👉On Friday, wildfires spread throughout the province of British Columbia in the western part of Canada. On the other side of the country, hundreds of fires continued to burn in Quebec, sending smoke from the wildfires over North American cities.
According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), Canada has had its worst wildfire season ever, with 2,392 fires so far this year and 4.4 million hectares (10.9 million acres) burned, which is roughly 15 times the average for the past decade.
427 active fires were reported by the CIFFC, 232 of which were out of control.
Around 2,500 individuals were told to clear the local area of Tumbler Edge in northeastern English Columbia on Thursday. Additionally, evacuation orders were increased for the Donnie Creek fire, which was the second-largest ever recorded in the province.
However, on Friday, public broadcaster Radio-Canada reported that firefighters in the Lac-Saint-Jean area, about 300 kilometers north of Quebec City, contained fires that threatened hydroelectric facilities in the eastern province of Quebec.
A provincial firefighting agency's spokesman told Radio-Canada that rain and higher humidity levels helped crews work.
This week, federal authorities expressed concern regarding the possibility of fires threatening vital infrastructure.✅
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