More than 58,000 square kilometres has burned so far this year, or an area almost twice the size of Vancouver Island.
Rain helped ease the fire situation in parts of Alberta and Quebec over the weekend, but the fire risk remains high in most of the country.
As of this morning, 420 fires were burning in nine provinces and two territories, and 207 of those are still considered to be out of control. Environment Canada says the air quality is good in most areas, though pockets of moderate risk remain in and around Edmonton and Toronto and in some parts of northeastern British Columbia.
The Donnie Creek fire north of Fort St. John, B.C., is now the largest fire that province has ever recorded and is still burning out of control more than a month after it started.
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