Wildfires in Canada Have Already Burned 10 Times More Land Than Usual
- Scorched area from coast to coast spans 6.7 million acres
- Tens of thousands evacuated as US and other nations send help
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Wildfires in Canada have burned an enormous swath of land and forced thousands from their homes, prompting firefighters from across the globe to descend on the country to help douse the flames.
The scorched area is 2.7 million hectares (6.7 million acres) in size, or the equivalent of more than 5 million football fields, government officials told reporters Thursday. That’s more than 10 times the average area typically burned by this time of year over the past decade.