While this wildfire season has been less severe than 2023, the risk remains particularly high for B.C., Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have brought flash floods and destruction to parts of the Maritimes, but federal officials say the storm has also reduced the risk of wildfires in parts of Eastern Canada, at least for now.
“We are now into the heart of our fire season and we are tracking carefully a number of fires across the country and the expansion of general wildfire activity,” said Deryck Trehearn, director-general of Public Safety Canada’s government operations centre. Just shy of 1.3 million hectares have burned, which is close to the 10-year average for this time of year. By contrast, 1.3 million hectares had burned in B.C. alone by mid-July of last year. Nationally by mid-July nearly 10 million hectares had already burned in 2023.
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