Quebec province, not used to the huge number, scale and strength of wildfires ravaging elsewhere in Canada, becomes latest hotspot with about 160 fires burning
Dozens of fires are still burning in the west of the country: 62 in Alberta, 76 in westernmost British Columbia and 24 in Saskatchewan. / Photo: Reuters
"We are experiencing a situation never seen ... everywhere in Quebec," warned Francois Bonnardel, Quebec's public safety minister, stressing that a large number of these fires were sparked by human carelessness."But right now, everything is on fire." Dozens of fires are still burning in the west of the country: 62 in Alberta, 76 in westernmost British Columbia and 24 in Saskatchewan.
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