Canada is experiencing an unprecedented year with more than 4.6 million hectares burned since the beginning of the year. The fires have intensified again in western Canada, leading to the evacuation of several thousand people.
In the east, in Quebec, authorities predict Saturday a fight against the fire that will last "all summer" Across the country, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) lists 416 active fires, 203 of which are out of control. The number of fires is well above the average of recent decades.