OTTAWA — While the wildfire season has been less dire so far this year than 2023, hot, dry weather means conditions are ripe for an above average fire season across most of Canada, the national fire forecast said Wednesday.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says there were 120 active fires burning on Tuesday, including 46 that were out of control.
The total area burned is also below the 10-year average of 7,700 square kilometres but above the 25-year average of 4,650 square kilometres. Globally there have been 12 straight months with record-breaking average temperatures, and Environment Canada reported that this year just smashed records for the warmest winter this country has ever seen. And 2023 was the second-warmest year on record in Canada, with a national average temperature 2.8 C above average.
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