Nearly 2 million hectares of forest destroyed by fire in Canada
In Canada, 1.8 milllion hectares of land has been burnt so far this year due to forest cover. According to the news agency Xinhua, on Thursday, the Canadian Interagency Fire Service said that as of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 254 forest fires were extinguished in Canada and 75 others were monitored. More than half of these fires occurred in the province of British Columbia.
Alberta province caught more fire this year than any other province or region and lost more land. Of its 955 cases, the biggest fire was in Chakeg Creek, causing about 10,000 people to migrate to safer places.
Ontario ranks second in terms of land lost to fire, although it has burnt 270,000 hectares compared to more than 880,000 hectares burned in Alberta.
In the last 10 years, there have been 5,670 incidents of forest fires in Canada and the loss of about 27 lakh hectares of land.
