Wildfires Are Poised to Scorch More Land Than Ever in Canada This Year
- Canada has seen an unprecedented early start to fire season
- Land scorched so far is 13 times the average for past decade
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Canada is on track to see its worst-ever wildfire season in recorded history if the rate of land burned continues at the same pace.
The country is experiencing an unprecedented amount of fire activity for this early in the season, scorching approximately 3.3 million hectares (8.2 million acres) — almost double the area of Lake Ontario — so far this year, according to Canadian government officials. That’s 13 times more than the average in the past decade for the same period.