With 2,414 fires recorded and 4.5 million hectares burned this year as of Friday evening, this has been the most active start to a wildfire season on record
continued battering several provinces and the Northwest Territories at the start of the weekend, the majority of them in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia.
Quebec Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said Friday there should be about 1,200 people battling the blazes in his province by Monday, including hundreds of firefighters from the United States, Portugal and Spain, who are expected to join others from France and New Brunswick. So far, nearly 700,000 hectares of forest have burned in the province, more than 500 times the last decade’s average for this point in the year.
Showers are predicted Saturday over the aggressive wildfire threatening the district, but forecasters say thunderstorms could sweep through the parched region without bringing any rain. According to Environment Canada, Tumbler Ridge and nearby Dawson Creek are experiencing heavy smoke and temperatures almost 10 degrees above normal.
“Tofino went to Stage 2 water restrictions in May – that’s unheard of,” he said. “We’re encouraging visitors and residents and businesses to conserve as much water as they can and get used to conserving water in preparation for a dry summer.” Smoke from this year’s intense wildfires has spread to areas that are normally spared the negative air-quality effects of large-scale burning.
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