Canada’s wildfires now need ‘unprecedented’ international aid to fight
Government officials sounded the alarm Thursday as they warned Canada’s fire season is still far from over, with projections showing potential for higher-than-normal fire activity right across the country in July and August.
Conditions are being driven by drought and above-normal temperatures, they said in a presentation to reporters. Fires are burning across the nation, which is also unprecedented, they added.“The firefighting effort has now truly become a global effort.”The wildfires have burned a record number of land this year – roughly 8.8 million hectares of land.The previous record was set in 1989, when 7.6 million hectares were burned.
As of Thursday, 639 fires were currently burning with 351 of them considered “out of control.” To date, 3,412 fires have burned, forcing 155,856 Canadians from their homes.Officials said work is ongoing to find other international partners to help fight the wildfires. Right now, 1,765 firefighter personnel from around the world are in Canada battling the blazes. To date, 3,258 international personnel from 11 countries across six continents have been in the nation to fight the fires.
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