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Wildfires consumed record-breaking chunks of the country last year thanks to a dry, hot spring. Choking smoke, increasingly common in Western Canada during fire season, blanketed more populous eastern cities and led to more coverage and concern for what’s happening when it comes to Canada’s wildfires.
Hot conditions, lightning, human carelessness and forests left cluttered and itching for rebirth have all contributed to the infernos.
In 2020, 88 per cent of wildfires in Alberta were caused by humans. Between 2017 and 2022, on average 68 per cent of wildfires were human caused in Alberta. |
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