Although wildfires are common in Canada, it is unusual for blazes to be burning simultaneously in the east and west, stretching resources thin.
About 3.8 million hectares have already burned, roughly 15 times the 10-year average, according to federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair. Warm, dry conditions were expected to persist in the months ahead.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed climate change."These fires are affecting everyday routines, lives and livelihoods, and our air quality," Trudeau said on Twitter. Wildfire season started unseasonably early in Alberta last month and burned a record area, and Nova Scotia continues to battle its largest-ever blaze,
Rob Schweitzer, executive director of BC Wildfire, said lightning strikes could spark more blazes in tinder-dry forests and the outcome would depend on how much precipitation comes with the storms.
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