of 2019. It is estimated that at the event's peak, as many as 4-8 wildfires were active. Seaboard City fell victim to the fires. The fires burnt well over 16,000-32,000 acres in the best-case estimate, with nearly 50% of those being burnt by the biggest fire alone. 2-4 people were killed by the fires in total, making the fires some of the worst ever to strike the Eastern Robloxia area. No State of Emergencies were declared despite the fires and their associated smoke. In the worst-case estimate, the fires burnt well over 40,000-80,000 acres, making the fires some of the worst ever recorded in Eastern Robloxia. 25-80% of the fires involved impacted Seaboard City. Overturned vehicles have been blamed for the fires and their severity.

Note: In this article, ranges have been provided in two forms. The non hard bracketed shows the best case estimate. The hard bracketed shows the worst case estimate.

Notable fires:

None of the wildfires were notable. (1 fire per 20 was notable )

Impacts:

Smoke and Air Quality

Smoke from the wildfires resulted in extremely poor air quality across 2-4[5-10]% of Eastern Robloxia, especially in Mt.Blox. 4-8% [10-20%] of flights were cancelled throughout Seaboard City due to the fires. At the peak of the smoke's intensity, Seaboard City airport was forced to operate 19.2-21.6 [12-18] hours a day due to poor air quality and the shear amount of flights cancelled. Another airport shut down operations for the entirety of 13-27 hours [34-67] hours.

Another Airport closed for 29-58 minutes [ 1-2 hours ]. No state of emergencies were declared despite the smoke generated by the wildfires.

Sports

Sporting events across the extremely poor air quality affected area were also interrupted by the wildfire smoke.

Causes:

Overturned vehicles

The evacuation route that was used during the Mt.Blox Eruption was covered in ash, causing 2-5 cars, trucks, buses, and other transportation vehicles to be overturned or suddenly going off-road west to a forest.