Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revealed that efforts to quench the “painful and heartbreaking” wildfires in various provinces of Canada are continuing with full force.
The Prime Minister made the revelation in a recent press briefing. He said: “We stand with the hundreds of courageous women and men fighting wildfires across the country. We stand with the communities who’ve been evacuated. And with people from coast to coast to coast, enduring this painful, heartbreaking time.”
While speaking further, he said emphasizing that this is “an especially severe wildfire season,” Canada is liaising with many countries such as New Zealand, South Africa and France to extinguish the fires.
He said: “So far, we’ve approved three requests for federal assistance in Alberta, in Nova Scotia, and in Quebec. This includes deploying Canadian Armed Forces members for things like personnel to aid in firefighting roles, airlift resources, and engineering support.”
Canada keeps training firefighters through the Wildfire Training Fund, where the government backs more than 300 indigenous firefighters and 125 indigenous fire guardians to still be hired and trained this season.
While speaking in the press conference, Public Safety Minister, Bill Blair, said there have been 2,214 wildfires in Canada this year and around 3.3 million hectares have been burned.
Blair added: “There are currently 413 wildfires burning and 249 of those fires are deemed out of control. There are also 18 active wildfires specifically impacting first nations, with six in Alberta, five in Saskatchewan, one in the Northwest Territories, four in Quebec and two in Nova Scotia.”
He stressed that an estimated 26,000 people had been evacuated from their homes.
Canada has been tackling wildfires since the start of May.
At present, there are over 1,000 firefighters helping to fight the flames from the US, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Extra firefighters from France are also expected.
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