The battle against hundreds of wildfires continues, as almost every jurisdiction in Canada remains under either heat or air quality warnings.
School boards in Ottawa and the Toronto area held recess indoors and some sports leagues cancelled outdoor games and practices.
The eastern United States is also seeing devastating effects from wildfire smoke drifting south from Canada, with cities like New York and Washington, D.C., issuing air quality warnings of their own. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre database showed 440 fires burning in nine provinces and two territories. More than half were considered out of control.Article contentThe amount of land burned surpassed the 40,000-square-kilometre mark Wednesday, making the 2023 fire season Canada’s fourth-worst on record before the summer has even officially begun.There has been no loss of life, although property and infrastructure damage has been significant.
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