A huge fire is burning out of control in Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park. In just a day the blaze almost doubled in size, now covering more than 22 thousand hectares (220 km)
Fires currently burning in Wood Buffalo National Park. (Parks Canada) CLICK to enlrage
While some southern parts of Canada are being drenched, especially in the west, northern areas are dry and temperatures have been above average.
In the past 24 hours, some 25 new fires have been spotted in the Northwest territories alone, and 37 are still active. Almost all have been caused by lightning.
There are forest fires currently burning in several provinces and territories, some of which are deemed to require substantial intervention to control. At present one fire in British Columbia is listed as out of control, seven in the Northwest Territories, and the Pine lake fire in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta where a full response team is trying to get the fire under control. Four other fires currently burning in the park are not considered to be a threat.
During a typical year there are over 9,000 forest fires in Canada, burning an average of 2.5 million hectares (ha) or 25,000 square kilometres. The number of fires and area burned can vary dramatically from year to year
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