Thousands of lightning strikes trigger fresh wildfires in western Canada
Summary
Wildfires have increased in western Canada due to nearly 34,000 lightning strikes and dry, hot weather. The Canadian government is deploying thousands of firefighters and equipment to control the fires, while some areas in Quebec are seeing improvement thanks to better weather and outside help.Key Facts
- Nearly 34,000 lightning strikes caused new wildfires in southern British Columbia.
- There were 25 evacuation orders and 90 active wildfires in British Columbia as of Friday.
- Warming and dry conditions may cause the fires to grow larger.
- About 2.95 million hectares (7.29 million acres) have burned this year, above the 10-year average of 2.55 million hectares.
- Canada has more wildfires now than in the same period in the past two years.
- Over 5,300 firefighters and about 300 water bombers, helicopters, and evacuation aircraft are fighting the fires.
- Mexico will send up to 200 firefighters to help in the coming weeks.
- Smoke from the wildfires spread to large cities in the US east coast and midwest last week.
- Quebec’s wildfire situation is improving due to good weather and help from other provinces and countries.
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