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'OTTAWA, June 5 (Reuters) - Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of
wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through
to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season,
officials said on Monday.
Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and
federal government officials said their modeling shows increased wildfire risk
in most of Canada through August.
"The distribution of fires from coast to coast this year is unusual. At this
time of the year, fires usually occur only on one side of the country at a
time, most often that being in the west," said Michael Norton, an official with
Canada's Natural Resources ministry.
Quebec, in eastern Canada, was currently the worst impacted due to multiple
fires ignited by lightning, Norton said. "The rate of increase of area burned
is also high ... if this rate continues, we could hit record levels for area
burned this year," he said.'
Via Daise Flowers, who wrote "Smells like a large campfire outside, I’m
actually having breathing problems due to my lung disease. I’ve never seen it
so bad" and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
