Almost 17 million hectares of forest burned due to forest fires in Canada. Such data is represented by the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources and the Interdepartmental Center for Forest Fire. About 740 forest fires are raging throughout Canada.
The fires covered mostly British Columbia, Saskacheva, Alberta, Ontario and the North-Western territories.
At least 15,000 people have been evacuated due to forest fires in Manitoba.
Due to the fires, the level of pollution of air hazardous for health has been declared. Air quality warnings have been announced in 11 states.
