Since early 2023, wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres across Canada. “In one of the earliest seasons ever” specified CTV News May 29th. With 66 ongoing forest fires reported On May 31, 18 fires got out of control. Alberta remains the hardest-hit province, but fires are also being reported in the other prairie provinces (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and as far north as the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Chain city ​​news precise that multiple fires broke out on May 28 near Fort McMurray, in the heart of the world’s largest oil sands reserve, which was hit hard in 2016 by the worst fire on record in Alberta.

Fires like the one raging about 30 kilometers from Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, in the east of the country, are “Monster”, Write the Toronto Star. Radio Canada reported May 31 that this fire now covers 837 hectares. Hot and dry weather is “A challenge for the teams” Responsible for fighting the three fires raging in the province, the effects of which are being felt beyond the country’s borders, the media continue to write.

CNN observed that smoke from these fires will spread to the United States, “Triggering Air Quality Alerts for New Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania”.

More than 6,000 kilometers to the west, on Vancouver Island, dozens of firefighters are fighting a fire that is spreading over 90 hectares 5 kilometers from Sayward. bring it back CBC. “Everyone is nervous” The mayor of the village is worried at the transmitter’s microphone. “When you see what happened at Lytton [localité de la Colombie-Britannique ravagée par un incendie le 1^er juillet 2021]it is frightening”.