Canadian Wildfires Burn a Record 25 Million Acres With No End in Sight
- Firefighter killed as wildfires rage in British Columbia
- Some 900 active fires reported, most still out of control
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Canadian wildfires have scorched more than 10 million hectares (25 million acres) this summer, an area about the size of Iceland, with no end to the burning expected anytime soon.
About 900 active fires were reported as of Saturday, most of which remain out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. One firefighter was killed Thursday after a tree fell on her.