Canada’s government expects “higher-than-normal fire activity” to continue throughout the wildfire season - which typically lasts between April and September - due to a combination of ongoing drought conditions and hot temperature forecasts. Twenty of the 45 new wildland fires recorded Tuesday were in Ontario, according to the center’s statistics. There are also 70 active fires in Alberta, which is at the highest level of preparedness, and 68 in British Columbia. The worst-affected province is Quebec, where 154 of the fires have been recorded so far. There are 423 active fires across Canada - 246 of them out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. But this year, the fires have been particularly widespread, numerous and intense, burning through more than 3.7 million acres in Canada. Canada is home to some of the world’s densest forests, and it experiences wildfires every year. They come after a record-warm May and they come with fears the worst might still lay ahead with Summer. (Source: Reuters, Washington Post) #wildfires #fires #canada #news #unxnownġ27 Likes, TikTok video from unxnown.news "Wildfires are raging in Canada, which has never seen so much land burn so early in the year. Smoke and haze from the Canadian wildfires has also affected the United States, leading authorities from New York to Minnesota to issue public health alerts and urge people to stay indoors and wear masks to protect themselves from potentially toxic fine particles in the air. Wildfires are raging in Canada, which has never seen so much land burn so early in the year.
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